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Kent State University/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Collaborative Doctoral Program Faculty

Kent State Faculty
Nicola E. Brasch E-mail: nbrasch@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-9524 Fax: (330) 672-3816	Ph.D., University of Otago (New Zealand). Vitamin B₁₂ and vanadium bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry, development of therapeutics to treat disease. More on Brasch
Heather Caldwell E-mail: hcaldwel@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3636 Fax: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Georgia State University. Role of neuropeptides in regulating social behaviors and neuropsychiatric disorders. More on Caldwell
Yijing Chen E-mail: ychen@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-9394 Fax: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Developmental biology and genetics. More on Chen
Derek Damron E-mail: ddamron@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3370 Fax: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Kent State University. Signal transduction in cardiac cells, anesthetic agents, protein kinases, calcium, contractility, cardiovascular disease. More on Damron
Bansidar Datta E-mail: bdatta@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3304 Fax: (330) 672-3816	Ph.D., University of Nebraska. Biochemistry and molecular biology, mechanism of protein synthesis initiation in mammals. More on Datta
Robert V. Dorman E-mail: rdorman@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-2363 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Ohio State University. Biochemistry of vascular disease, multiple sclerosis and cell proliferation, neurodegenerative diseases. More on Dorman
Gail C. Fraizer E-mail: gfraizer@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-1398 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Tumor suppressor genes and cancer, growth control pathways, transcriptional regulators in prostate cancer. More on Fraizer
Ernest J. Freeman E-mail: efreema2@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-2388 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Kent State University. Vascular physiology and biochemistry, neurodegenerative diseases, causes and treatments for multiple sclerosis More on Freeman
Arne Gericke E-mail: agericke@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-2986 Fax: (330) 672-3816	Dr. rer. nat., University of Hamburg. Biophysical chemistry, characterization of lipid-mediated protein functions, signal transduction. More on Gericke
Robert T. Heath E-mail: rheath@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-7828 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of Southern California. Genetic and environmental control of phosphorous metabolism in bacteria, cyanobacteria and microcrustaceans. More on Heath
John D. Johnson E-mail: jjohns72@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3849 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of Colorado. Neural-immune interactions, brain cytokines, effects on mood, behavior, stress and immunity. More on Johnson
Douglas Kline E-mail: dkline@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3810 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Gamete physiology, oocyte maturation, in vitro fertilization, regulation of egg activation. More on Kline
Laura G. Leff E-mail: lleff@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3788 Fax: (330) 672-3613	Ph.D., Georgia Univerisity. Molecular ecology of bacteria; bacterial enumeration and identification. More on Leff
Jennifer L. Marcinkiewicz E-mail: jmarcink@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-5554 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Univerisity of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Ovarian physiology, follicle development, autocrine & paracrine regulation of ovarian function. More on Marcinkiewicz
Jennifer A. McDonough E-mail: jmcdonough@oakclinic.com Phone: (330)672-2388 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Neuroprotective therapies for multiple sclerosis, CNS mitochondrial dysfuntions and genetics in MS. More on McDonough
Eric M. Mintz E-mail: emintz@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3847 Fax: (330) 672-3613	Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz. Behavioral neurology, circadian rhythms, social behavior, sex differences in brain function. More on Mintz
Helen Piontkivska E-mail: opiontki@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3620 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Comparative and evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, molecular evolution. More on Piontkivska
John R.D. Stalvey E-mail: jstalvey@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-2945 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., University of Southern California. Steroidogenic enzymes, hormonal and genetic regulation of steroid biosynthesis. More on Stalvey
Diane Stroup E-mail: dstroup1@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-3352 FAX: (330) 672-3816	Ph.D., Ohio State University. Transcriptional control; regulated transcription of CYP7A1. More on Stroup
Chun-Che Tsai E-mail: ctsai@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-2989 Fax: (330) 672-3816	Ph.D., Indiana University. Interaction of drugs with nucleic acids, anticancer/antiviral drugs, and interferon inducers. More on Tsai
