Dr. Ye's professional interest is to investigate the causes and consequences of the abnormal metabolic phenotypes of cancer cells in response to microenvironmental stresses such as hypoxia and nutrient deprivation, with the prospect that therapeutic approaches might be developed to target these metabolic pathways to improve cancer treatment.

Dr. Labaree is a sociologically oriented historian of education who seeks to explore some of the major processes and patterns that define the relationship between education and society in the United States.

Dr. Hynes is a leading expert on the development of dopaminergic neurons, critical nerve cells whose degeneration causes the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Palacios is a statistician interested in mathematical models in evolutionary genomics and estimation of relevant parameters in this field.

The Rivas Lab is located in the Department of Biomedical Data Science. Their main research focus is the genetics of chronic diseases.

Dr. Han's research interests include statistical genetics, constrained likelihood ratio tests, risk prediction, case-control study, and health policy modeling.

Dr. Stary is interested in finding new strategies to promote neuronal survival and improve functional outcome following injury to the brain.

Dr. Drover's research starts at the level of new drug development with detailed analysis of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a medication.

Dr. Stevenson's research focuses on disorders of the RAS/MAPK pathway (e.g. NF1, Noonan, CFC, and Costello syndrome).