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Jeffrey Abt Associate Professor Art and Art History

Those interested in the inter-relations of museums (and comparable institutions devoted to collecting and display) and the formation of culture, particularly in the period between the Renaissance and the early twentieth century.

Jocelyn Ang M.D. Pediatrics

Immunology. Premature infants.

Hermina Anghelescu Ph.D., Assistant Professor Library and Information Science Program

User studies - access to information.

Karen Aroain RN, Ph.D., Professor

Statisticians, anthropologists, developmental psychology, sociology.

Eishi Asano M.D., Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Neurology

Software development.

Frank Baciewicz M.D., Associate Professor Surgery

Pathologists, radiation oncologists.

Heather Balog Ph.D., Assistant Professor Audiology and Speech Language Pathology

Those interested in child language/developmental research; those interested in conversational interactions in normally developing and disordered children; those interested in the social aspects of communication.

Alan Baptist Assistant Professor Internal Medicine

Clinical outcomes.

Ellen Barton Ph.D., Professor Linguistics Program

Projects on medical communication. Projects on communication and ethics.

Erawati Bawle M.D., Division Chief Div of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism

Basic scientists to study causes of "unknown" mental retardation.

Ramona Benkert Ph.D., Assistant Professor Adult Health

Psychology, Medicine (health outcomes in primary care).

Victor Berdichevsky Ph.D., Professor Mechanical Engineering

Math, physics, chemistry.

Cathryn Bock Assistant Professor Internal Medicine

Molecular genetics, molecular biology, statistical genetics, biostatistics, oncologists (especially prostate cancer).

Peter Bodary Assistant Professor Nutrition and Food Science

I love research from basic science through epidemiologic studies. My lab will focus on pre-clinical (mouse) studies in the coming years. However, I would be interested in collaborating with scientists performing human studies.

Stephanie Brock Ph.D., Assistant Professor Chemistry

Electrochemists, thin film device studies creation and characterization.

Samuel C. Brooks Ph.D., Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Breast and prostate cancer, drug discovery and development, cancer control, molecular oncology and genetics, proteases and metastasis.

Joseph Calarco Ph.D., Professor Theatre

Dance, following the Martha Graham technique. Music composition. Ancient music. Beethoven. Digital video.

Yu-Chung Norman Cheng Assistant Professor Radiology

Biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, medical physics, mathematics.

Ann Marie Collins RN, Assistant Professor Family, Community Mental Health

College-age life issues and substance abuse.

Nicolas Cottaris Ph.D., Assistant Professor Ligon Research Center of Vision

Cortical visual neurophysiologists.

Ellen Dannin J.D., Professor Labor and Employment Law

Statistical analysis.

Gregory L. DeSilva M.D., Assistant Professor Otrhopedic Surgery

Biomechanics

Alan A. Dombkowski Assistant Professor Institute of Environmental Health Science

Cancer biology, toxicogenomics, bioinformatics.

Paula Dore-Duffy Ph.D., Professor Neurology

Proteomics, expression analysis, HPLC.

Elizabeth Dorn Assistant Professor, Ph.D. History

Individuals, primarily in history, anthropology, sociology and political science, who do research on moral and social reform movements, women and political involvement, religiously-motivated public activism, and relations between the state and citizens.

Brian Edwards Ph.D., Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Investigators with medically important proteins.

Gerald Feldman M.D., Associate Professor Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

Translational research related to genetic disorders.

Judith Fouladbakhsh Assistant Professor Family, Community and Mental Health

Those interested in CAM research: health service utilization and CAM effectiveness studies. Familiarity with STATA software. Interest in secondary analysis of Federal datasets.

Robert N. Frank M.D., Professor Ophthalmology

I have a number of areas of interest, but I'm particularly interested in expanding my own (and WSU's) research in epidemiology, for which we have a great but largely untapped potential in our city.

Laura Freedman M.D., Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology

Radiation. Breast cancer.

Markus Friedrich Ph.D., Associate Professor Biology

Computer sciences. Molecular biologists.

Philip Furspan Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Elucidators of signal transduction pathways: ELISA, immunocytochemistry, etc. Anyone with interest in vascular diseases: hypertension, diabetes, etc.

Domenico Gatti M.D., Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Investigators interested in enzymology, structural biology.

Julie Gleason-Comstock Ph.D., CHES, Assistant Professor Family Medicine

Health education and promotion; emergency preparedness; public health research.

Anupam Goel Assistant Professor Internal Medicine

Biostatistics.

Antonio Gonzalez-Prendes Ph.D., Assistant Professor Social Work

Collaborators in the social sciences (psychology, counseling, sociology, etc.) with knowledge/interest in cognitive-behavioral models for the conceptualization and treatment of anger problems, considering gender, racial, cultural dimensions.

