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
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.
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.
Pharmacology Training Program
UC Davis Cardiovascular Symposium