Primary Faculty
 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Vice President for Research, Agriculture - Life and Veterinary Sciences, Cooperative Extension Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology (520) 661-6382
Lineage diversification and morphogenesis during embryogenesis.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine - (Research Scholar Track) (Career Track)
(520) 626-1150
Exploring the synthesis and trafficking of RNA in muscle cells and the molecular genetics of muscle cell diseases.
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 Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, iPS Cell Core Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Genetics GIDP Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP (520) 626-2347
Using informatics to understand cardiovascular development and disease mechanisms using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP (520) 621-1950
Deciphering the structural basis for cardiac muscle contraction at the molecular level in healthy heart physiology and disease.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Vice Dean, Operations and Strategy and Chief of Staff Senior Associate Dean Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology Professor, Radiation Oncology (520) 626-7553
Studying the molecular mechanisms of human cancer progression and metastasis and the regulation of cell surface adhesion molecules, called integrins.
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 Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
(520) 626-8639
Developing new single-cell genomic technologies and applying those technologies to animal models and primary samples to better understand the gene regulatory basis of development and disease.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Educator Scholar Track)
Director, Anatomy Assistant Professor, Anthropology (520) 626-9299
Designing and developing digital teaching tools and apps in anatomy.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Chair, Genetics GIDP Co-Program Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program Associate Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP (520) 626-7979
Analyzing genomic instability in cancer susceptibility.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Global and Online Programs, College of Medicine - Tucson (520) 626-6084
I am interested in the functional development and evolution of the vertebrate head--with a focus on birds and other archosaurs--and I pioneer new 3D imaging tools to better study anatomical and neuroanatomical diversity.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, BIO5 Insitutue Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, Genetics GIDP Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP Professor, Physiology (520) 626-3641
Discovering mechanisms whereby the giant filamentous protein titin influence muscle structure and function.
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 Professor and Department Head, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Interim Director, Sarver Heart Center Director, Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program Assistant Vice Provost, Global Health Sciences Director, UArizona Health Sciences Global and Online Czarina M. and Humberto S. Lopez Endowed Chair for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology (520) 626-8113
Identifying the components and molecular mechanisms regulating cytoskeletal architecture in cardiac and skeletal muscle during normal development and in disease.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Research Scholar Track) (Career Track)
Exploring the role and regulation of serine protease Kallikrein 6 in metastatic colon cancer.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Director, Clinical Translational Sciences Graduate Program Associate Director of Translational Research, Asthma & Airways Disease Research Center Associate Professor, Immunobiology 520-626-0276
Determining mechanisms by which endogenous lung proteins mediate various states of lung inflammation, pathogen infection and lung disease progression.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute Associate Professor, Immunobiology (520) 626-1044
Exploring the regulation and function of key cell surface receptors in cells of the immune system.
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 Assistant Research Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
(520) 626-4198
Cardiomyocyte mechanics and Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction(HFpEF).
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Chair, Cancer Biology GIDP Co-Program Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program Professor, BIO5 Institute (520) 626-2269
Defining the mechanisms by which cell adhesion and the tumor microenvironment promote prostate cancer progression and metastasis.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP (520) 626-4616
Understanding How Cytoskeletal Architecture Regulates Cancer Metastasis
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Head, Education Dr. O'Brien's research uses high-resolution imaging studies and 3D digital sculpting to advance knowledge of the human body.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine - (Research Scholar Track)
(520) 626-4198
Focusing on the role of titin-based mechanosensing in diaphragm physiology.
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 Assistant Research Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Director, Translational Clinical Bioinformatics Coordinator, Biomedical Informatics (520) 626-0391
Investigating the underlying molecular profiles in cancer patient data using integrated computational analysis of multi-omics data in the context of disease outcome, treatment and progression.
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 Assistant Research Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
(520) 626-5209
My work is focused on understanding how the architecture of muscle cells is regulated, with particular emphasis on how actin filaments assemble and how aberrant actin filament assembly leads to myopathies.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine - (Research Scholar Track) (Career Track)
Assistant Research Scientist, Respiratory Sciences (520) 626-9644
Studying the molecular mechanisms of allergy and asthma using mouse models.
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 Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine (Educator Scholar Track) (Career Track)
Developing and evaluating gross anatomy and embryology teaching methods.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Head, Faculty Development Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Professor, Genetics GIDP Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology (520) 626-3925
Understanding cellular mechanisms that control genomic integrity.
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences Associate Professor, Genetics GIDP Associate Professor, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center Associate Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Member, BIO5 Institute (520) 626-7244
Systems genetics approaches to identify mechanisms of complex disease.
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 Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track)
Associate Director, Genetic Counseling Program Administrator, Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic 520-626-1621
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Cancer Center Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor, Genetics GIDP Professor, Radiation Oncology (520) 626-5549
Discovering mechanistic insights into the roles of aberrant DNA repair in the development of cancer, autoimmunity, and other diseases.
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 Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Co-Director, Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute (520) 626-0395
Combining chemical biology and computer vision approaches to discover cellular communication mechanisms controlling cell fate, self-organization and disease progression of regenerative tissues
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 Regents Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases Associate Director, Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Genetics GIDP (520) 626-6387
Genetic, epigenetic and environmental mechanisms that control susceptibility to complex lung diseases
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 Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Co-Director, Experimental Mouse Shared Resource (520) 626-7756
Understanding the complex biological mechanisms that allow cancer cells to thrive in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and developing new therapeutic strategies to oppose hypoxia-mediated therapeutic resistance.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Willed Body Program Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP Professor, Neuroscience GIDP (520) 626-2557
The Wilson laboratory works on the establishment and maintenance of the integrity of the intestine through the regulation of membrane trafficking to the apical plasma membrane domain.
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 Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Head, Research Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP (520) 626-4342
Investigation of in vivo and in vitro Organoid Models of Gastrointestinal Diseases
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