PSTP Faculty

Pharmacology

Lori L. Isom, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Neurology
Office: 734-936-3050 Lab: 734-936-3043
Dr. Chad Brenner

J. Chad Brenner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Michigan Otolaryngology and Translational Oncology Laboratory
734-763-2761

Matthew Brody, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Office: 734-763-3255 Lab: 734-647-8807

Yuqing Eugene Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

Frederick G L Huetwell Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Office: 734-763-7838

Paul Jenkins, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Medical School

David Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Office: 734-936-8639

Robert T. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Chair, Chemistry Department
Hobart Willard Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Chemistry, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Office: 734-615-4363 Lab: 734-615-4376

Yoichi Osawa, Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Innovation and Wellness
Professor of Pharmacology
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor in Medicine
Office: 734-936-5797 Lab: 734-936-5765

Carole Parent, Ph.D.

Raymond and Lynne Ruddon Collegiate Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School
Affiliate Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Office: 734-647-2209 Lab: 734-763-3519

James Rae, Ph.D.

Thomas H Simpson Collegiate Professor of Cancer Research, Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Office: 734-764-1460 Lab: 734-764-1360

Leslie Satin, Ph.D.

Joanne I Moore Research Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Office: 734-615-4084 Lab: 734-615-4276

James A. Shayman, M.D.

Agnes C and Frank D McKay Professor
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Internal Medicine
734-763-0992

Alan Smrcka, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Benedict R Lucchesi Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Office: 734-615-4945, Lab: 734-764-9925

John R. Traynor, Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Research
Edward F Domino Research Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Office: 734-647-7479 Lab: 734-764-9149

Shaomeng Wang, Ph.D.

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor in Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
Office: 734-615-0362 Lab: 734-615-3699

Biological Chemistry

Ryan Baldridge, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry
Office: (734) 763-4008; Lab: (734) 936-3440

Michael Cianfrocco, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry
Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
(734) 647-2195

Morgan DeSantis, Ph.D.

Affiliate Faculty, Biological Chemistry
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
(734) 615-0610

Daniel Goldman, Ph.D.

Bernard W. Agranoff Collegiate Professor of Neuroscience
Professor, Biological Chemistry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
(734) 936-2057

Phyllis I. Hanson, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, Biological Chemistry
Minor J. Coon Collegiate Professor, Biological Chemistry
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
Office: (734) 647-6180; Lab: (734) 936-2726

Melanie Ohi, Ph.D.

Affiliate Faculty, Biological Chemistry
Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
(734) 763-6493

Janet Smith, Ph.D.

Martha L. Ludwig Distinguished University Professor, Biological Chemistry
Rita Willis Professor in the Life Sciences
Research Professor, Center for Structural Biology Faculty Director, and Associate Institute Director, Life Sciences Institute
(734) 615-9564

Medicinal Chemistry

Charles Brooks III, Ph.D.
Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Chemistry; Cyrus Levinthal Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics; Director, Program in Biophysics; and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Timothy Cernak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Martin Clasby, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Co-Director of the Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Core

George Garcia, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Amanda Garner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Jolanta Grembecka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Roland Kersten, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Medicinal Chemistry

Pavel Nagorny, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Allison Narayan, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Associate Professor of Chemistry, Co-Director, Michigan Life Sciences Fellows Program, and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Nouri Neamati, Ph.D.
John G. Searle Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology Director, Molecular & Cellular Pathology PhD Program, Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Emily Scott, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics

Peter Scott, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Radiology, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Faculty Associate in the Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry

Jonathan Sexton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
David Sherman

David Sherman, Ph.D.

CCMB Affiliate Faculty
Hans W. Vahlteich Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Professor of Chemistry

Shaomeng Wang, Ph.D.

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor in Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
Office: 734-615-0362 Lab: 734-615-3699

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Wei Cheng, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry
(734) 763-3709

Anna Schwendeman, Ph.D.
William I Higuchi Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy; Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Steven Schwendeman, Ph.D.
Chair and Ara G. Paul Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering

Duxin Sun, Ph.D.
Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy