Biomedical Science
Message from the Chair
The Department of Biomedical Science is committed to the growth of research and scholarship in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and within Â鶹ŮÀÉ. The Department of Biomedical Science (BMS) is the basic science research and teaching arm of the Schmidt College of Medicine. Faculty in the BMS Dept teach both in the undergraduate medical education program and in the BMS graduate program. Faculty mentor medical, graduate, and undergraduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, in meaningful scholarly and discovery research pursuits that enhance the educational experience, while advancing our understanding of human health and disease.
Research strengths within the Department of Biomedical Science include cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, genetic eye diseases, age related eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts, neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, behavioral neurobiology, cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, genetic variants, chronic pain and opioid addiction.
Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.
Our Goals
To train doctors and scientists in a collaborative scientific community driven by creativity and innovation
To be a community of scholars who educate future physicians and scientists and advance knowledge through discovery
Faculty
Through discovery, education and service, the BMS faculty strive to be leaders in their areas of research. Using interdisciplinary approaches, BMS faculty perform hypothesis-driven investigations to reveal mechanisms that underlie biological processes and human disease and collaborate with clinical researchers to facilitate the development of novel diagnostics, therapies and preventive measures.
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Â鶹ŮÀÉ Brain Institute | Professor, Biomedical Science
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Ajay Bommareddy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
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Massimo Caputi, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science, Director of Biomarker Development, and Director of Genomics
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Andrea Cippitelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Krinio Giannikou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Biomedical Science
Patrick A. Grant, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Biomedical Science | Senior Associate Dean for Research
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Xupei Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science
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Ceylan Isgor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science | OURI Faculty Liaison
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Marc Kantorow, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs | Professor, Biomedical Science
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Michael Lu, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science
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Andrew Oleinikov, Ph.D.
Professor of Biomedical Science
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Eric Parise, Ph.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
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Lyonna Parise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science
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Sean M. Paz, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor | Assistant Director of Bioinformatics and Genomics Core
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Howard M. Prentice, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science
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Ning Quan, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Science | Â鶹ŮÀÉ Brain Institute Investigator
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Claudia de Oliveira Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
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Boca Raton Campus | BC 71
Wen Shen, Ph.D
Professor, Biomedical Science
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Rui Tao, D.V.M., Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
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Lawrence Toll, Ph.D
Professor, Biomedical Science | Â鶹ŮÀÉ Brain Institute Investigator
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Henriette van Praag, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science | Â鶹ŮÀÉ Brain Institute Investigator
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Jianning Wei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
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Ewa P. Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical Science | Director, Research Distinction Track | Co-Director, Lifelong Learning and Discovery Thread
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Research Faculty
Lisa A. Brennan, Ph.D.
Research Professor | Director, Graduate Programs Curriculum & Student Access
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Maureen Hahn, Ph.D.
Research Professor
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Akihiko Ozawa, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Science
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Marilyn Pray-Grant, M.S.
Research Associate
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Yingcai Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor | Director of iPSC Shared Facility
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Secondary Appointments
Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.
Â鶹ŮÀÉ Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute Assistant Director | Director of Community Engagement and Programming | Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
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Lucia Carvelli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Wilkes Honors College | Â鶹ŮÀÉ Brain Institute Investigator Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
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Boca Raton Campus
Ali A. Danesh, PH.D., FAAA
Professor
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Boca Raton Campus | ED 47 - 434
Katherine Freeman-Costin, Dr.P.H.
Professor
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Kevin Yunqing Kang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry | Associate Professor, Biomedical Science (Secondary)
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Carina Arnold, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Zaka Asif, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Blakely Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
David Cinalli, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Baganz Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Juliana Marques, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Giannikou Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Daniel Nemeth, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Quan Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Alexandra Paz
Postdoctoral Fellow (Baganz Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Thamires Righi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Cippitelli Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus
Nikhila Suresh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Giannikou Lab)
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Boca Raton Campus