Allen Goodman Ph.D., Professor Economics

Epidemiology. Health services.

Daniel Grosu Ph.D., Assistant Professor Computer Science

Economics, engineering.

YE. Mark Haacke Ph.D. Radiology

Image processing and image software development.

Xiaoyan Han Ph.D., Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering

Imaging, materials, sensors, mechanical, physics.

Patricia A. Jarosz Ph.D., Assistant Professor Adult Health

I am looking for a collaborator with contacts in the City of Detroit.

Song Jiang Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering

People who have science and engineering applications with I/O bottleneck.

Glenn W. Kaatz M.D., Professor Infectious Diseases

Microarray analysis of resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Looking for clues as to the involved gene(s).

S. Nadya Kazzi Associate Professor Pediatrics

Others with an interest in molecular biology or genomics.

Ladislau Kovari Ph.D., Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

HIV/AIDS. Virology.

Renu A. Kowluru Associate Professor Ophthalmology

Proteomics, Molecular Biology, Mitochondrial Apoptosis.

Helene Krouse Ph.D., Professor Adult Health

Asthma researchers; psychology (cognitive and psychomotor outcomes).

Omer Kucuk M.D. Oncology

Basic scientists, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists who are interested in cancer prevention.

Tuan H. Kuo Ph.D., Professor Pathology

Cell imaging - confocal microscope (Biology).

Ming-Chia Lai Ph.D., Professor Mechanical Engineering

Bio-fluid mechanics. Drug delivery.

Lawrence D. Lemke Ph.D., Assistant Professor Geology Environmental Science Program

Microbiologists, statisticians, geostatisticians, geographic information systems (GIS).

Jun Li M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Neurology

Myelin biology, neurodegeneration.

Shiyong Lu Ph.D., Assistant Professor Computer Science

Biology database and medical information systems.

David Magidson Ph.D., Professor Theatre

Economics, measurement, finance, legal matters and the arts.

Saroj P. Mathupala Ph.D., Assistant Professor Neurological Surgery and Karmanos Cancer Institute

Structural Biology: X-ray crystallography of proteins. Pharmacology/Chemistry: NMR analysis of small molecule drugs.

Howard W.T. Matthew Associate Professor Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Animal models of traumatic and degenerative disease; genomics; proteomics, glycomics, pathology, surgery.

Caroline Maun Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Studies

Digital literacy, mobile internet, sociology.

Rusty McIntyre Assistant Professor Psychology

I am interested in working with someone knowledgeable with getting research done at Wayne and in the Detroit Public Schools. Disciplines vary but I think a behavioral scientist or Education researcher would fit.

Georgia Michalopoulou Ph.D., Chief of Staff Child Psychiatry and Psychology

My funded research on recognition and reduction of health care disparities involves several disciplines within the School of Medicine including Emergency Medicine (both child/adolescent and adult) Family Medicine, Asthma, and Psychiatry. The cultural competency training will attempt to reach all levels of providers who come into contact with patients.

Scott R. Millis Ph.D., Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

I am available to provide consultation to clinical investigators on research design, statistical analysis, and data management.

Kristine B. Miranne Director and Assistant Professor-Research Skillman Center for Children

Social Work, Sociology, Education, community based health services.

Robert A. Mitchell Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Clinical, perhaps Pediatrics.

David Moran Assistant Professor Law

Criminal Justice Professors, especially empiricists.

Varsha Moudgal M.D., Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases

Basic scientists in virology interested in Hepatitis C research.

Ashis Mukhopadhyay Ph.D., Assistant Professor Physics

Biochemistry, molecular biology, surface modifications, nanolithography.

Pratima Nangia-Makker Ph.D., Assistant Professor Karmanos Cancer Institute

Skilled in plant biochemistry and/or carbohydrate biology.

Cheryl Nordstrom Ph.D. MPH, Assistant Professor Center for Health Research

Community medicine, urban planning, economics, sociology.

Nancy L. O'Sullivan Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor Anatomy and Cell Biology

Microbiology, pathology.

Jayanth Panyam Assistant Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences

Materials Engineering, Molecular Biology, Microarrays.

Frederic Pearson Academic Director Center for Peace and Conflict Studies

International and local conflict behavior.

Soma S. Perooly Assistant Professor of Research Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collaborators from industrial R & D.

Monte Piliawski Associate Professor Theoretical and Behavioral Foundations

Commercialization of higher education.

Ananda S. Prasad M.D., Ph.D. Internal Medicine

Molecular biologist. Immunologist.

