Therapeutics Faculty
Faculty members involved in the Therapeutics Area of Concentration represent a wide variety of Harvard Medical School programs and departments. Faculty are drawn from Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), the Division of Medical Science (DMS), clinical departments based at affiliated hospitals, the Harvard School of Public Heath, as well as several other Harvard Programs that include HMS faculty and/or are based in the Longwood Medical Area.
| Faculty Name | Research Summary |
|---|---|
| Altshuler, David | Human and population genetics, genomics and epidemiology |
| Balskus, Emily | Chemical Discovery in the Microbial World |
| Bernhardt, Tom | Bacterial cell division and cell biology |
| Blacklow, Stephen | Biochemistry of transmembrane receptors and signaling |
| Bradner, James | Epigenetics and Therapeutics |
| Brugge, Joan | signal transduction in normal and transformed cells |
| Cepko, Connie | Molecular Approaches to Developmental Neurobiology |
| Chou, James | Protein NMR Spectroscopy of Membrane Protein |
| Cichowski, Karen | Combining genetic and biochemical approaches to elucidate mechanisms underlying cancer |
| Clapham, David | New Biology through Physics: Molecular Discoveries with Light |
| Coen, Donald | Molecular Genetics of Herpes Viruses |
| Cohen, David | Mechanisms of hepatic cholesterol elimination |
| D’Amore, Patricia | Regulation of Vascular Development and Pathology |
| Daley, George | Stem cells in disease and development |
| Danail, Nika | Integration of Metabolism and Stress Pathways |
| Ebert, Benjamin | Research in hematology and oncology |
| Eck, Michael | Structure Biology of Cytoplasmic Signal Transduction |
| Elledge, Stephen | Cell Cycle Control and Genomic Integrity |
| Engelman, Jeffrey | Developing targeted therapies for cancer |
| Fisher, David | Eukaryotic survival decisions |
| Frank, David | Intracellular signaling pathways in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation |
| Garraway, Levi | Integrated and functional genomic studies of human cancer |
| Golan, David | Regulation of Membrane Protein and Lipid Dynamics: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Implications. |
| Goldberg, Michael | Development and Delivery of Novel Therapeutics to Address Cancer |
| Gray, Nathanael | Functional small molecules for biological discovery |
| Greenberg, Michael | Biochemical Mechanisms Controlling Cell Growth and Differentiation |
| Gunawardena, Jeremy | Systems Biology |
| Haigis, Marcia | Mitochondria in aging and metabolism |
| Harrison, Stephen | Structure of Viruses, Viral Proteins, Receptors, Transcription Factors |
| Hogle, Jim | X-Ray Crystallographic Studies of Viruses and Proteins |
| Hung, Deborah | Chemical genetics approach to bacterial pathogenesis |
| Jain, Rakesh | Tumor microenvironment, Angiogenesis and Metastasis: from Bench-to-Bedside-to-Biomarkers |
| Kahne, Dan | Mechanisms of action of antibiotics |
| Kaplan, Joshua | Genetic analysis of synaptic transmission |
| King, Randy | Chemical Approaches to Cell Division and Cancer |
| Kishony, Roy | System-level architecture of genetic networks |
| Lahav, Galit | Temporal Dynamics of Biological Systems in Human Cells |
| Letai, Anthony | Programmed Cell Death |
| Liberles, Stephen | Molecular Biology of Instinctive Animal Behavior |
| Lieberman, Judy | Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes |
| Marto, Jarrod | Quantitative proteomics of cancer progression |
| Mazitschek, Ralph | Immunology and Infectious Diseases |
| McClatchey, Andrea | Cytoskeleton in cancer development and progression |
| Mitchison, Tim | Cytoskeletal Dynamics |
| Mootha, Vamsi | Systems Biology Research |
| Pellman, David | The mechanics and regulation of mitosis |
| Roberts, Thomas | Control of Gene Expression Tumorgenesis and Differentiation |
| Rudner, David | Bacterial chromosome dynamics and cell biology |
| Ruvkun, Gary | Molecular Genetics of Development |
| Segal, Rosalind | Neurotrophic factors in development: Functions and mechanisms of action |
| Serhan, Charles | Chemical mediators in inflammation and resolution |
| Silver, Pam | Systems and Synthetic Biology |
| Sinclair, David | Molecular mechanisms of aging and age related diseases |
| Sorger, Peter | Systems biology of mammalian signal transduction |
| Spiegelman, Bruce | Mechanisms of Mammalian Cell Differentiation and Gene Expression |
| Wagner, Gerhard | NMR spectroscopy of proteins and metabolites |
| Walensky, Loren | Targeting deregulated apoptotic and transcriptional pathways in cancer |
| Walker, Suzanne | Chemical biology, enzymology, antibiotics, glycosyltransferases, inhibitors |
| Weissleder, Ralph | Quantitative single cell analysis of cancers during drug treatments in vivo |
| Wessling-Resnick, Marianne | Regulation of the Cellular uptake of Macromolecular Nutrients |
| White, Morris | Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Insulin Action |
| Wirth, Dyann | Molecular Biology of Parasites |
| Wolfe, Michael | Biochemistry and biology of neurodegenerative diseases |
| Yang, Priscilla | Chemistry and biology of Host-virus interactions |
| Yuan, Junying | Mechanisms of Programmed Cell Death |
| Zhao, Jean | Kinase signaling in cancer |
| Zon, Leonard | Developmental Biology of Hematopoiesis |