Faculty
UMMS faculty members are internationally recognized authorities on subjects including AIDS, cancer, diabetes, infectious diseases, pain control, arteriosclerosis, thyroid function, hypertension, joint replacement, organ transplantation, minimally invasive surgery, arthritis, senility and depression. Faculty members include:
- Craig C. Mello: Nobel Prize winner, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Blais University Chair in molecular medicine; co-discoverer of RNA Interference, recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research, the Wiley Prize in biomedical sciences, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, the Warren Triennial Prize and the Massry Prize
- Michael Czech, PhD: Chair of the Program in Molecular Medicine; American Diabetes Association Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement (2000)
- Victor Ambros, PhD: 2008 Lasker prize winner; pioneer of microRNAs (miRNA)
- Phillip Zamore, PhD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, leader in the field of RNA Interference mechanism, W. M. Keck Foundation's Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program, co-founder of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (a biotechnology company dedicated to the development of small RNA molecules as therapies for human disease), 2009 recipient of Schering-Plough Institute Award
- Melissa Moore, PhD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, co-director of the UMMS RNA Therapeutics Institute
- Roger Davis, PhD: Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator; fellow of the Royal Society; H. Arthur Smith Chair in cancer research; featured in Biochemistry and Biology and Molecular Biology and Genetics on ISI Highly Cited
- Michael Green, MD, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; Searle Scholar Award; Presidential Young Investigators Award; McKnight Neuroscience Award; Harvey Lecture in 1993; Fox Chase Distinguished Lecture in Cancer Research in 2010; featured on Biochemistry and Biology and Genetics and Cell Biology on ISI Highly Cited
- Robert Brown, Jr., MD, DPhil: Chair of Neurology; identified genetic mutations related to familial ALS; expert in neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases
- Judith Ockene, PhD: Barbara Helen Smith Chair in preventive and behavioral medicine; specialist in women’s health issues (menopause, hormone replacement therapy), health behaviors (alcohol abuse, smoking) and quality-of-life issues
- Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD: Chair, Quantitative Health Sciences; senior scientist in health-care quality measurement and outcomes research
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