All Faculty A-Z
Below is a list of all Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Graduate Training Program in Life Sciences faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research specialties and more — via the links below.
Browse the subcategories to view faculty by their research interests and learn more about their laboratory work.
Sarthy, Vijay
Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology
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Neuron-glia interactions in the retina; Roles of Müller (glia) cells in the pathogenesis of retinal degenerations and diabetic retinopathy.
Satchell, Karla Fullner
Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
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My research focuses on the role of secreted protein toxins on bacterial pathogenesis. The toxins we study are members of the MARTX family and are produced by Vibrio cholerae, a pathogen important fo... [more]
Savas, Jeffrey N
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology), Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Pharmacology
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My research interests are centered on elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms which drive synaptopathies and proteinopathies in the mammalian nervous system. As a first step, we use reductionist biochem... [more]
Scarpulla, Richard C
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Schleimer, Robert P
Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)
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I am interested in the mechanisms of pathogenesis and treatment of a variety of allergic and inflammatory diseases associated with allergy. These include chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma, hay fever, r... [more]
Schumacker, Paul T
Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Cell and Developmental Biology and Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
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Our lab is interested in the effects of oxygen on cell metabolism, and in the molecular mechanisms underlying cellular oxygen sensing. The signaling pathways activated by hypoxia, and their regulatio... [more]
Schwulst, Steven J
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Trauma and Critical Care)
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have estimated that nearly 2 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually in the United States. Of these cases, over 300,000 pati... [more]
Scott, Evan A
Associate Professor of McCormick School of Engineering and Microbiology-Immunology
Seed, Patrick C
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology-Immunology
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Patrick C. Seed, MD, Ph.D., is Associate Chief Research Officer for Basic Sciences at the Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. He is a P... [more]
Seifert, H Steven
Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae, gonorrhea, Neisseria meningitidis, pilus, antigenic variation, recombination, DNA transformation, DNA replication, DNA repair, antioxidant functions, reactive oxygen species (RO... [more]