The Department sponsors
a weekly research seminar series,
usually on Wednesday afternoons,
4:00 PM.
Click here for an
up-to-date schedule.
There
are tremendous opportunities and resources for Physiology research at
Dartmouth. Faculty from Physiology and other Dartmouth Medical School
/ Dartmouth College departments provide the breadth and diversity necessary
for multidisciplinary research.Particular areas of specialization at
Dartmouth are listed in the right column. Currently active faculty members
and their research interests are listed below.
The general reseach interests of our faculty are as follows:
Donald
Bartlett, Jr.
Andrew C. Vail Professor of Physiology
M.D., Harvard, 1964.
Respiratory and environmental physiology.
Jack E. Bodwell
Research Associate Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., University of Vermont, 1980.
Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid hormone action.
Robert A. Darnall
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Physiology
M.D., UCLA, 1972.
Respiratory control in the newborn and neonatalogy.
J. Andrew Daubenspeck
Professor of Physiology and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D., Dartmouth, 1972.
Cardiorespiratory control and biomedical engineering.
Ebo
D. deMuinck, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
Cardiovascular
physiology and angiogenesis.
John
V. Fahey, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
Reproductive
physiology.
Géza Féjes-Tóth
Professor of Physiology
D.M.D., Semmelweis University Medical School, Hungary, 1972.
Mechanisms of cell differentiation and stem cell renewal in the kidney.
Valerie Anne Galton
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., University of London, 1958.
Mechanisms of thyroid hormone action in development.
Alice L. Givan
Research Associate Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., Harvard, 1968.
Development of imaging and flow cytometric methods for cell analysis.
Paul M. Guyre
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1979.
Hormonal regulation of human leukocyte function.
Leslie P. Henderson
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1982.
Cellular processes governing sexual dimorphism in the vertebrate nervous system.
James C. Leiter
Professor of Physiology and of Medicine
M.D. Dartmouth, 1979.
Comparative physiology, control of the upper airway, and respiratory control.
Aihua Li
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
M.D. Nanjing Medical College, 1981.
Central chemoreceptors, brainstem control of breathing and blood pressure.
Robert A. Maue
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1985.
Molecular biology and electrophysiology of neuronal ion channels; cellular
physiology, neurophysiology, and molecular biology.
Anikó Náray-Fejes-Tóth
Professor of Physiology
M.D., Semmelweis University Medical School, Hungary, 1972.
Mechanism of action of corticosteroid hormones; steroid effects on ion transport
and cell differentiation; glucocorticoid metabolism.
Eugene E. Nattie
Professor of Physiology
M.D., Harvard, 1971.
Role of the ventrolateral medulla in the control of breathing and blood pressure;
focus on central chemoreceptors; neurophysiology; respiratory physiology
Mary
M. Niblock, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
William G. North
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., University of Queensland, 1973.
Neuropeptides in breast cancer, in small-cell carcinoma, and in Alzheimer's
disease.
Patricia
Pioli, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
PH.D., George Washington University, 1993.
Reproductive physiology and immunology.
Mark
Schneider, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
Lynn
Sheldon , Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Physiology
Bruce A. Stanton
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., Yale, 1980.
Cellular and molecular biology of ion channels.
Donald L. St. Germain
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
M.D., Johns Hopkins, 1976.
Biochemical mechanisms and physiologic regulation of thyroid hormone metabolism.
Walter M. St. John
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1970.
Neurophysiology of respiration.
Charles R. Wira
Professor of Physiology
Ph.D., Dartmouth, 1966.
Physiology of reproduction; cellular and molecular actions of estrogens, androgens,
and cytokines in the regulation of the mucosal system in the male and female
reproductive tract.
Hermes
Hsiao-mei Yeh
Professor of Physiology and Chairman of the Department
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1981.
Neuroscience; cellular
and molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptor interactions using transgenic
approaches.
Affiliated Faculty Members
Arnold
M. Katz, M.D.
Visiting Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Pathophysiology
and treatment of heart failure; history of medicine and physiology.
Harold
L. Manning, M.D.
Associate Professor
of Physiology and Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Respiratory
physiology and pathology; asthma and respiratory perception and sensation.
Peggy
M. Simon. M.D.
Associate Professor
of Physiology and Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Respiratory
physiology and pathology; control of breathing in humans.
Harold M. Swartz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology, Radiology and Community and Family Medicine
Measurements of oxygen in vivo; use of magnetic resonance (EPR and NMR) in
viable systems; neuromelanin and degenerative diseases.
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