RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS IN THE MEDICINE DEPARTMENT
(categorized by division)
NOTE: This is not a listing of currently available open positions but a listing of researchers who may have research opportunities, paid or unpaid, for students and/or residents and have given permission to be contacted directly
DIVISION OF ADDICTION/ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
(HCMC Division)
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Kathleen M. Wesa, M.D. |
osteoporosis |
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Selcuk Adabag, MD |
Clinical research in sudden cardiac death, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation and outcome after cardiac surgery |
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Robert Bache, MD |
Heart failure, myocardial energy metabolism, myocardial hypertrophy, nitric oxide signaling in the heart, oxygen free radicals, coronary angiogenesis |
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Monica Colvin-Adams, MD |
Heart failure, heart transplant, and cardiomyopathy. |
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Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC |
Early Detection Atherosclerosis, Arterial stiffness, Retinal blood vessels, Exercise and BNP, Arterial Hypertension, Carotid Intima Thickness, New Markers for Cardiovascular Disease, Arterial Mathematical Modelling, Cardiovascular Prevention, Diastolic Heart Failure, Lipid Disorders. Clinical Trials, Quality assurance of target goals, vascular remodeling, vascular aging, cardiovascular risk scores |
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Jennifer Hall, PhD |
Vascular, cardiovascular, endothelial, molecular, genomics, microarray |
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Yuqing Huo, MD, PhD |
Inflammation, atherosclerosis and thrombosis, leukocyte-platelet-endothelial interactions in vivo and in vitro |
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Ed McFalls, MD, PhD |
Myocardial ischemia, glucose metabolism, GLUT transporters, myocardial stunning, myocardial hibernation, mitochondrial function, myocardial glyocogen |
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E. Kenneth Weir, MD |
Vascular biology, pulmonary hypertension, ion channels |
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Jay Zhang, MD, PhD |
Heart failure, myocardial energetics, stem cell, myocardial repair, gene |
DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES
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| Puneet S. Arora, MD MS Assistant Professor Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes MS 11503F, Regions Hospital 640 Jackson Street, St Paul, MN 55101 E-mail: arora033@umn.edu |
Osteporosis |
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John Bantle, MD |
Diabetes mellitus, clinical research, General Clinical Research Center. |
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Cary Mariash, MD |
Thyroid hormone, brain development, lipogenesis, cell biology, gene regulation |
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Elizabeth Seaquist, MD |
Diabetes mellitus, brain glucose metabolism, magnetic resonance, clinical investitgation |
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Shalamar Sibley, MD, MPH |
Central obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, microalbuminuria, insulin resistance syndrome, renin-angiotensin abnormalities. |
DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION (GI)
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Jeffrey H. Albrecht, MD |
Liver regeneration, cell cycle control, cell growth, carcinogenesis |
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Alexander Khoruts, MD |
Immunologic tolerance, T cell biology, autoimmunity |
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Betsy Kren, PhD |
Liver directed gene therapy, apoptosis, RNAi, & Sleeping Beauty transposons. The work uses both cultured cells and animal models |
| Stephen J. McSorley, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology Center for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Translational Research TRF DC 2873 3-417 MTRF 2001 6th Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: mcsor002@umn.edu |
Infectious Disease, Intestinal immune response, Vaccines Mucosal Immunity, host-pathogen interactions, T cells |
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Mandeep Sawhney, MD CONTACT INFO: |
Clinical research in the areas of endoscopic ultrasonography, therapeutic endoscopy, colon cancer |
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Clifford J. Steer, MD |
Membranes and receptors, Cell interactions, Gene expression, Gene Therapy, Apoptosis |
DIVISION OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
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| Hanna E. Bloomfield, MD, MPH Professor Chief, General Internal Medicine Director, Ctr for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research VA Medical Center (1110) 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 E-mail: hanna.bloomfield@va.gov |
Ambulatory Care; Controlled Clinical Trial; Diffusion of innovation; Evidence-Based Medicine; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Physician Practice Patterns; Practice Guidelines; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Design; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome |
| Diana J. Burgess, PhD Assistant Professor Investigator, CCDOR VA Medical Center (152/2E) 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 E-mail: diana.burgess@va.gov |
Academic Research; Cancel Control; Health Care Seeking Behavior; Health Services Research; Minority Groups; Minority Health; Pain, Racial Differences in Care; Smoking Cessation; Social Cognition |
| Tracie C. Collins, MD, MPH Associate Professor Investigator, Program in Health Disparities Research G254 Mayo Memorial Building MMC 451 420 Delaware Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: tcc@umn.edu |
Peripheral Arterial Disease |
| Heidi Coplin, MD Assistant Professor Division of General Internal Medicine Hennepin County Medical Center 701 Park Ave Minneapolis, MN 55415 E-mail: heidi.coplin@co.hennepin.mn.us |
