Tenure-Track Faculty

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, UA iPSC Core
Director, UA AHA SURF Program
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Professor, Genetics GIDP
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP
(520) 626-2347

Using informatics to understand cardiovascular development and disease mechanisms using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
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.
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Vice Dean, Strategy and Innovation
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.
Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
(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.
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Chair, Genetics GIDP
Co-Program Leader, Cancer Biology Research Program
Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP
(520) 626-7979

Analyzing genomic instability in cancer susceptibility.
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Physician Assistant Anatomy, College of Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Associate Professor, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Associate Professor, School of Information
Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History
(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.
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.
Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
520-621-0303

Discovering molecular mechanisms that regulate calcium handling and contribute to arrhythmogenesis in the diseased heart.
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
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP
520-626-0276

Determining mechanisms by which endogenous lung proteins mediate various states of lung inflammation, pathogen infection and lung disease progression.
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Associate Professor, Immunobiology
(520) 626-1044

I am passionate about educating students and supporting their professional development. I teach in the areas of histology, cell biology, and immunology to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
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.
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP
(520) 626-4616

Understanding How Cytoskeletal Architecture Regulates Cancer Metastasis
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.
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Associate Professor, Genetics GIDP
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
(520) 626-7244

Systems genetics approaches to identify mechanisms of complex disease.
Professor and Department Head, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Director, Sarver Heart Center
Czarina M. & Humberto S. Lopez Endowed Chair
(520) 621-1583

Leading advanced research and education programs in muscle biology
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine
Associate 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
Regents Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Director, Arizona Center for the Biology of Complex Diseases (ABCD)
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
Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Vice Chair, Cancer Biology GIDP
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.
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.