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Soumyadipta Acharya, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Giulio Agnetti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Research Interests:
cardiovascular disease, heart failure
Peter Courtland Agre, M.D.
Director, Malaria Research Institute
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Research Interests:
Molecular aspects of human diseases, including hemolytic anemias, blood group antigens and malaria
Marilyn S. Albert, Ph.D.
Director of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
Richard F Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Hematologic Malignancies
Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplantation Program (HMBMT)
James B. Murphy Professor
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Co-Leader, Hematologic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplantation Program (HMBMT)
James B. Murphy Professor
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pathology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
AIDS-Related Cancers, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Hematologic Malignancies, Hodgkin's Disease, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
Research Interests:
Lymphoma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Epstein-Barr Virus and Cancer, AIDS Associated Cancers, Lymphoma biology, Antitumor therapy, Antiviral therapy, Virology in human cancer
William Stanley Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.
A. Earl Walker Professor
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Deep Brain Stimulation, Dystonia, Epilepsy Surgery, Essential Tremor, Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy, Neurosurgery, Parkinson's Disease, Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy, Spinal Cord Stimulator Removal, Temporal Lobectomy, Therapeutic Neuromodulation
Research Interests:
Deborah Jean Andrew, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Director for Faculty Development, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Cell Biology
Research Interests:
Drosophila, Developmental genetics of organ formation
Armin Arbab-Zadeh, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Cardiac Computed Tomography
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Angina, Atherosclerosis, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Cardiovascular Disease, Chest Pain, Coronary Artery Disease, Critical Care Medicine, CT Angiography, Dyslipidemia, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), High Cholesterol, Preventive Cardiology, Thoracic Imaging
Research Interests:
Coronary/cardiac imaging, Coronary risk prediction, New approaches to identify patients at risk for suffering heart attacks, Cardiac Computed Tomography, Prevention of Cardiac Events, Coronary circulation and disease
Mary Yousry Armanios, M.D.
Director, Telomere Center at Johns Hopkins
Associate Director of Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Genetic Medicine
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Pathology
Associate Director of Cancer Research Career Enhancement, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Genetic Medicine
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Pathology
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Dyskeratosis Congenita and Related Disorders, Genetics of Interstitial Lung Disease, Telomere-Associated Bone Marrow Failure, Telomere-Mediated Disease
Research Interests:
Telomere and Telomerase-Associated Disorders
Netzahualcoyotl Arroyo-Curras, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Research Interests:
In-vivo biosensing, personalized drug therapy, molecular diagnostics
Joel S. Bader, Ph.D.
Joint Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Genetic Medicine
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Joint Appointment in Genetic Medicine
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Research Interests:
Whole genome association, Evolution of biological networks, Anchoring protein pathways with genetic screens, Wiring diagrams for cells and organisms, Algorithms to discover modules in networks., Synthetic yeast: We are redesigning the yeast genome to reveal deep properties of evolution.
Scott Bailey, Ph.D.
Joint Appointment in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Research Interests:
Frederick Streeter Barrett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Neuropsychopharmacology, emotion, hallucinogens, serotonin, music, fMRI, PET
Amy J. Bastian, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research Interests:
Childhood motor development, Damage to the central nervous system, Motor learning defects, Cerebellar motor disorders, Stroke
Michael A. Beer, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Genetic Medicine
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Genetic Medicine
Research Interests:
Computational regulatory genomics and machine learning
Muyinatu A. Bell, Ph.D.
Joint Appointment in Biomedical Engineering
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Research Interests:
Ultrasound imaging, Photoacoustic imaging, Image quality improvements, Advanced beamforming methods, Light delivery systems, Medical robotics, Image-guided surgery, Technology development, Medical device design, Clinical translation
James M. Berger, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Director, Cancer Chemical and Structural Biology Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Co-Director, Cancer Chemical and Structural Biology Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Research Interests:
Small-molecule and biological regulatory mechanisms, Control of DNA replication and chromosome superstructure, Structural and catalytic mechanisms of nucleic-acid machines and assemblies
Ronald David Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Nicholas J. Fortuin, M.D. Professor in Cardiology
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Ablation, Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Atrial Tachycardia, Biventricular Pacing, Bradycardia, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Catheter Ablation Therapy, Device Therapy, Electrophysiology, Epicardial Catheter Ablation, Heart Disease, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy, Irregular Heartbeat, Pacemakers, Palpitations, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Syncope, Tachycardias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
Research Interests:
Arrhythmia device development, Arrhythmia mechanisms
Dwight Edward Bergles, Ph.D.
Director, Multiphoton Imaging and Electrophysiology Core, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Research Interests:
Glial involvement in neuronal signaling, Glutamate transporters in neuronal signaling, Synaptic physiology
Mario Antonio Bianchet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Associate Professor of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Research Interests:
Brain Development
Kristin Bigos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
William Ramses Bishai, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research
Professor of Medicine
Joint Appointment in Pathology
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Medicine
Joint Appointment in Pathology
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
Research Interests:
Molecular biology of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Seth Blackshaw, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurogenetics, Obesity
Research Interests:
Regulation of hypothalamic cell fate specification and function, Functional analysis of candidate regulators of cell specification and survival in retina, High throughput screening, Molecular basis of neuronal and glial cell fate specification and survival
Joel Nee-Lartey Blankson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
HIV Pathogenesis
Research Interests:
Natural Control of HIV-1 Infection
Cory Flagg Brayton, D.V.M.
