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Target Identification and Validation
UH faculty are identifying and validating the underlying molecular mechanisms of disease states, leading to a stronger understanding of disease pathology and uncovering potential targets for therapeutic interventions.
Faculty
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Bin Guo
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Bradley McConnell
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Chandra Mohan
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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Chengzhi Cai
CHEMISTRY
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Colin Haile
PSYCHOLOGY
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Gomika Udugamasooriya
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Gregorio Gomez
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
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Guoting Qin
OPTOMETRY
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Jan-Åke Gustafsson
CENTER FOR NUCLEAR RECEPTORS AND CELL SIGNALING
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Ke-He Ruan
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Kevin Bassler
PHYSICS
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Krishna Boini
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Meghana Trivedi
PHARMACY PRACTICE AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
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Michi Umetani
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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Renita E. Horton
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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Richard Bond
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Ruiwen Zhang
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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Sanghyuk Chung
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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Seema Khurana
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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Stuart Dryer
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
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Therese Kosten
PSYCHOLOGY
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Wei Wang
PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
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