Faculty & Research
Faculty in the CMDB theme are affiliated with multiple departments across UAB. The scientific interests of the faculty are very diverse and interdisciplinary in nature and encompass cell, molecular, and developmental biology using modern tools and approaches as well as a wide range of model organisms and cell culture systems. The research conducted by CMDB faculty addresses fundamental cellular and molecular questions that provide the basis for understanding and treating human disease and developmental abnormalities. Specific research activities of the CMDB faculty can be viewed by visiting individual faculty research and profile pages or by looking under the faculty research focus areas. CMDB faculty research is supported by awards from various agencies, with the majority coming from the National Institutes of Health.
Click on the research focus area in the menu bar on the left to see a listing of faculty members by research focus area.
Birth Defects & Development
Jonas Almeida, Ph.D.- Pathology
Informatics; personalized medicine; systems biology; mathematical modeling Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Chenbei Chang, Ph.D. - Cell, Developmental and Integrative BiologySignaling transduction in development and diseases Birth Defects & Development Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Sarah Clinton, Ph.D. - Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology
Neurodevelopmental and environmental factors that underlie susceptibility to anxiety and depression Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Rita Cowell, Ph.D. - Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurobiology
Transcriptional regulation of early postnatal brain development: Insights into the pathology of autism and schizophrenia Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development
Alecia K. Gross, Ph.D. - Vision Sciences
Rhodopsin trafficking in rod cells and rhodopsin-mediated retinal degenerations Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Mohammad Hassan, Ph.D. - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The regulation of bone formation and craniofacial development by non-coding microRNA. My research will also explore the role of specific microRNAs for the progression of osteoarthritis. Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Amjad Javed, Ph.D. - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Genetic and molecular signaling for cellular differentiation and skeletogenesis Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Michael A. Miller, Ph.D. - Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Function and evolution of intercellular communication mechanisms Birth Defects & Development Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
John Parant, Ph.D. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
Regulation as well as cause of genomic instability in cancer and other diseases Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Rosa Serra, Ph.D. - Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Mechanism of TGF-action in developmental and disease processes Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. - Neurobiology
Synaptic transmission and glutamate transporters Birth Defects & Development Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Jianbo Wang, Ph.D. - Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
A novel signaling pathway termed planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway and how this pathway regulates morphogenesis in mammals Birth Defects & Development Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
Bradley Yoder, Ph.D. - Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Cilia signaling and dysfunction in development and disease Birth Defects & Development Disease Mechanisms Fundamental Cellular Mechanisms
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Faculty & Research