Faculty Profiles
This directory lists faculty from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and from the School of Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral Biology. For faculty in departments from our affiliated schools and institutes, see the list at the right.
Arany, Praveen
Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Pathology; Oral Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Addictions; Drug abuse; Behavioral pharmacology; Gene therapy; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Gene Expression; Neuropharmacology
Beirowski, Bogdan
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator at the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute
Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Bioinformatics; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Neurobiology; Regulation of metabolism
Specialty/Research Focus: Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Pathophysiology; Gene Expression; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Immunology; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Signal Transduction; Vision science
Specialty/Research Focus: Reproductive Endocrinology; Apoptosis and cell death; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Endocrinology; Gene Expression; Molecular genetics; Signal Transduction; Toxicology and Xenobiotics; Vitamins and Trace Nutrient
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Gene Expression; Transcription and Translation
Specialty/Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology
Cody, Vivian
PhD
Professor, Structural Biology Department,Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus: Computational Chemistry; Drug Design; Structural Biology; X-ray Crystallography; Bioinformatics; Protein Folding
Specialty/Research Focus: Anatomic Pathology
Specialty/Research Focus: Allergy and Immunology; Medical Microbiology; Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology; Microbial Pathogenesis; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Gene Expression; Signal Transduction; Protein Function and Structure; Bacterial Pathogenesis
Specialty/Research Focus: Vision science
Crane, John
MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Micro & Immunol. and of Pharmacol & Tox.
Specialty/Research Focus: Infectious Disease; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Vitamins and Trace Nutrient
DeNardin, Ernesto
Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Addictions; Drug abuse; Behavioral pharmacology; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Gene Expression; Gene therapy; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Signal Transduction; Transcription and Translation
Specialty/Research Focus: Biomedical Image Analysis; Biomedical Imaging; Digital Pathology; Image Analysis; Machine Learning; Quantitative Histology; Bioinformatics
Dubocovich, Margarita
PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Specialty/Research Focus: Drug abuse; Behavioral pharmacology; Signal Transduction; Neuropharmacology; Circadian Rhythm/Chronobiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Gastroenterology; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dziak, Rosemary
Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Cell Cycle; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Signal Transduction; Transcription and Translation
Edgerton, Mira
Research Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Biology; Prosthodontics
Specialty/Research Focus: Neurology; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Neurobiology; Signal Transduction; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Transgenic organisms
Specialty/Research Focus: Neurology; Neurodegenerative disorders; Pathophysiology; Apoptosis and cell death; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Neurobiology; Protein Folding; Gene Expression; Transcription and Translation; Signal Transduction; Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Fliesler, Steven
PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair and Director of Research
Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Regulation of metabolism; Transgenic organisms; Vision science
Specialty/Research Focus: Autoimmunity; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Immunology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Signal Transduction; Transcription and Translation; Transgenic organisms
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Neurobiology; Gene Expression
Gronostajski, Richard
PhD
Professor of Biochemistry; Director of the Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics Graduate Program; Director, Western New York Stem Cell Culture and Analysis Center (WNYSTEM)
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular genetics; Neurobiology; Gene Expression; Stem Cells; Transgenic organisms
Specialty/Research Focus: Structural Biology; Bacterial Pathogenesis; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Protein Function and Structure; Proteins and metalloenzymes
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular genetics; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurodegenerative disorders; Transcription and Translation; Signal Transduction; Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Specialty/Research Focus: Pathophysiology; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Endocrinology; Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Regulation of metabolism; Transcription and Translation
Specialty/Research Focus: Virology
Kay, Jason
Associate Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Microbiology; Oral Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Anesthesiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Cardiovascular Disease; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Neurobiology; Protein Function and Structure; Proteins and metalloenzymes; Vitamins and Trace Nutrient
Specialty/Research Focus: Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Kramer, Jill
Associate professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Pathology; Oral Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Endocrinology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Gene Expression; Regulation of metabolism; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Molecular Basis of Disease
Lesse, Alan
MD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education; Senior Associate Dean for Medical Curriculum
Specialty/Research Focus: Infectious Disease; Bioinformatics; Microbial Pathogenesis
Specialty/Research Focus: Drug abuse; Behavioral pharmacology; Neurobiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Genomics and proteomics; Protein Function and Structure; Proteins and metalloenzymes
Specialty/Research Focus: Apoptosis and cell death; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Immunology; Signal Transduction; Stem Cells
Specialty/Research Focus: Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Virology; Genome Integrity
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular genetics; Stem Cells; Transcription and Translation; Transgenic organisms; Vision science
Murphy, Timothy
MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Director, Community Health Equity Research Institute
Specialty/Research Focus: Infectious Disease
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular genetics
Specialty/Research Focus: Microbial Pathogenesis; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Gene Expression; Regulation of metabolism
Specialty/Research Focus: Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Specialty/Research Focus: Ion channel kinetics and structure; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology
Panepinto, John
PhD
Professor, Director of Recruiting and Admissions, Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences (PPBS)
Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; RNA; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Behavioral pharmacology; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Regulation of metabolism; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Neurobiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Transgenic organisms; Vision science
Patel, Mulchand
PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor,UB Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research & Biomed. Ed.
