Engaged in diverse basic, translational and clinical research, our faculty routinely publish in prestigious journals and successfully compete for major grants from national funders.
Bryan R Gorman, Georgios Voloudakis, Robert P Igo Jr, Tyler Kinzy, Christopher W Halladay, Tim B Bigdeli, Biao Zeng, Sanan Venkatesh, Jessica N Cooke Bailey, Dana C Crawford, Kyriacos Markianos, Frederick Dong, Patrick A Schreiner, Wen Zhang; VA Million Veteran Program; International AMD Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC); Tamer Hadi, Matthew D Anger, Amy Stockwell, Ronald B Melles, Jie Yin, Hélène Choquet, Rebecca Kaye, Karina Patasova, Praveen J Patel, Brian L Yaspan, Eric Jorgenson, Pirro G Hysi, Andrew J Lotery, J Michael Gaziano, Philip S Tsao, Steven J Fliesler, Jack M Sullivan, Paul B Greenberg, Wen-Chih Wu, Themistocles L Assimes, Saiju Pyarajan, Panos Roussos, Neal S Peachey, Sudha K Iyengar. (2024) Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries. Nature Genetics (Dec), 56(12): 2659-2671. doi:10.1038/s41588-024-01764-0
Selective galactosylceramidase ablation to study the pathogenesis of Krabbe leukodystrophy. Daesung Shin (Principal Investigator). NIH. $2,013,407. 12/1/2024-12/1/2029.
Overdose Data to Action in States (OD2A): Bio surveillance. Brian Clemency (Principal Investigator). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Subaward from NYS Department of Health/Health Research Inc.). $250,000. 9/1/2024-8/1/2029.
Rhythm Evaluation for AntiCoagulaTion for Atrial Fibrillation (REACT AF). Anne Curtis (Co-Investigator). NIH. $66,278. 8/1/2023-7/1/2029.
Characterizing the role of Elevated dNTP pools in sensitizing the replisome. Jennifer Surtees (Principal Investigator). NIGMS. $2,448,745. 9/1/2024-6/1/2029.
Molecular Mechanisms of Severe Diabetic Retinopathy. Joshua Jianxin Wang (Co-Investigator). NIH/NEI. $2,374,855. 2/1/2020-5/1/2029.
Posttranslational modifications of glucocorticoid receptor associated with drug resistance in prostate cancer. Remi Adelaiye-Ogala (Principal Investigator). NCI/NIH. 4/1/2024-5/1/2029.
Molecular Mechanisms of Severe Diabetic Retinopathy. Sarah Zhang (Principal Investigator). National Eye Institute/NIH. $2,374,855. 9/1/2024-5/1/2029.
MedSupport: A Novel Multilevel Intervention to Identify and Address Barriers to Pediatric Medication. Kara Kelly (Co-Principal Investigator). NIH/NCI. 4/1/2024-3/1/2029.
MRI-based quantitative mapping of oxygen extraction fraction in MS. Junghun Cho (Principal Investigator). NIH, R01. $1,773,282. 4/1/2024-3/1/2029.
MRI-Based Quantitative Mapping of Oxygen Extraction Fraction in MS. Ferdinand Schweser (Co-Investigator). NIBIB. $1,773,283. 4/1/2024-3/1/2029.
Virologic and immunologic impacts of active viral persistence in lung AMs of HIV-1-infected, cART-suppressed individuals. Saikat Boliar (Principal Investigator). NIAID. $2,915,905. 5/1/2024-3/1/2029.