Clinical and Other Research

Patrick Clay, Pharm.D.

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Pharmacology; Clinical Research

Interests: Antiretroviral therapies, complications and drug-interactions, herbal agents: epidemiology, indications and efficacy perceptions by medically-indigent populations, pharmacoeconomics

Maria S. Cole, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor
Department: Anatomy

Interests: Genetic syndromes with craniosynostosis and modeling of growth and development of the human neurocranium, biomechanics and locomotion in large terrestrial vertebrates

Alan G. Glaros, Ph.D.

Title: Professor and Associate Dean
Department: Basic Medical Sciences

Interests: Facial pain, headache, chronic pain.
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Larry W. Segars, Pharm.D., Dr.PH

Title: Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine, Chair of Pharmacology
Department: Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine

Interests: Epidemiology/Pharmacoepidemiology using large U.S.-based population survey studies conducted by the CDC in Atlanta (National Center for Health Statistics), primary care (family/internal medicine) and public health-related topics (such as hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, obesity, etc...) and health disparities research (age/gender/race/ethnicity/payment ability/regionality differences in treatment and care). CNS areas (depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD) and their related epidemiology and pharmacotherapy using the above stated large population survey’s to conduct U.S.-based pharmacoepidemiological research
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Tracey A.H. Taylor, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Department: Microbiology

Interests:
Examination of the role of HIV infection and the viral protein product Tat on the expression, localization and activity of Pgp in human enterocytes. The gastrointestinal tract is an important site for early HIV entry and replication. Several effects of HIV infection are mediated by secreted viral factors produced during an infection. For instance, the HIV protein Tat can be taken up and induce apoptosis of neighboring uninfected T-lymphocytes and Tat has also been shown to exert pathogenic effects on enterocytes. P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is a transmembrane efflux pump whose expression results in decreased intracellular concentrations of certain anti-HIV drugs. [Read more...]

Mary Peace McRae, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Pharmacology

Interests: Pharmacology mechanism of antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV infection.
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Robert E. Stephens, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Dean, Professor and Chair
Department: College of Biosciences, Anatomy

Interests: Neuroanatomical, electrophysiological and neurological aspects of the laryngeal cough expiratory reflex

Barth Wright, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Anatomy

Interests: Ecological morphology of the primate masticatory system (focus on Neotropics and SE Asia), material/mechanical properties of foods ingested by primates; finite element analysis of the primate skull, incorporating in vitro strain data and data on food material properties [Read more...]

Kristin Wright, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Anatomy

Interests: The relationship between positional behavior (posture and locomotion), postcranial anatomy/morphology, and how this relationship functions to allow mammals (particularly non-human primates) to use their natural environments. I am also interested in the application of my research to conservation problems, in particular those having to do with habitat preservation. [Read more...]