Director, Phenotyping Core
Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Interests:
Phenotyping, Genetically Engineered Mice, Experimental Pathology, Toxicologic Pathology, Cancer, Infectious Disease, Drug Discovery and Development, GLP
Henry Brem, M.D.
Director, Department of Neurosurgery
Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Henry Brem Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Laboratory
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Professor of Neurosurgery
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery
Henry Brem Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Hunterian Neurosurgical Research Laboratory
Co-Director, Brain Cancer Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Professor of Neurosurgery
Joint Appointment in Ophthalmology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Acoustic Neuromas, Brain Cancer, Brain Tumors, Glioblastoma, Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic Brain Tumors, Pituitary Tumors, Skull Base Tumors
Research Interests:
Delivery of chemotherapy directly to the brain, Anti-angiogenesis therapies, Computer navigation systems used during surgery, Brain tumor vaccines, New clinical treatments for brain tumors
William Nathaniel Brennen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oncology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Associate Professor of Urology
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Associate Professor of Urology
Research Interests:
Prostate Cancer, Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Fibroblasts, MSCs, prodrugs, Stroma
Amanda M. Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Solange P. Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
ALS, Functional organization of local circuits of the neocortex
Jeff W.M. Bulte, Ph.D., M.S.
Director of Cellular Imaging, The Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering
Inaugural Director of Scientific Communications, Department of Radiology
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Inaugural Director of Scientific Communications, Department of Radiology
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Oncology
Research Interests:
MRI, CEST, MPI, Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Contrast Agents, Nanoparticles, Stem Cells, Theranostics, Reporter Genes
Patrick Cahan, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research Interests:
Stem Cell Engineering, Computational Biology, Single Cell Genomics
Danfeng Cai, Ph.D.
Joint Appointment in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Joint Appointment in Oncology
Research Interests:
Transcription, Genome Organization, Phase Separation, YAP/TAZ Signaling, Cancer
Peter Arthur Calabresi, M.D.
Director, Division of Neuroimmunology
Director, The Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, The Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Multiple Sclerosis
Research Interests:
Peter Anthony Campochiaro, M.D.
Director, Retinal Cell and Molecular Laboratory
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Neuroscience
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Neuroscience
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Diabetic Macular Edema, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Macular Disorders, Macular Holes, Macular Puckers, Medical Diseases of the Retina, Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy, Retinal Detachment, Retinal Specialist, Retinal Surgery, Retinal Vascular Disease, Retinal Vessel Occlusion, Surgical and Medical Diseases of the Retina, Surgical Diseases of the Retina, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery Service
Research Interests:
Mechanisms involved in ocular neovascularization, Development of new treatments for ocular neovascularization, Mechanisms involved in retinal degenerations, Development of new treatments for retinal degenerations, Ocular Gene Therapy, Clinical trials of ocular neovascularization and macular edema
Michael Jerry Caterina, M.D., Ph.D.
Solomon H. Snyder Professor
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute
Interim Director, Department of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neurosurgery
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
TRP channel function in thermosensation, pain and inflammation
Pablo Ariel Celnik, M.D.
Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physiatrist-in-chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Human Brain Physiology and Stimulation Laboratory
Director of Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Co-Director, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physiatrist-in-chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Human Brain Physiology and Stimulation Laboratory
Director of Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Co-Director, Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury
Research Interests:
Interventions to enhance motor recovery after stroke., Neurophysiology and modulation of human motor learning.
Vikram S. Chib, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Decision making, Rewards, Incentivized performance, Motivated behavior, Neuro-economics, Incentive mechanisms
Jonathan Chrispin, M.D.
Director, Ventricular Arrhythmia Research
Robert E. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Robert E. Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Ablation, Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Atrial Tachycardia, Biventricular Pacing, Bradycardia, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Catheter Ablation Therapy, Device Therapy, Electrophysiology, Epicardial Catheter Ablation, Heart Disease, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy, Internal Medicine, Irregular Heartbeat, Lead Extraction, Pacemakers, Palpitations, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Syncope, Tachycardias, Ventricular Tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
Research Interests:
Arrhythmia, Ventricular Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac MRI, Catheter Ablation
Janice E. Clements, Ph.D.
Director of Retrovirus Laboratory
Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mary Wallace Stanton Professor for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pathology
Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mary Wallace Stanton Professor for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Joint Appointment in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:
Lentiviruses, AIDS dementia, HIV central nervous system disease, SIV model for HIV pathogenesis, treatment and eradication, Molecular, immunological and cellular basis of viral diseases
Maria Luisa Cochella, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Carlo Colantuoni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Robert Norman Cole, Ph.D., M.S.
Director, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility
Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Research Interests:
Mass spectrometry strategies to characterize proteins and their modifications in malnutrition, neurological diseases and cancer
Jeffery Michael Coller, Ph.D.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology and Therapeutics
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Research Interests:
Messenger RNA Translation and Stability
Charles Edward Connor, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Professor of Neuroscience
Professor of Neuroscience
Research Interests:
Object synthesis in higher-level visual cortex