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Research Mentors

The following investigators have been approved to serve as research mentors. MUSC Faculty not listed may request appointment as a potential research mentor by submitting a cover letter and current NIH style Biographical Sketch to the Internal Advisory Committee.

Name, Degree, Rank

Academic Appointments
(primary/secondary)

Major Research Interests

Narayan Bhat, PhD
Professor
Neurosciences MAP kinases in oligodendrocyte cell signaling

James A. Cook, PhD
Professor

NeurosciencesSignal transduction pathways in shock
Robert G. Gourdie, PhD
Professor
Cell Biology & AnatomyDevelopmental and molecular biology of cardiac conduction; wound healing

Yusuf Hannun, MD
Professor

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyLipid mediated signaling and biology

Ayad A. Jaffa, PhD
Professor

Medicine/EndocrinologyMechanisms of diabetic vascular and renal disease

Daniel R. Knapp, PhD
Professor

PharmacologyMass Spectrometry, Protein Structure and Function, Proteomics
Antonieta Lavin, PhD Associate ProfessorNeurosciencesSynaptic electrophysiology, network activity and cortical circuitry

Donald R. Menick, PhD
Professor

Medicine/CardiologyRegulation of gene expression in cardiac myocytes
Lina M. Obeid, MD
Professor
Medicine/Internal MedicineSignal transduction in cellular senescence, lipid signaling in brain biology, cancer, and aging

Kennerly S. Patrick, PhD
Professor

Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Medicinal chemistry

Ron See, PhD
Professor

Neurosciences Neural substrates of addiction and relapse

Elizabeth Slate, PhD
Professor

Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and EpidemiologyBayesian methods, statistical computing and methodology

Dennis Watson, PhD
Professor

Pathology & Laboratory MedicineRole of Ets transcription factors in cellular motility
 
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