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Leona W. Ayers, M.D.
Leona W. Ayers, M.D.

1. Infectious disease
2. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Research
3. Pulmonary Diseases Associated with Microbes
4. Clinical Microbiology -- Cellular fatty acids and Antibiotics

Peter B. Baker, M.
Peter B. Baker, M.D.

1. Familial Cardiac Muscle and Conduction System Disease.
2. Development of Side Impact Liver Injury Criteria
3. Pathologic Changes Associated with Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Rolf F. Barth, M.D.
Rolf F. Barth, M.D.

1. Potential use of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) to treat brain tumors

Becker
William J. Becker, D.O.

1. Immunoassy methods
2. Mechanisms of pulmonary diseases

uesching
William J. Buesching, Ph.D.

1. Detection of bacteremia and fungemia
2. Detection of cytomegalovirus in peripheral blood by nucleic acid hybridzation

itchcock
Charles L. Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D.

1. Biology in colorectal carcinoma - tumor cell metastasis and biologic staging
2. Image analysis studies  into quantitation of DNA content and cell proliferation markers

Jewell
Scott D. Jewell, Ph.D.

1. Cooperative Human Tissue Network (CHTN).
2. Tissue Procurement
3. The effects of mucin from cancer and normal colonic mucosa on the lymphoproliferative response. 
4. Lymphocyte subpopulations in RIGS positive and negative lymph nodes:
5. Phase IIb Chemoprevention Trial of Difluoromethylornithine (DMFO) in Human Subjects with Dysplatic and Intestinal-type Barrettís Esophagus. 

Kelley
Donald L. Kelley, M.D.

1. Transfusion medicine

Kennedy
Melanie S. Kennedy, M.D.

1. Neonatal transfusion practices
2. Viral Activation Transfusion Study, a multicenter collaboration

Rofagha
Sedigheh Keyhani-Rofagha, M.D.

1. Cone biopsy/cytology
2. HPV DNA Testing using the Digene Hybrid Capture
3. Thin prep processing for gynecologic cytology

Lasky
Larry C. Lasky, M.D.

1. In vitro expansion of hematopoietic progenitors
2. Physical characteristics of hematopoietic progenitors and other cells from blood after G-CSF stimulation
3. Cord blood banking

Joel G. Lucas, M.D.

1. Mesothelioma
2. Pulmonary and musculoskeletal pathology

Marsh
William L. Marsh, M.D.

1. Hematopathology
2. Surgical pathology

Niemann
Thomas W. Prior, Ph.D.

1. Pathogenesis spinal muscular atrophy
2. Molecular mechanism involved in the gastrinoma tumorigenesis

Qualman
Stephen J. Qualman, M.D.

1. Pediatric gastrointestinal pathology, neuroblastomas, rhabdomyosarcomas and tumor banking

Rampersaud
Arfaan A. Rampersaud, Ph.D.

1. Aberrant growth regulation of glioma cells
2. Recombinant DNA methods to identify ganglioside-binding domains in the platelet-derived growth factor receptor and the nerve growth factor receptor TrkA.

Sedmak
Daniel D. Sedmak, M.D.

1. Cytomegalovirus and vascular endothelial cell interactions
2. Cytomegalovirus and HLA Class II Expression
3. Cytomegalovirus-infected endothelial cells in transplacental HIV infection of the fetus
4. Elucidating the maternal to fetal transplacental pathway of IgG

TheilW. James Waldman, Ph.D.
W. James Waldman, Ph.D.

1. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)/endothelial cell interactions, particularly in the context of immunobiology
2. Role of the endothelial cell in the mediation of cellular immune responses to CMV: cellular immune activation and cytolytic activity against CMV-infected endothelial cells.
3. Investigation of apparently novel mechanisms of T cell activation which may be peculiar to CMV
4. Role of CMV as an exacerbating agent in allograft   rejection/transplantation-associated arteriosclerosis
5. In vitro modelling of leukocyte-mediated dissemination of infectious CMV.
6. Contribution of CMV to the development and proliferation of Kaposi's sarcoma
7. Mechanisms underlying the association between CMV and bronchiolitis obliterans in lung transplant recipients
8. Identification and characterization of novel anti-viral chemotherapeutic agents

Allan J. Yates, M.D., Ph.D.
Allan J. Yates, M.D., Ph.D.

1. Glycolipid Metabolism in Degenerating and Regenerating Peripheral Nerve
2. Role of Gangliosides in the Pathogenesis of Gliomas
3. The Value of Glycolipids for Classifying Astrocytomas
4. Glioma Growth: Pathogenesis and Clinical Control
5. New therapies for brain tumors in children