Faculty Mentors

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Applicants are encouraged to contact faculty members leading a RWJMS or Rutgers biomedical research lab, depending on their research interest. All Rutgers labs are eligible as long as the research will be conducted in the biomedical fields (broadly defined).

Below is a list of potential mentors INSPIRE fellows could work with, but your are not limited to these.

We welcome inquiries from Rutgers and RBHS faculty who are interested in joining the INSPIRE program. If you are committed to mentoring Postdoctoral Fellows who want to obtain academic jobs, and have an active research lab that could incorporate a talented postdoc who can be funded by NIH-INSPIRE for up to 3 years, we would love to hear from you. You can start by recruiting a top candidate in your field from around the country to your lab, when you attend conferences for example. Once you have such a candidate, you can ask them to apply for INSPIRE funding.

Name	Department	Research Interest
Abraira, Victoria, PhD	Neuroscience	Fundamental principles of sensory neurobiology; spinal cord circuits
Anthony, Tracy, PhD	Nutritional Science	Amino Acid Control of Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression
Aston-Jones, Gary, PhD	Brain Health Institute Psychiatry	Brain Mechanisms of Motivation and Cognitive Processes Cognition and Addiction
Barr, Maureen, PhD	Genetics	Generation of sexual behaviors and the molecular basis of human genetic diseases of cilia
Boison, Detlev, PhD	Neurosurgery	To translate fundamental mechanisms of biochemistry and energy metabolism into novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of neurological conditions.
Brewer, Gary, PhD	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Regulation of Gene Expression; Genomics
Copeland, Paul, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Regulation of Gene Expression at the Translational Level, Incorporation and Utilization of Selenocysteine
DiCicco-Bloom, Emanuel, MD	Neuroscience and Cell Biology Pediatrics	Regulation of Developmental and Adult Neurogenesis, Cell Cycle Mechanisms
Dreyfus, Cheryl, PhD	Neuroscience and Cell Biology	The Role of the Trophic Factors and Glial Cells
Driscoll, Monica, PhD	Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	Developmental Neurogenetics, Molecular Genetics of Neuronal Cell Death, Mechanosensory Transduction in Touch and Feeling, Molecular Mechanisms of Aging
Duffy, Siobain, PhD	Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources	Emerging Viruses, Experimental Evolution, Bioinformatics, Bacteriophage
Ellison, Christopher, PhD	Genetics	Computational Biology, Genomics, Molecular Genetics
Fan, Huizhou, PhD	Pharmacology	Pathogenesis and Intervention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Freundlich, Joel , PhD	Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience	Computation, chemistry, and biology to develop new tools that contribute to our understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases
Gao, Nan, PhD	Biological Sciences	Human commensal bacteria, pathogen, and intestinal inflammation.
Irvine, Kenneth, PhD	Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	Cell-Signaling, Pattern Formation, Growth Control, Developmental Glycobiology
Jacinto, Estela, PhD	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Signal Transduction, Cancer, Insulin, Metabolism, T Lymphocytes
Kiledjian, Mike, PhD	Cell Biology and Neuroscience	RNA-Protein Interactions in the Regulation of Mammalian Mrna Turnover. RNA-Binding Proteins in Human Genetics Disorders
McKim, Kim, PhD	Genetics	Double Strand Break Repair, Genetic Recombination, Chromosome Pairing, Chromosome Segregation, Kinesin Motor Proteins
Millonig, James, PhD	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience & Cell Biology	DHuman Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism
Monahan, Kevin, PhD	Molecular Biology & Biochemistry	Gene regulatory mechanisms that specify diverse cell-types in the mammalian nervous system and maintain their identity for the life of an organism.
Nakamura, Tetsuya, PhD	Evolutionary and Developmental biology	The genetic mechanisms underlying the fish diversity and fish-to-tetrapod transition
Nanda, Vikas, PhD	Biochemistry	Protein Evolution and Folding, Computational De Novo Design of Proteins and Biomimetics
Omary, Bishr PhD	Biomedical Sciences	Keratin protein aggregates
Quadro, Loredana, PhD	Food Science	Nutritional Biochemistry
Roepke, Troy, PhD	Animal Sciences	Environmental influences and stresses on the physiological functions of organisms.
Routh, Vanessa, PhD	Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience	Role Of Hypothalamic Glucose Sensing Neurons In Glucose And Energy Homeostasis
Runnels, Loren, PhD	Pharmacology	Developmental Biology, Magnesium and Calcium Homeostasis and Signaling, Brain Injury
Samuels, Benjami, PhD	Psychology	Chronic Stress Paradigms For Both Sexes
Schindler, Karen, PhD	Genetics	Signal Transduction, Meiosis, Aneuploidy, Gamete Formation and Reproduction
Singson, Andrew, PhD	Genetics	Reproductive Biology and Cell-Cell Interactions in C. Elegans
Soto-Centeno, Julio, PhD	Biological Sciences	Evolutionary Biology of Caribbean Bats
Soto, Martha, PhD	Pathology	C. elegans model for Cell Polarity and Cell Migrations During Development and Disease
Stock, Ann, PhD	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Structure/Function Analysis of Signal Transduction Proteins
Verzi, Michael, PhD	Genetics	Basic intestinal development and homeostasis, as well as various aspects of intestinal health.
Zhang, Huaye, PhD	Neuroscience and Cell Biology	Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis and Synaptic Plasticity