Specialty/Research Focus: Endocrinology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Regulation of metabolism; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; Protein Function and Structure; Transgenic organisms
Specialty/Research Focus: Cornea & External Disease; Ophthalmology; Vision science
Specialty/Research Focus: Gene Expression; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; Transcription and Translation
Specialty/Research Focus: Neurodegenerative disorders; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Protein Function and Structure; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Pain Management; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Protein Function and Structure; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Drug abuse; Apoptosis and cell death; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Signal Transduction; Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Specialty/Research Focus: Eukaryotic Pathogenesis; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure; RNA
Romano, Rose-Anne
Associate Professor
Ruhl, Stefan
Professor, DDS, PhD
Specialty/Research Focus: Periodontics; Operative Dentistry; Oral Biology; Pediatric Dentistry
Specialty/Research Focus: Infectious Disease; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis
Specialty/Research Focus: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular Basis of Disease; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Biomedical Imaging; Biomedical Image Analysis; Image Analysis; Digital Pathology; Quantitative Histology; Machine Learning; Bioinformatics
Scannapieco, Frank
Chair and Professor of Oral Biology, Associate Dean for Faculty and Professional Development
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Biology; Periodontics
Specialty/Research Focus: Periodontics; Periodontics; Oral Biology
Schwartz, Stanley
MD, PhD
UB Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics; Division Chief, Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology
Specialty/Research Focus: Allergy and Immunology
Sharma, Ashu
Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Genomics and proteomics; Neurobiology; Neurodegenerative disorders
Specialty/Research Focus: Behavioral pharmacology; Cardiac pharmacology; Ion channel kinetics and structure; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular Basis of Disease; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Signal Transduction; Transgenic organisms
Specialty/Research Focus: Dermatology; Autoimmunity; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics; Immunology
Specialty/Research Focus: Genomics and proteomics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Gene Expression
Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Signal Transduction
Stachowiak, Michal
PhD
Professor, Director Molec. and Structural Neurobiol. Gene Therapy Prog. Director Stem Cell SCEF
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Cell growth, differentiation and development; Gene Expression; Gene therapy; Genome Integrity; Genomics and proteomics; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Signal Transduction; Stem Cells; Transcription and Translation
Specialty/Research Focus: Retina; Gene therapy; Neurodegenerative disorders; Pathophysiology; Protein Folding; Gene Expression; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Gene Expression; Genomics and proteomics
Specialty/Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Genome Integrity; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Molecular genetics; Protein Function and Structure
Specialty/Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair; Gene Expression; Genome Integrity; Microbiology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Protein Function and Structure; Signal Transduction
Specialty/Research Focus: Cell growth, differentiation and development; Membrane Transport (Ion Transport); Molecular and Cellular Biology; Signal Transduction; Inherited Metabolic Disorders; RNA
Tomaszewski, John
MD, MASCP
SUNY Distinguished Professor and Peter A. Nickerson, PhD Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus: Immunopathology; Surgical Pathology; Renal Pathology
Specialty/Research Focus: Neurobiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Behavioral pharmacology; Neuropharmacology; Toxicology and Xenobiotics
Specialty/Research Focus: Immunology; Infectious Disease
Wrabetz, Lawrence
MD
Director, Hunter James Kelly Research Institute; Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry
Specialty/Research Focus: Developmental Neurology; Neurology
Specialty/Research Focus: Oral Biology
Specialty/Research Focus: Neurodegenerative disorders; Pathophysiology; Cytoskeleton and cell motility; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Neuropharmacology; Signal Transduction
Zambon, Joseph
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Periodontics; Periodontics; Oral Biology; Microbiology
Specialty/Research Focus: Ophthalmology; Retina; Apoptosis and cell death; Gene Expression; Gene therapy; Molecular Basis of Disease; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Neurobiology; Protein Folding; Regulation of metabolism; Signal Transduction; Vision science