Penelope A. Boyden, Ph.D., pab4@columbia.edu
Cardiac physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology: cellular electrophysiology and mechanisms of arrhythmias in artificial and naturally occurring animal models of disease.
William T. Dauer, M.D., wtd3@columbia.edu
Studies of the fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms of diseases that disrupt normal motor control, with a focus on Parkinson’s disease and dystonia
Qing R. Fan, Ph. D., qf13@columbia.edu
X-ray crystallographic studies of G-protein -coupled receptors.
Steven J. Feinmark, Ph.D., sjf1@columbia.edu
Regulation of lipid-sensitive channels in the heart, nervous system and in cancer.
Gerald Fischbach, M.D., gdf@columbia.edu
Harold and Margaret Hatch Professor; and Professor of Pharmacology (in the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior) Developmental neurobiology: molecular control of the formation and maintenance of synapses.
Daniel J. Goldberg, Ph.D., djg@columbia.edu
Neurobiology and Behavior : Growth of neuronal processes and formation of synapses during development and learning.
Joseph H. Graziano, Ph.D., jg24@columbia.edu
Public Health : Mineral metabolism and toxicology
Steven Greenberg, M.D., greenberg@cuccfa.ccc.columbia.edu
Medicine : Macrophage signal transduction; role of low molecular weight GTPases in innate immunity.
Rene Hen, Ph.D., rh95@columbia.edu
Psychiatry, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior : Contribution of serotonin receptors to physiological and pathological states; behavioral consequences of the absence of specific serotonin receptor subtypes
Brian F. Hoffman, M.D. (Emeritus), bhf1@columbia.edu
Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology.
Jonathan A. Javitch, M.D., Ph.D., jaj2@columbia.edu
Center for Molecular Recognition/Psychiatry : Structural basis for pharmacological specificity and signal transduction in G-protein coupled receptors; Molecular studies of components of the dopamine signaling system relevant to schizophrenia and drug abuse
Norman Kahn, D.D.S., Ph.D., (Emeritus), nk5@columbia.edu
Associate Dean, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (Emeritus).
Robert S. Kass, Ph.D., rsk20@columbia.edu
Center for Neurobiology & Behavior :Regulation and expression of ion channel proteins in normal and genetically altered heart.
Steven Marx, M.D., P&S 9-; sm460@columbia.edu
Elucidation of mechanism(s) that regulate cardiac and smooth muscle ion channel function
Diana Murray, Ph.D., dm527@columbia.edu
Computational approaches to protein structure/function
Geoffrey S. Pitt, M.D., Ph.D., gp2004@columbia.edu
Medicine : Calcium-dependent regulation of ion channels and ion channel gene transcription in normal and diseased states.
Alice Prince, M.D., asp7@columbia.edu
Pediatrics : Bacterial activation of epithelial cytokine expression; pathogenesis of infection
Richard B. Robinson, Ph.D., rbr1@columbia.edu
Developmental regulation of cardiac ion channel function and autonomic signaling cascades.
Michael R. Rosen, M.D., mrr1@columbia.edu
Cardiovascular pharmacology: electrophysiology of cardioactive drugs, developmental pharmacology and electrophysiology, cardiac arrhythmias, gene transfer approaches as novel therapeutic strategies.
Helen E. Scharfman, Ph.D., scharfmanh@helenlayeshosp.org
Neurophysiology and pharmacology of hippocampus, thalamus, and cortex using brain slices; structure and function studies of single neurons; mechanisms underlying hyperexcitability.
Steven A. Siegelbaum, Ph.D., sas8@columbia.edu
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior : Membrane biophysics, pharmacology of excitable membranes; molecular studies of ion channel function; synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain.
Susan Steinberg, M.D., sfs1@columbia.edu
Receptor pharmacology: Studies of the molecular changes in components of the adrenergic receptor and signal transduction pathways during normal cardiac development and in experimental models of cardiac ischemia hormonal regulation of cardiac contractile function.
David Sulzer, Ph.D., ds43@columbia.edu
Neurotransmission and mechanisms of neurodegeneration in basil ganglia and dopamine neurons
Andrew L. Wit, Ph.D., alw4@columbia.edu
Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology: electrophysiology and pathophysiology of myocardial infarction; arrhythmia associated with myocardial infarction, and its modification by antiarrhythmic drugs.