MIRA Program
Motivating Innovation and Research Achivement
Training Faculty
Training Faculty | Academic Program | Research Area |
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Appleyard Wayman, Suzanne | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience | Neuronal Control of food intake and motivated behaviors |
Bose, Santanu | Vet. Microbiology and Pathology | Innate immunity and inflammation |
Brozik, Jim | Chemistry | Bio- and chemical physics of enzymes, receptros, and molecular machines |
Celli, Jean | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Bacterial pathogens mechanis of intracellular survival |
Cleveland, Michael | Human Development | Prevention and intervention of substance use and misuse |
Coffin, Allison B. | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience | Cellular mechanisms of hearing loss, development of therapies to prevent hearing loss or promote hearing regeneration |
Du, Min | Animal Sciences | Development of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue with a focus on epigentic regulatory mechanisms |
Fuchs Lokensgard, Rita A. | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience | Neural underpinnings of preciptation of drug craving, impulsive decision making, and immunosuppression in substance abusers by drug-associated environmental stimuli |
Ghasemzadeh, Hassan | Scool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Algorithm design, machine learning, and system-level optimization for embedded and pervasive systems, mobile computing, and wireless health |
Goodman, Alan G. | School of Molecular Biosciences | Cell signaling events involved in the body's innate immune response to pathogenic infection |
Kawula, Thomas Hardin | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Mechanisms by which intracellular bacterial pathogens evade host defenses and survive and thrive in hostile animal host environments |
Knodler, Leigh | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Host-pathogen interactions related to bacterial infections of the human gut |
Konkel, Michael Edward | School of Molecular Biosciences | Characterization of host-Campylobacter jejuni interactions to understand the unique virulence factors of C. jejuni |
Kostyukova, Alla S. | Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins in the cytoskeleton of muscle and non-muscle cells; protein structure, protein-protein interactions, and protein engineering |
Lin, David | Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | Integrated mechanical properties of skeletal muscle and spinal reflexes; rehabilitation medicine targeting disorders of the nervous system, posture, and movement |
Lofgren, Eric | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Use of mathematics and computational models to study the spread of infectious diseases and develop new ways to control them |
McLaughlin, Ryan | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience | Neurobiological underpinnings of stress and the mechanisms by which these factors influence the brain and behavior |
Nicola, Anthony | Vet. Microbiology and Pathology | Molecular processes that herpesviruses use to gain entry into host cells |
O'Connor, Roberta | Vet. Microbiology and Pathology | Develop new therapeutics for diseases caused by apicomplexan parasites with an emphasis on Cryptosporidium |
Omsland, Anders | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Dependence of interactions between bacterial obligate intracellular parasites and their host cells on parasite metabolic capacity and nutrient requirements |
Pru, James K. | Animal Sciences | Molecular events coordinating the physiology of embryo implantation; identification of mechanisms involved in infertility during early gestation |
Quock, Ray | Psychology | Pharmacology of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) suppression of chronic pain and opiate withdrawal |
Roberts, Steven | School of Molecular Biosciences | Role of genome plasticity in carcinogenesis with an emphasis on the mutagenic nature of lesions in single-stranded DNA |
Shaw, Dana | Vet. Microbiology and Pathology | Tick-transmitted diseases with a focus on targeting arthropodic immune processes for development of treatments |
Skinner, Michael K. | School of Biological Sciences | Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease and evolution; molecular and cellular control of testis and ovary development and biology |
Vadyvaloo, Viveka | Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health | Molecular processes and genetic determinants for the adapdation of Yersinia pestis to the digestive tract of fleas which contributes to the long-term persistence of bubonic plague |
Vasavada, Anita | Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | Biomechanics and neural control of the musculoskeletal system, and gender differences therein, with a focus on the human head and neck system; ergonomics of mobile devices; mechanisms of whiplash and injury |
Wayman, Gary | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience | Molecular and cellular mechanisms by which synaptic activity and neurotrophic factors influence neuronal development with an emphasis on CREB-dependent gene expression |
Wyrick, John Jason | School of Molecular Biosciences | Formation and repair of DNA damage in chromatin on a genome-wide scale and how damage formation and repair influences subsequent mutagenesis |
Xian, Ming | Chemistry | Combination of organic synthesis and bioorganic chemistry to examine, understand, and solve problems of biological and medicinal significance |