Faculty

Contact Information

 

Research and Professional Interests

 

 

Maria Zajac-Kaye, PhD

Professor
Interim Chair
(352) 273-9153
mzajackaye@ufl

 

• Understanding mechanisms of oncogenic transformation
• Defining patterns of cooperation between thymidylate synthase (TS) and other cancer genes using a series of defined mouse models
• Improve use of TS as a biomaker and therapeutic target

 

John P. Aris, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-6868
johnaris@ufl.edu

 

• Education (BA, BS, DDS, MD, MS, PA, and PhD programs)
• Cell and tissue modeling (3D models for radiation dosimetry)

 

Yehia Daaka, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-8112
ydaaka@ufl.edu

 

• Understanding the biological roles of G protein-coupled and androgen receptors that instruct embryonic development and continue to function in adulthood

 

William A. Dunn, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-9007
dunn@ufl.edu

 

• Molecular aspects of the regulation and mechanisms of cellular autophagy in normal and diseased tissues

 

Maria Guijarro, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-9156
guijam@ufl.edu

 

 

 

Shuang Huang, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-6769
shuanghuang@ufl.edu

 

• Elucidating molecular mechanisms associated with breast and ovarian cancer metastasis
• Identifying cancer driver genes/pathways in ovarian cancer

 

Alexander M. Ishov, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-8202
ishov@ufl.edu

 

• Chemoresistance in breast cancer
• Nuclear Structure and Function
• Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression
• Tumor Suppression

 

Daiqing Liao, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 273-8188
dliao@ufl.edu

 

• Cell-biological functions of KATs & HDACs in virology, epigenetics and cancer biology, as well as on discovery, characterization, and optimization of novel small-molecule inhibitors of these enzymes for cancer therapy

 

Nadja Makki, PhD

Assistant Professor
(352) 273-9550
nadja.makki@ufl

 

• How non-coding variants influence susceptibility to complex diseases
• Gene networks and molecular pathways underlying connective tissue diseases

 

Viacheslav Morozov, PhD

Assistant Scientist
(352) 273-8216
morozov@ufl

 

 

 

Satya Narayan, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-8163
snarayan@ufl

 

• Targeting DNA repair and replication pathways for therapy of colorectal cancer
• Mechanisms of cigarette smoke-induced breast and lung carcinogenesis
• Role of APC in DNA repair

 

Venkatesh Nonabur, MD

Assistant Scholar
(352) 273-9393
nonabur@ufl

 

• University of Florida College of Medicine Exemplary Teacher Award, 2006 to 2012

 

Rene Opavsky, PhD

Associate Professor
(352) 294-8596
ropavsky@ufl

 

• Role of DNA methyltransferases in normal and malignant hematopoiesis

 

Kyle E. Rarey, PhD

Professor
(352) 273-5753
rarey@ufl

 

• Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award Medical Honor Society, 2018
• Lifetime Achievement Award by College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars, 2018
• UF College of Medicine Class of 2020 established the Class of 2020 Kyle E. Rarey, PhD Award for Excellence in the Anatomical Sciences, 2018
• Enhancing Cognitive Learning of Human Anatomy through Augmented Reality and Mobile Technology
• Rarey KE, Weitzel S, and Downey D Awarded $125,925.00, 2018-2019

 

Daniel Topping, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
(352) 273-8899
dtopping@ufl

 

• Teaching Incentive Program Award, UCF COM and UCF (2018)
• Educational Leadership Award, Pre-Clinical Curriculum, UCF COM (1999)