Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Mackey's current research interests and projects include: virtual reality and real-time fMRI; applications of real-time fMRI Phase II; cortical restructuring in patients with chronic pain; cognitive load and perceived pain intensity; fMRI of the Human Cervical Spine; neurotoxins based therapies in chronic pain; intravenous lidocaine in neuropathic pain; outcome assessment in chronic pain; opiate induced hyperalgesia.

The major focus of Dr. Alizadeh's research group is to attain a better understanding of the initiation, maintenance, and progression of lymphoid tumors, and their response to existing and novel therapies toward improving current treatment strategies.

Dr. Ahmed's clinical focuses include gastroenterology, hepatology, and liver transplantation.

The overarching goal of the research in Dr. Axelrod's lab is to understand how signal transduction pathways regulate morphogenesis - the emergence of spatial organization - during development.

The Artandi lab is interested in unraveling the molecular and cellular mechanisms according to which telomeres and telomerase modulate stem cell function and carcinogenesis.

The goal of Dr. Annes's laboratory is to translate their laboratory discoveries to the treatment of hereditary endocrine disorders.

Professor Andriacchi's research focuses on the biomechanics of human locomotion and its biomedical applications to artificial joints, sports injury, osteoarthritis, and neuromuscular disorders.

Dr. Kanan develops new catalysts and chemical reactions for applications in renewable energy conversion and CO₂ utilization.

Dr. Kaiser's laboratory group studies fruiting body development and motility of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.