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Faculty in the Genetics graduate program who are based at Penn State's Hershey College of Medicine.

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Bronson, Sarah Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology	sbronson@psu.edu 717-531-5194 (Hershey Medical Center)	Targeted transgenesis and transgene expression; murine stem cell differentiation/osteogenesis and autoimmunity.
Carrel, Laura Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	lcarrel@psu.edu 717-531-5419 (Hershey Medical Center)	Genetics, epigenetics, and genomics of X chromosome inactivation in human and mouse.
Chau, Vincent Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology	vxc6@psu.edu 717-531-0020 (Hershey)	Protein ubiquitination and the function of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis.
Cheng, Keith Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology Co-director, Bioinformatics and Genomics option of IBIOS graduate program	kcheng@psu.edu 717-531-5635 (Hershey)	Genomic instability, cell differentiation, and cancer susceptibility.
Chiang, Hui-Ling Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology	hxc32@psu.edu 717-531-8566 (Hershey)	Genetic analysis of lysosomal proteolysis.
Clawson, Gary Professor of Pathology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	gac4@psu.edu 717-531-5632 (Hershey)	Early changes in carcinogenesis.
Craven, Rebecca Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology	rcc6@psu.edu 717-531-3528 (Hershey)	Virus assembly processes; functions of structural proteins in retrovirus replication; retroviral CA protein structure-function analysis.
Eckert, Kristin Associate Professor of Pathology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	kae4@psu.edu 717-531-4065 (Hershey)	Molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis in human cells.
Floros, Joanna Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology	jfloros@psu.edu 717-531-6972 (Hershey)	Regulation and function of pulmonary surfactant protein variants; the role of surfactant proteins in the pathogenesis of pulmonary disease.
Gragnoli, Claudia	cug12@psu.edu (Hershey)	Human genetics of monogenic and complex disorders.
Grigoryev, Sergei Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	sag17@psu.edu 717-531-8588 (Hershey)	Chromatin structure and its regulation in hemopoiesis and leukemia.
Gunther, Edward Associate Professor of Medicine	ejg12@psu.edu 717-531-7022 (Hershey)	Breast cancer and its treatments.
Herzog, Christopher Assistant Professor of Pharmacology	crh13@psu.edu 717-531-8285 (Hershey)	The role of genotoxic carcinogens in the genetic selection occurring during the development of lung cancer.
Hu, Jianming Professor of Microbiology and Immunology	juh13@psu.edu 717-531-6523 (Hershey)	Replication and pathogenesis of hepatitis viruses.
Keil, Ralph Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	rkeil@psu.edu 717-531-8595 (Hershey)	Mechanisms of action of volatile anesthetics.
Lazarus, Philip Associate Director, Penn State Cancer Institute Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Health Evaluation Sciences	plazarus@psu.edu 717-531-5734 (Hershey)	Pharmacogenetics and cancer, carcinogenic pathways, DNA repair, translational regulation.
Levenson, Robert Professor of Pharmacology	rlevenson@psu.edu 717-531-4545 (Hershey)	Genetics of schizophrenia; genetics of Na,K-ATPase.
Liu, David Associate Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences	dxl39@psu.edu 717-531-4168 (Hershey)	Survival and death regulation of neurons and brain tumor cells.
McLaughlin, Patricia Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences Director, Graduate Program in Anatomy	pxm9@psu.edu 717-531-6414 (Hershey)	Endogenous growth factors and heart development.
Mu, David Associate Professor of Pathology	dxm70@psu.edu (Hershey)	Cancer Research, Lung cancer and development, Cancer genomics, Molecular study of oncogene mechanism, Oncogenic signaling, Functional screens for novel cancer genes, Developing function-based tools to rapidly evaluate multiple candidate cancer genes.
Mulder, Kathleen Professor of Pharmacology	kmm15@psu.edu 717-531-6789 (Hershey)	Cloning and functional analysis of TGF-beta signaling components.
Muscat, Joshua Professor of Public Health Sciences	jem39@psu.edu 717-531-4710 (Hershey)	Prevention of cancer, which is based on understanding the interrelationship between environmental carcinogens, genetic susceptibility, drug exposure, and human behavior.
Parent, Leslie Associate Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology and Immunology	lparent@psu.edu 717-531-8881 (Hershey)	Molecular mechanisms of virus replication.
Pegg, Anthony Evan Pugh Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and Pharmacology	apegg@psu.edu 717-531-8152 (Hershey)	Polyamine metabolism; DNA repair.
Robertson, Gavin Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Pathology, and Dermatology Co-Chair Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Genetics	gprobertson@psu.edu 717-531-8098 (Hershey)	Genetic regulation of melanoma development.
Sample, Jeffery	jts21@psu.edu (Hershey)	Mechanisms of Epstein-Barr virus persistence and tumorigenesis.
Shantz, Lisa Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology	lshantz@psu.edu 717-531-6987 (Hershey)	Regulation of protein synthesis in Ras transformation.
Shi, Yuguang (Roger) Associate Professor, Cellular & Molecular Physiology	yus11@psu.edu 717-531-8566 (Hershey)	Molecular mechanisms underlying the causes of diabetes and obesity
Spector, David Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology	dspector@psu.edu 717-531-8250 (Hershey)	Regulation of viral gene expression.
Verderame, Michael Associate Professor of Medicine	mverdera@psu.edu 717-531-5467 (Hershey)	Molecular genetic analysis of signal transduction in cancer.
Vrana, Kent Elliot S. Vesell Professor and Chair of Pharmacology	kvrana@psu.edu 717-531-8285 (Hershey)	Investigation of neurotransmitter biosynthesis, human embryonic stem cells, and drug abuse.
Wills, John Professor of Microbiology and Immunology	jww4@psu.edu 717-531-3528 (Hershey)	Molecular biology and genetics of virus assembly and budding.
Yang, Jin-Ming Professor of Pharmacology	juy16@psu.edu 717-531-0003 (Hershey)
Zagon, Ian Distinguished Professor of Neural and Behavioral Science Director, Program on Education in Human Structure	isz1@psu.edu 717-531-8650 (Hershey)	Growth factors and receptors.
Zhang, Samuel (Sam) Shao-Min Assistant Professor of Neural & Behavioral Sciences	ssz3@psu.edu 717-531-8480 (Hershey)	Signal transduction in mammal development and pathogenesis.
Zhu, Jiyue Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology	joz1@psu.edu 717-531-3597 (Hershey)	Molecular mechanisms of cellular immortalization and cancers.

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