Joint Faculty

Contact Information

Research and Professional Interests

davram
Dorina Avram, PhD
Senior Member & Vice Chair
Dept. Immunology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Dorina.Avram@moffitt.org
  • Epigenetic and transcriptional control in immune responses – impact on immune homeostasis and autoimmune diseases
  • Harnessing the immune responses for cancer therapies
  • Ubiquitin ligases in multiple sclerosis and neuro-inflammation
  • Ubiquitin ligases in inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer
  • New therapies for multiple sclerosis – collaboration with Dr. Keselowsky – Bioengineering
chan
Professor
Oral Biology
(352) 273-8849
echan@ufl
  • Autoantibodies
  • GW Bodies
  • Oral Cancer
  • Rods & Rings
cogle
Associate Professor
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-7493
christopher.cogle@medicine.ufl.edu
  • Human hematopoietic stem cells
  • Cancer initiating cells
cohn
Professor
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
(352) 273-8099
mjcohn@ufl
  • Molecular development of vertebrate external genitalia
  • Evolution of vertebrate limb development
  • Developmental genetic mechanisms of vertebrate skeleton evolution
heldermon
Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-8008
coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu
  • Gene therapy and stem cell therapy for patients with inherited diseases
  • Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
holliday
Associate Professor
Orthodontics
(352) 392-3449
holl@ufl
  • Activation of osteoclastic bone resorption
  • Structure, transport, and function of vacuolar H+ ATPase
  • Cytoskeletal dynamics in osteoclasts
  • MicroRNAs and RNA interference in dental physiology and pathophysiology
leeuwenburgh
Professor and Chief
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 273-5735
cleeuwen@ufl
  • Aging and mitochondrial biology
  • Finding interventions that prevent the mitochondria from becoming dysfunctional
segal
Associate Professor and Division Chief
Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
(352) 273-8821
segalms@ufl
  • Lupus nephritis
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Mechanisms of the increased cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and women who have preeclampsia or preterm delivery
someya
Assistant Professor
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 294-5167
someya@ufl
  • How cochlear hair cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and/or stria vascularis cells are continually lost throughout life
  • Molecular basis of hearing loss as well as hearing function under normal/healthy conditions