Faculty
Last Name Beginning with K
- Patricia Kane, PhD
Distinguished Teaching ProfessorResearch Interests:Vacuolar H+ATPases (structure, function, assembly and regulation), cellular pH homeostasis, cellular stress responses, protein sorting, genomics, yeast as a model system
- Mobin Karimi, MD/PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:- Immunoreceptor signaling during development, homeostasis, and effector function of T cells and NK cells.
- T lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy against hematological cancer.
- The role of the transcriptional regulator in alternative signal pathways to assess’ T cells cytotoxic function of hematological cancer cells
- The role of adaptor molecule SLP-76 in hematological malignancies and bone marrow transplantation
- The role of Tec family tyrosine kinases (ITK) and the activation of PLC-γ, Ca2+ mobilization, and ERK activation
- Manoochehr Karjoo, MD
EmeritusResearch Interests:Gastroesophogeal Reflux Disease. Bravo pH Analysis. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. Anti IL5 Reslizumab in the treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a National Study in progress. Safety and efficacy of infliximab use in children and adolescents.
- Mitchell Karmel, MD
Clinical Associate Professor EmeritusResearch Interests:Computed Tomographic Angiography, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Interventional Oncology, Hypertension
- Richard Kelley, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Voice
Third World ENT Disease and Training Programs for Providers
- Robert Kellman, MD
Professor & Chair EmeritusResearch Interests:Facial trauma; Head and neck cancer
- Gloria Kennedy, MD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Treatment of pediatric brain tumors.
Nutrition in cancer sprevention and survivorship. - Paul Kent, MD, PhD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Mechanisms of sensory coding in the olfactory system; seizure mechanisms in hippocampal slices; optical imaging techniques.
- William Kerr, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:My research is primarily focused on defining the role of SHIP1 in immunity, obesity, stem cell biology and cancer. This research has revealed that SHIP1 is at the nexus of signaling pathways that regulate: (1) hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cell homeostasis, (2) terminal differentiation of myeloid cells, (3) acute BM graft rejection, (4) survival of T cells in the small intestine and (5) survival of hematologic cancer cells. More recently we developed SHIP1 and pan-SHIP1/2 inhibitors and showed they can expand stem cells in vivo, reverse obesity, eradicate certain cancers and boost tumor immunity. We are also attempting to better understand what LRBA does in immune cells. LRBA is a scaffold protein that coordinates intracellular vesicle trafficking with receptor signaling.
- Kamal Khurana, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration, Head & Neck Cytology
- Bokkyu Kim, PT, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Stroke Neurorehabilitation
Brain Structural Plasticity
Motor Control and Motor Learning
- Barry Knox, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins
- Bruce Knutson, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:RNA polymerase I transcription (structure, assembly, regulation), nucleolar biology, macromolecular architecture, crosslinking, proteomics, bioinformatics, modeling, molecular genetics, biochemistry, model systems
- Andreas Koenig, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:My group is interested to identify functional consequences of defect membrane anchor synthesis in innate immune cells. We study particularly the effect on membrane-bound versus soluble molecules that derive from monocytes. A dysregulation of the membrane-to-soluble ratio could have a direct impact on the development of conditions such as atherosclerosis through skewed macrophage differentiation and metabolic reprogramming, lipid uptake and foam cell formation. Further, the generation of excessive amounts of damaging reactive oxygen species may lead to metabolic exhaustion in these cells in response to infections. We are also investigating the mechanistic basics of mitochondrial dysfunction and innate immunity activation as a driver of systemic inflammation and comorbidity risk factors in obesity.
- Leslie Kohman, MD, FACS
Distinguished Service ProfessorResearch Interests:Wellbeing strategies for healthcare workers
- Leszek Kotula, MD/PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Cancer biology, cell signaling, the role of actin cytoskeleton in tumor progression, mouse models of cancer
- Hani Kozman, MD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Coronary artery disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Interventional cardiology; Coronary angioplasty/stenting
- Mira Krendel, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Physiological functions of myosin motors and their roles in diabetic kidney disease and cancer
- Barbara Krenzer, MD
Emeritus - Andrzej Krol, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Development of:
- Extremely low-dose and high-resolution tomographic reconstruction methods in PET and SPECT
- Advanced ultrafast PET detector
- Advanced very high-sensitivity and high-spatial resolution brain PET scanner
- Ultrafast laser-based betatron microfocal x-ray source for very high-resolution biomedical imaging
- PET bioprobe for detection and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and other cancers
- Advanced breast cancer detection methods in mammography
- Yi-Ling Kuo, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Neurophysiology
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Functional MRI
Motor control and motor learning in professional musicians
Motor recovery after stroke
Focal dystonia (musician's dystonia, laryngeal dystonia)
Repetitive TMS (rTMS) in concussion
- Vladimir Kuznetsov, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Cancer systems biology, bioinformatics, big data and survival prediction analyses, predictive and personalized medicine, computational genome and transcriptome biology, non-B DNA structures, RNA:DNA hybrids, R-loops, G-quadruplexes, ncRNAs, clinical biomarker discovery and validation