High Throughput Omics Technologies, Molecular Biology, Protein Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Mouse Models for Cancer, Rat Models for Neuropathic Pain, Pig Models for Burn Wounding, Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy, Bioinformatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
1992
BS
Biology
Wayne State University
1986
Research and Expertise
Research Interests
I am a cell and molecular biologist with background in pain neurobiology, burn wound healing, bioinformatics, preclinical drug development, cancer biomarker analysis, retinoid biology and signaling, signal transduction, cancer chemoprevention, and skin and bladder biology. Extensive experience (post-Ph.D.) in translational and preclinical research that is conducted in close collaboration with clinicians. Extensive experience at faculty level as principal investigator running a vigorous, independent, extramurally-funded research program. Over 75 peer-reviewed publications. Current research is aimed at pain treatment for burn injury and wound healing (skin), with a focus on battlefield injuries. Research also includes improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries and pathologies associated with environmental exposures and/or combat related exposures of military service members. Previous work involved the search for markers of early stage skin and bladder cancer, the identification of surrogate endpoint biomarkers for chemopreventive treatments, and molecular and cell biological approaches to understanding the mechanism of action of anti-cancer drugs, both therapeutic and chemopreventive.
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Affiliations
Research Consortia
Gulf Coast Consortium for Translational Pain Research
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