Sean Veney E-mail: sveney@kent.edu Phone: (330) 673-3325 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., Univeristy of Virginia. Behavioral neuroendocrinology, sexual differentiation of the brain, syrinx anatomy, neuroethology of birdsong. More on Veney
S. Vijayaraghavan E-mail: svijayar@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-9598 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Signal transduction, sperm physiology, fertilization, contraception. More on Vijay
Christopher J. Woolverton E-mail: cwoolver@kent.edu Phone: (330) 672-4648 FAX: (330) 672-3713	Ph.D., West Virginia University. Bacterial cell walls in inflammation, sepsis, cardiovascular responses, microbial identification. More on Woolverton
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Alex Almasan E-mail: almasaa@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-9970 Fax: (216) 445-6269	Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Genotoxic stress-induced signals for cell cycle control and cell death. More on Almasan
Martha Cathcart E-mail: cathcam@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-5222 Fax: (216) 444-9404	Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Cardiovascular disease, monocyte chemotaxis, phospholipases, lipid oxidation and inflammation. More on Cathcart
Guy M. Chisolm, III E-mail: chisolg@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-5854 FAX: (216) 444-9404	Ph.D., University of Virginia. Lipoprotein oxidation and cell interactions, lipoprotein transport. More on Chisolm
John W. Crabb E-mail: crabbj@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-9754 Fax: (216) 445-6269	Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center. Biochemistry of vision: mammalian visual cycle and proteome changes, retinal degenerative diseases. More on Crabb
Paul E. DiCorleto E-mail: dcorlp@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-5849 Fax: (216) 444-9404	Ph.D., Cornell University. Regulation of endothelial cell gene expression. More on DiCorleto
Serpil C. Erzurum E-mail: erzurus@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-5764 Fax: (216) 445-6624	M.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Oxidant regulation of gene expression, airway inflammation, asthma, gene therapy. More on Erzurum
Linda M. Graham E-mail: grahaml@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-3298	M.D., University of Michigan Medical School. Prosthetic vascular grafts. More on Graham
S. Jaharul Haque E-mail: haquej@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-6622 Fax: (216) 445-6269	Ph.D., University of Calcutta. Cytokine mediated cell signaling in health and disease, allergic inflammation, brain cancer. More on Haque
Jane L. Hoover-Plow E-mail: hooverj@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-8207 Fax: (216) 444-9263	Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Pathogenetic mechanisms of lipoprotein(a). More on Hoover-Plow
Philip H. Howe E-mail: howep@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-8200 Fax: (216) 445-8204	Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia. Transforming growth factor beta and its regulation of cellular proliferation and apoptosis. More on Howe
Donald W. Jacobsen E-mail: jacobsd@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-8340 Fax: (216) 445-5480	Ph.D., Oregon State University. Cardiovascular disease, homocysteine metabolism, endothelial cell function, cobalamin and folate biochemistry. More on Jacobsen
Gary K. Koski E-mail: Phone: (216) 445-3800 FAX: (216) 445-3805	Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Cancer immunobiology. More on Koski
Bruce T. Lamb E-mail: lambb@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-3592 FAX: (216) 444-7927	Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Beta-Amyloid metabolism, Alzheimers disease. More on Lamb
Mark Luciano E-mail: lucianm@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-5747	Ph.D., Tulane Univeristy, M.D., University of Chicago. Diagnosis and treatment of hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy/spasticity. More on Luciano
Richard A. Padgett E-mail: padgetr@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-2692 Fax: (216) 444-0512	Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Mechanisms of RNA splicing in vivo and in vitro. More on Padgett
Marc Penn E-mail: pennm@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-7122 FAX: (216) 444-9404	M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ. Myocardial regeneration for ischemic cardiomyopathy, stem cell therapies. More on Penn
Dianne Perez E-mail: perezd@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-2058 Fax: (216) 444-9263	Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. Structure-function and mechanistic studies of adrenergic receptors. Molecular mechanisms of drug action. More on Perez
Robert H. Silverman E-mail: silverr@ccf.org Phone: (216) 445-9650 Fax: (216) 445-6269	Ph.D., Iowa State University. Phospholipid scramblase, interferon actions, RNase L in prostate cancer, antiviral activity. More on Silverman
George R. Stark E-mail: starkg@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-6062 Fax: (216) 444-3279	Ph.D., Columbia University. Signal transduction involving p53, interferons, NFkB. More on Stark
Bruce D. Trapp E-mail: trappb@ccf.org Phone: (216) 444-7177 Fax: (216) 444-7927	Ph.D., Loyola University. Cellular and molecular biology of mylination, demyelination, and dysmyelination. More on Trapp
David R. Van Wagoner E-mail: vanwagd@ccf.org Phone: (216)444-0820 Fax: (216)444-9155	Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University. Molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias.