Nutrition, the Environment & Aging:

• Julia V. Busik, Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Okazaki, Japan. Mechanisms of the development of diabetic complications with a focus on diabetic retinopathy.
• Kathleen A. Gallo, Professor; Ph.D., Harvard. Molecular physiology; mammalian signal transduction; apoptosis; protein kinases in breast cancer.
• Sandra Z. Haslam, Professor; Ph.D., Berkeley. Endocrinology; mechanisms of ovarian hormone regulation of normal and cancerous mammary gland growth and development; role of epithelial and stromal cell interactions and extracellular matrix in mediating and/or modulating mammary-cell proliferation. Environmental influences on mammary gland development during puberty that impact breast cancer risk in adulthood.
• Laura R. McCabe, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago. Molecular mechanisms regulating bone formation under conditions of stress.
• Ronald Meyer, Professor; Ph.D., SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Comparative cellular energetics and metabolism; skeletal- and cardiac-muscle physiology; exercise physiology. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology)
• L. Karl Olson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota. Regulation of pancreatic B-cell cell growth, gene expression, and physiology; isolation and characterization of pancreatic precursor cells.
• Robert W. Wiseman, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florida State. Molecular imaging of the physiology and biochemistry of excitable cells; energetics and calcium homeostasis in muscle and myocardium; signal transduction in muscle during exercise and disease. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology).
• Gloria I. Perez, Associate Professor; D.V.M., Medellin (Colombia); Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison. Mechanisms of ovarian failure and preservation: under physiological (menopause) as well as under pathological (chemo- and radio-therapy) conditions.