Research Overview
Research in Pathology and Anatomical Sciences is an amalgam of clinical, translational, and basic science investigation. The broad scope of research interests span the general areas of cancer biology, neurosciences, integrative anatomy, clinical and laboratory pathology. Department research is supported by peer-reviewed sources including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Heart Association, The Dana Foundation, Leakey Foundation, Department of Veteran Affairs, and Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Faculty actively participate in institutional initiatives including the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, the Bond Life Sciences Center, the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, the VA Biomolecular Imaging Center, the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, the Burns Center for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Research, the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center and the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science.
Graduate students may obtain doctoral degrees (PhD), working with faculty in the department, through the Integrative Anatomy Program, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, or the Pathobiology Area Program. A department-based Masters Degree in Pathology is also available. For additional information regarding PhD or MS programs, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Matthew Ravosa. Research training opportunities for post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduates are also available in individual laboratories, by contacting the individual faculty member . The diversity of investigators provides unique opportunities for integrative, multi-disciplinary and translational research.
Current Research Topics
- DNA methylation and epigenetic regulation of gene expression
- Computational analysis of genomic data, bioinformatics
- Pathobiology of cancer (neoplasia), invasion, and metastasis
- Diagnostic molecular pathology
- Development and evolution of brain morphology
- Developmental biology and pathobiology
- Dietary influences on cranial and dental morphology
- Evolutionary morphology of the vertebrate skull and feeding complex
- Evolution of the postcranial skeleton
- Joint formation, biomechanics and aging
- Molecular mechanisms of redox modulation
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Wound repair and angiogenesis, vascular remodeling
- Diagnostic evaluation of biopsies
- Pathology informatics
- Advances in laboratory medicine sciences
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