Osteoporosis |
| Mia Cuddihy, MD MPH Associate Professor Division of General Medicine Office: PWB 6-134 Practice location: PWB 3rd floor Primary Care Clinic E-mail: cuddi003@umn.edu |
Osteoporosis research interventions/outcomes |
| Kristine E. Ensrud, MD, MPH Professor Investigator, CCDOR Staff Physician VA Medical Center (1110) 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 E-mail: ensru001@umn.edu |
Accidental Falls; Chronic Disease; Frail Elderly; Multicenter Study; Osteoporosis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Risk Factors |
| Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, PhD Assistant Professor Investigator, CCDOR VA Medical Center (152/2E) 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 E-mail: greta.friedemann-sanchez@va.gov |
Anthropology; Behavior; Cancer Prevention and Control; Health Behavior; Health Beliefs; Qualitative Methods |
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Steven S. Fu, MD, MSCE |
Access to Primary Care and Preventive Services; Cancer Prevention and Control; Cultural Diversity; Health Services Research; Minority Health; Racial Differences in Care; Smoking Cessation |
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Joan M. Griffin, PhD |
Behavior; Chronic Disease; Comorbidity, Cultural Diversity; Health Care Evaluation and Measurement; Health Services Research; Patient Education; Physician-Patient Relations; Risk Factors |
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Yvonne C. Jonk, PhD |
Aging; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Health Care Costs and Cost Analysis; Health Economics; Health Insurance Theory; Health Services Needs and Demands; Methods for Neutralizing Selection Bias; Policy Making; Risk-Taking; Utilization and Cost of Health Care |
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Anne M. Joseph, MD, MPH |
Prevention; Public Policy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Smoking Cessation; Substance-Related Disorders |
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Frank A. Lederle, MD |
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm; Chronic Disease; Clinical Epidemiology; Evidence-Based Medicine; Meta-Analysis; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial |
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Maureen Murdoch, MD, MPH |
Behavior; Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Mental Health; Minority Mental Health Issues; Psychometrics; Research Design; Sex Offenses; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
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Anne M. Murray, MD, MSc |
Cognitive impairment in renal and diabetic pts; Anemia outcomes in the elderly; Geriatric nephrology |
| Melissa R. Partin, PhD Assistant Professor Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Associate Director, CCDOR Investigator VA Medical Center (152/2E) 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417 E-mail: melissa.partin@va.gov |
Cancer Prevention and Control; Decision Support Techniques; Health Behavior; Patient Education; Physician-Patient Relations |
DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION
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John Belcher, PhD |
Sickle Cell Disease, Inflammation, Endothelium, Intravital Microscopy, Transgenic Mice, Vaso-occlusion. |
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Linda J. Burns, MD |
Stem cell transplantation, hematologic malignancies, immunotherapy |
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Arkadiusz Dudek, MD, PhD |
Opportunities in performing Phase I clinical trials in Oncology, Preclinical drug testing and basic research in area of tumor angiogenesis. |
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Faris Farassati, PhD, PharmD |
Cancer Gene Therapy and Translational Signal Transduction Research including: Application of Oncolytic Viruses in Cancer Therapy, Pro-oncogenic Signal Transduction Research (Ras signaling .etc), focus on developing novel anti-cancer strategies, Application of siRNA technology in silencing the expression of pro-oncogenic genes. |
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Jian Geng, MD, PhD |
Slit-Robo signaling in tumor angiogenesis, Robo-Ecadherin interaction in cancer growth and metastasis, regulation of NF-kappaB activation among p50, Ref-1 and IkappaBalpha, the adaptor proteins that interacting with the cytoplasmic domains of P-selectin and PSGL-1 for modulation of inflammation, thrombosis, cancer growth and metastsis |
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Robert Hebbel, MD |
Sickle cell disease, vascular and endothelial cell biology, genetics of vascular disease, gene therapy for hemophilia |
| Sagarika Kanjilal, PhD Associate Professor Rm 222, Cargill Building for Genomics 1500 Gortner Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 E-mail: kanjilal@umn.edu |
Genomic and proteomic analysis of malignant progression in fibrosarcoma and identification of molecular targets for disease intervention |
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Dan Kaufman, MD, PhD |
Hematopoietic and endothelial cell development, human and non-human primate embryonic stem (ES) cells |
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Susan Keirstead, PhD |
Stem cell physiology, cellular electrophysiology, calcium imaging |
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Carol Lange, PhD |
Signal transduction, breast cancer, steroid hormone receptors, phosphorylation, resistance to endocrine therapy, MAP kinases |
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David A. Potter, M.D., Ph.D. |
We are interested in identifying novel targets for breast cancer therapy and translating this work to clinical studies. |
| Gregory M. Vercellotti, M.D., F.A.C.P. Professor Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation D495 Mayo Memorial Building MMC 480 420 Delaware Street, S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: verce001@umn.edu |
Vascular Biology, Sickle Cell Anemia, Atherosclerosis |
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Daniel Weisdorf, MD |