Ljiljana Progovac Associate Professor English

Psychology, Philosophy, Foreign Languages.

Frances J. Ranney Associate Professor English

Feminists in any field. Legal scholars.

Martha Ratliff Ph.D., Associate Professor English

Those who study prehistory: linguists, geneticists, archaeologists.

Ruth Ray Professor English

Education, Psychology, Gerontology, Graduate School, Sociology.

Marilyn Raymond Ph.D., Director Medical Education Ob/Gyn

Teaching and learning, resident recruitment and retention.

Steven J. Rehse Assistant Professor Physics and Astronomy

Looking for biologist/microbiologist with experience preparing bacteriological/biomatter samples for a new form of optical spectroscopy/identification. Must be able to prepare and standardize bacteriological samples using standard microbiological protoco

Evgeny I. Rivin Ph.D., Professor Mechanical Engineering

Materials; orthopedics.

Chokechai Rongkavilit M.D. Pediatrics

Pediatric HIV

Hossein Salimnia Assistant Professor Pathology

Researchers from Infectious Diseases/Microbiology with an interest in molecular diagnosis of infectious agents.

Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson Associate Professor Political Science

Possibly organizational communication.

Nabil J. Sarhan Ph.D., Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering

Medical related research. Computer design. Multimedia.

Veronica Schimp DO, Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecological Oncology

Surgical; Pathology.

Loren Schweibert Associate Professor Computer Science

Any discipline or application (medical, engineering, science, etc) that is interested in application of wireless sensing.

Malathy Shekhar Ph.D., Associate Professor Pathology and Breast Cancer Program

Expertise in DNA damage signaling ubiquitin/proteasome pathway, protein-protein interactions.

Assia Shisheva Professor Physiology

Electron Microscopy, Proteomics, MALDI-TOF

Cheryl Somers Associate Professor Educational Psychology

Anyone with these research interests.

Sandeep Sood M.D., Assistant Professor Neurosurgery

Knowledge of fluid dynamics.

Beena G. Sood M.D., Assistant Professor Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Physiology, genomics, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

Robert Stachler M.D., Assistant Professor Otolaryngology

Speech/voice or swallowing research. Allergy research.

Christopher Steffes M.D., Associate Professor Surgery

Pathology, electron microscopy, physiology.

Paul M. Stemmer Ph.D., Associate Professor IEHS

Immunomodulation/proteomic analysts.

Joseph Tan Professor Business

Collaborators who are interested in applying Health Information Technologies (HIT) for use in attitude, belief and behavioral modification.

Amanuel G. Tekleab Assistant Professor Management

I look for research collaborators in management, information systems, and industrial/organizationalpsychology disciplines, however I am flexible to work with researchers in other disciplines as long as the research areas are in those listed below.

Ulka Vaishampayan M.D., Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology

Clinical research in prostate and bladder cancer.

Caisheng Wang Assistant Professor Engineering Technology

Chemical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Electrical Engineers.

Craig Watson M.D., Ph.D., Professor Neurology

Nutrition scientist. Statistician.

Linda Weglicki Ph.D., RN, Assistant Professor Adult Health

Health promotion. Risk reduction.

Robert Welch M.D., Associate Professor Emergency Medicine

Clinical research and other, i.e. cardiology, neurology.

Judith Whittum-Hudson Ph.D., Professor Ophthalmology

Imaging to facilitate viable detection of inflammation in joints, genital tract, or brain of experimental mice during chlamydial infections, sensitive enough to detect protection by vaccination. Phage display technology to aid in vaccine characterization.

Hai-Young Wu Ph.D., Associate Professor Pharmacology

Chromosome biology. Protein chemistry.

Gen Sheng Wu Ph.D., Associate Professor Karmanos Cancer Institute

Physicians who are interested in basic sciences.

Jinping Xu M.D., Assistant Professor Family Medicine

Complementary and Alternative medicine, behavioral scientists, obesity research.

Fayth K. Yoshimura Associate Professor Immunology and Microbiology

Cell biologists with expertise in protein translation, endoplasmic reticulum stress, apoptosis, unfolded protein response, inclusion bodies, cell killing by cellular competition mechanisms, immunomicroscopy, proteomics, electron microscopy.

Rosalie F. Young Ph.D., Associate Professor Family Medicine

Social epidemiologists; statisticians.

Hongwei Zhang Assistant Professor Computer Science

1. Applications of networked sensing, wireless networks, and networked systems. 2. Mathematical modeling of networked, dynamic systems, signal processing, control theory.

Zhimin Zhang Ph.D., Professor Mathematics

Industrial mathematics. Scientific computing.