Pharmacology Faculty Members

Timothy E. Albertson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Professor
916-734-2737
tealbertson@ucdavis.edu

Clinical pharmacology and toxicology, aeromedicine, and septic and adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
530-752-6517
dmbers@ucdavis.edu

Lab Website

Cellular and molecular factors involved in the control of cardiac muscle contraction.

Julie Bossuyt, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
530-754-7419
jbossuyt@ucdavis.edu

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiac plasticity and disease.

Chao-Yin Chen, Ph.D.

Professor
530-754-6458
cych@ucdavis.edu

Central neuroplasticity in cardiovascular regulation.

Ye Chen-Izu, M.S., Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-3232
ychenizu@ucdavis.edu

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of heart disease and biophysics of the cardiac muscle excitation contraction coupling.

Yi-Je (Jay) Chen, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Adjunct
530-752-8648
ijchen@ucdavis.edu

Potassium channels in ischemic stroke and neuroinflammation

Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, M.D.

Professor
530-754-7158
nchiamvimonvat@ucdavis.edu

Functional roles of different isoforms of cardiac calcium channels using combined techniques of transgenic mouse models, gene silencing and patch-clamp recordings.

Colleen E. Clancy, Ph.D.

Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
530-754-0254
ceclancy@ucdavis.edu

Computational approaches to reveal mechanisms of excitability in the heart and brain.

Elva Diaz, Ph.D.

Professor
530-754-6080
ediaz@ucdavis.edu

Functional genomics of nervous system development.

Angela Gelli, Ph.D.

Professor
530-754-6446
acgelli@ucdavis.edu

Virulence determinants of fungal pathogenesis.

Yale Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
yegoldman@ucdavis.edu

Eleonora Grandi, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-4780
egrandi@ucdavis.edu

Mathematical modeling of cardiac myocyte electrophysiology, ion transport, and signaling in health and disease.

Johannes W. Hell, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-6540
jwhell@ucdavis.edu

Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity and the Role of Signaling Complexes.

Mary Horne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Adjunct
530-752-7723
mhorne@ucdavis.edu

Unconventional cyclin function during cellular growth, differentiation and stress responses.

Leighton Izu, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-0324
ltizu@ucdavis.edu

Dynamics and stability of the cardiac control system.

Anne Knowlton, M.D.

Professor
530-752-5461
aaknowlton@ucdavis.edu

Function and regulation of heat shock protein.

Jody Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Adjunct and Core Director of CVRI
530-754-1465
jodmartin@ucdavis.edu

Cytoprotective signaling in muscle.

Stefano Morotti, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
530-754-3341
smorotti@ucdavis.edu

Computational and statistical approaches to unravel the cellular mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling.

Manuel Navedo, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-6880
mfnavedo@ucdavis.edu

Mechanisms of excitation - contraction and excitation - transcription coupling in arterial myocytes.

Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
530-752-6880
mcnieves@ucdavis.edu

Molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling vascular function in health and disease.

Crystal Ripplinger, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-1569
cripplinger@ucdavis.edu

Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias; Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging.

Michael A. Rogawski, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
916-734-3588
rogawski@ucdavis.edu

Cellular neurophysiology of ion channels; neurological therapeutics, with an emphasis on antiepileptic drugs and other epilepsy treatment approaches; treatment of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic epilepsy.

Daisuke Sato, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
530-752-4440
dsato@ucdavis.edu

Mathematical modeling of action potential and calcium cycling. Nonlinear dynamics of cardiac phenomena including alternans, early and delayed afterdepolarizations, Ca sparks, Ca waves.

David Segal, Ph.D.

Professor
530-754-9134
djsegal@ucdavis.edu

Engineering zinc finger DNA-binding proteins for diagnostics and gene therapy.

Igor Vorobyov, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
530-231-0744
ivorobyov@ucdavis.edu

Molecular modeling of ion channels and their modulation by drugs and lipids.

Heike Wulff, Ph.D.

Professor
530-754-6135
hwulff@ucdavis.edu

Potassium channel modulators for the treatment of autoimmune and cardiovascular disease.

Yang K. Xiang, Ph.D.

Professor
530-752-6895
ykxiang@ucdavis.edu

Neurohormonal regulation of GPCR signaling in heart failure and Alzheimer's diseases.