Clinical Research, Blood and Marrow Transplant, Hematologic malignancies, Complications of transplantation |
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Doug Yee, MD |
Breast cancer, growth factor signaling, insulin-like growth factors |
| Mimi C. Yu, PhD McKnight Presidential Professor Cancer Center, MMC 806 425 East River Road, 554 CCRB Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: mimiyu@umn.edu |
epidemiology of epithelial cancers, gene-environment interaction in cancer development, diet/nutrition in cancer etiology |
DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE
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Paul R. Bohjanen, MD, PhD |
T Lymphocyte, Gene Expression, mRNA Decay, Viral Infection, Host Response to Viruses, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, T Lymphocyte Malignancy, Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma. |
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Winston Cavert, MD |
Infectious Diseases, HIV/virology |
| Maxim Cheeran, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine 2001 - 6th St SE Room 3-320 LRB/MTRF Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: jose0066@umn.edu |
Laboratory investigation on viral neuropathogenesis |
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Greg Filice, MD Associate Professor of Medicine |
Antimicrobial therapy, antimicrobial resistance, optimizing antimicrobial prescribing, medical economics, computer assisted decision support |
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James R Johnson, MD |
Escherichia coli infections, Urinary tract infections |
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Susan Kline, MD, MPH |
Hospital infection control, infectious disease epidemiology |
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James Lokensgard, PhD |
Neurovirology: herpes simplex and cytomegalovirus neuropathogenesis |
| Vicki Morrison, MD Associate Professor Infectious Diseases, Hematology/Oncology Hematology/Oncology (111E) VA Medical Center, Room 3B-101 1 Veterans Drive Minneapolis, MN 55417 E-mail: morri002@umn.edu |
Clinical research - clinical trials Hematology/oncology trials Vaccine trials Lymphoproliferative disorders Infections in immunocompromised patients |
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Phil Peterson, MD |
Neuroimmunology; Pathogenesis of Viral Encephalitis; Host Defense of the Brail |
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Jonathan Ravdin, MD |
International medicine, amebiasis, mucosal immunity, vaccine development, epidemiology |
| Jonathan Sellman, MD Assistant Professor Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine MMC 250, 420 Delaware Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 E-mail: sell0049@umn.edu |
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Jo-Anne H. van Burik, MD |
Infectious Diseases of the Immunocompromised Host (non-HIV) : includes bone marrow transplant infections, cancer patient infections, and solid organ transplant infections |
DIVISION OF PULMONARY, ALLERGY AND CRITICAL MEDICINE
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Patrick Arndt, MD |
Neutrophil signal transduction, innate immunity, MAP kinases, cell migration, murine models, and lung injury |
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Peter Bitterman, MD |
Apoptosis, drug discovery, pulmonary fibrosis, lung injury, genomics |
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Malcolm Blumenthal, MD |
Genetic and environmental factors involved in asthma and allergy |
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Craig Henke, MD |
Pulmonary fibrosis, molecular pathways regulating fibroblast viability in collagen matrices (specifically, ECM-integrin viability signaling) |
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Christine Wendt, MD |
Biomarkers of lung disease using a proteomic approach, Gene regulation of the Sodium Pump in development and lung injury. |
DIVISION OF RENAL DISEASES AND HYPERTENSION
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Sandeep Gupta, M.D. |
Stem cells and kidney regeneration, acute renal failure |
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Ajay Israni, MD, MS |
End stage renal disease, kidney transplantation, molecular epidemiology, cardiovascular disease, genomics |
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Yoav Segal, MD, PhD |
Basement Membrane; Collagen Type IV; Disease Models, Animal; Gene Expression Regulation; Kidney/pathology; Kidney/physiology; Kidney Diseases/genetics; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Kidney Glomerulus; Leiomyomatosis; Mice Muscle, Smooth; Nephritis, Hereditary; X Chromosome |
DIVISION OF RHEUMATIC AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
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| Hollis Krug, M.D. Associate Professor Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Rheumatology, 111R Minneapolis, MN 55417 E-mail: Hollis.Krug@va.gov |
Pain, animal models of arthritis, use of neurotoxins as pain therapies, ankylosing spondylitis, spondyloarthropathies |
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Kathy Moser, PhD |
Autoimmunity, lupus, Sjogren s syndrome, genes, genetics, genomics |
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Dan Mueller, MD |
T cells, Immune tolerance, Autoimmunity |
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Erik Peterson, MD |
Leukocyte signaling, autoimmunity, murine models, adapter proteins |
| Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Minneapolis VA Medical Center One Veterans Drive Rheumatology, 111R Minneapolis, MN 55417 E-mail: Jasvinder.Singh@va.gov |
Joint pain, arthritis, quality of life, new treatments, clinical trials, botulinum toxin, functional status, health services research, database research, health outcomes in elderly, gout, histology of early synovitis, joint ultrasound |
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Patty Tam, PhD |
Viral myositis, chronic muscle disease, host immune response to virus, murine models, autoimmunity, RNA secondary structure, non-invasive imaging of collagen in osteoarthritis |