
Dorina Avram, PhD
Senior Member & Vice Chair
Dept. Immunology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Dorina.Avram@moffitt.org
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

Professor
Oral Biology
(352) 273-8849
echan@ufl
Oral Biology
(352) 273-8849
echan@ufl
- Autoantibodies
- GW Bodies
- Oral Cancer
- Rods & Rings

Associate Professor
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-7493
christopher.cogle@medicine.ufl.edu
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-7493
christopher.cogle@medicine.ufl.edu
- Human hematopoietic stem cells
- Cancer initiating cells

Professor
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
(352) 273-8099
mjcohn@ufl
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

Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-8008
coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu
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

Associate Professor
Orthodontics
(352) 392-3449
holl@ufl
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

Professor and Chief
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 273-5735
cleeuwen@ufl
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 273-5735
cleeuwen@ufl
- Aging and mitochondrial biology
- Finding interventions that prevent the mitochondria from becoming dysfunctional

Associate Professor and Division Chief
Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
(352) 273-8821
segalms@ufl
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

Assistant Professor
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 294-5167
someya@ufl
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