Pharmacology Faculty Members
Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.![]() Professor and Chair Cellular and molecular factors involved in the control of cardiac muscle contraction. |
Julie Bossuyt, D.V.M., Ph.D.![]() Assistant Professor In-Residence Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac plasticity and disease. |
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Chao-Yin Chen, Ph.D.![]() Associate Professor In-Residence Central neuroplasticity in cardiovascular regulation. |
Ye Chen-Izu, Ph.D.![]() Assistant Professor Cellular and molecular mechanisms of heart disease and biophysics of the cardiac mucscle excitation contraction coupling. |
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Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Computational approaches to reveal mechanisms of excitability in the heart and brain |
Florin Despa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor In-Residence 916-734-0905 Hydrophobic interactions and molecular crowding effects; molecular links between type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure. |
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Sanda Despa, Ph.D.![]() Assistant Professor In-Residence Na regulation in the heart and its role in cardiac muscle contraction in health and disease. |
Elva Diaz, Ph.D.![]() Assistant Professor Functional genomics of nervous system development. |
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Peggy Farnham, Ph.D.![]() Professor The interplay of genomics, epigenomics, and transcriptional regulation. |
Angela Gelli, Ph.D.![]() Assistant Professor Virulence determinants of fungal pathogenesis. |
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Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D.
Professor |
Richard Horuk, Ph.D.![]() Visiting Professor Chemokine receptors as therapeutic targets both for autoimmunity and for the treatment of Malaria |
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Leighton Izu, Ph.D.![]() Associate Professor Dynamics and stability of the cardiac control system. |
Anne Knowlton, M.D.![]() Professor Function and regulation of heat shock protein. |
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David Segal, Ph.D.![]() Associate Professor Engineering zinc finger DNA-binding proteins for diagnostics and gene therapy. |
Heike Wulff, Ph.D.![]() Associate Professor Potassium channel modulators for the treatment of autoimmune and cardiovascular disease. |

















