University of Rochester

Rochester Biological Sciences Ph.D.s on the Faculties of Highly Ranked Schools and Programs*

Faculty Appointment Graduate Ph.D. Program Position Title
Harvard Joseph B. Martin, M.D. anatomy Walker Lefler Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Distinguished Professor
Harvard Michael T. Chin, M.D. biochemistry Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Tanya Mayadas-Norton biochemistry Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Diane Mathis biology Professor of Medicine
Harvard Akiko Shimamura, M.D. biology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Bruce P. Bean biophysics Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Andrew H. Lichtman, M.D. biophysics Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Edward V. Maytin, M.D. biophysics Lecturer on Dermatology
Harvard Tucker Collins, M.D. microbiology & immunology S. Burt Wolbach Professor of Pathology
Harvard Luc F. Joseph, M.D. microbiology & immunology Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Alexander J. McAdam, M.D. microbiology & immunology Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Matthew J. Mahon toxicology Assistant Professor of Medicine
UC Berkeley Carla Hudson Kam brain and cognitive sciences Assistant Professor of Psychology
Yale Michael Centrella microbiology & immunology Professor of Plastic Surgery
Yale Thomas L. McCarthy microbiology & immunology Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Stanford Jane C. Tan, M.D.,Ph.D. neurobiology and anatomy Assistant Professor of Medicine
MIT Peter Dedon pharmacology Associate Professor of Toxicology and Biological Engineering
Pennsylvania Stuart B. Moss biology Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pennsylvania John Trueswell brain & cognitive sciences Professor of Psychology
Pennsylvania Stephen R. Thom, M.D. microbiology & immunology Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Chief Hyperbaric Medicine
Columbia Henry Colecroft pharmacology Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biphysics
Columbia David Figurski microbiology & immunology Professor of Microbiology
Michigan Sun-Kee Kim biology Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Michigan Christin Carter-Su biophysics Professor of Physiology
Michigan Julie Boland brain and cognitive sciences Associate Professor of Psychology and of Linguistics
Michigan Stephen Feinberg pathology Associate Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Michigan Hylan C. Moises physiology Professor of Physiology
Michigan Donald G. Puro, M.D. physiology Professor of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences and of Physiology
Wisconsin Seth Pollak brain&cognitive sc./clin.psych. Distinguished Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Wisconsin Jenny Saffran brain&cognitive sc./linguistics Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Wisconsin David L. Watkins microbiology & immunology Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Wisconsin Peter A. Mahler radiation biology & biophysics Clinical Assistant Professor of Human Oncology
UC San Diego Sarah Creel brain and cognitive sciences Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science
UC San Diego Mark C. Whitehead anatomy Professor of Anatomy
UC San Diego Richard L. Gallo, M.D. toxicology Associate Professor of Medicine
Cornell Michael Spivey brain & cognitive sciences Associate Professor of Psychology
Cornell Heather Taffet Gold health services research Assistant Professor of Public Health
Duke Theodore Slotkin pharmacology Professor of Pharmacology
UCLA Jerome Siegel psychology Professor of Psychiatry
Northwestern Sookyong Koh neuroscience and anatomy Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Brown Jerome, N. Sanes psychology Research Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Washington University Joseph L. Roti Roti biophysics Professor and Chief, Radiation and Cancer Biology Division
Washington University John F. Dipersio, M.D. microbiology & immunology Apple Professor of Medicine/Chief, Medical Oncology Section
Washington University Lawrence H. Snyder, M.D. physiology Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Johns Hopkins Rajini Rao biochemistry Associate Professor of Physiology
Johns Hopkins Ola A. Selnes psychology Associate Professor of Neurology/Director, Cognitive Neurology Clinic
Johns Hopkins Katharine Whartenby microbiology & immunology Assistant Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Barry R. Zirkin biology Professor and Head of the Division of Reproductive Biology
Johns Hopkins Lawrence P. Schramm physiology Professor of Biomedical Engineering & of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins William M. Baldwin, III M.D. radiation biology & biophysics Professor of Pathology
North Carolina Lyndon F. Cooper biochemistry Stallings Professor of Prosthodontics
North Carolina Corbin D. Jones biology Assistant Professor of Biology
North Carolina Steven Matson biochemistry Professor and Chair of Biology
North Carolina Yue Xiong biology Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
North Carolina Rudy L. Juliano biophysics Professor of Pharmacology
University of Washington Steven G. Gilbert toxicology Affiliated Associate Professor of Environmental Health
University of Washington Thomas J. Montine, M.D. pharmacology Alvord Professor of Neuropathology
Illinois Stephen Farrand microbiology & immunology Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Illinois Susan Garnsey psychology Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Illinois David M. Gooler neuroscience Professor of Speech and Hearing Science
Illinois Thomas K. Graves pharmacology Assistant Professor of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Virginia Joel Hockensmith biochemistry Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Virginia Eugene Barrett, M.D. biophysics Professor Internal Medicine & Pediatrics/Director, Diabetes Center
Virginia Paula Q. Barrett biophysics Professor of Pharmacology
Virginia James Garrison biophysics Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
Virginia Richard N. Day pharmacology Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology
Virginia Deborah A. Lannigan pharmacology Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Virginia Carl Lynch, III, M.D. physiology Robert M. Epstein Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology
Emory John F. White toxicology Associate Professor of Physiology
Minnesota Paul P. Cleary biology Professor of Microbiology
Vanderbilt Robert J. Matusik biochemistry Professor of Urologic Surgery and of Cell Biology/Director of Urological Surgery Research
Penn State John Ellis neuroscience Professor of Pharmacology and of Psychiatry
Ohio State Bruce A. Biagi physiology Associate Professor of Renal Physiology
Ohio State Jack A. Boulant physiology Professor of Physiology
Rice Robert Raphael biophysics T. N. Law Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Cheng-Ming Chiang biochemistry Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Case Western Shwu-Yuan Wu biochemistry Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Case Western James W. Jacobberger microbiology & immunology Professor, Division of General Medical Sciences
Case Western Angelo A. Licata, M.D. pharmacology Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Case Western Theresa P. Pretlow radiation biology & biophysics Professor of Pathology
UC San Francisco William C. Dewey radiation biology & biophysics Professor of Radiation Oncology/ Director, Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory
Pittsburgh Kurt Ackerman, M.D. anatomy Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Pittsburgh SuJean Choi psychology Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Pittsburgh Susan D. Reynolds biology Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Texas SW Medical George N. DeMartino biochemistry Lackley Professor in Physiology
Oregon Hlth Sci. Univ. Thersa Madden, D.D.S. microbiology & immunology Associate Professor of Periodontology
Iowa Kevin P. Campbell biophysics UI Foundation Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Arizona Howard Ochman biology Professor of Biochemistry and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine Alison A. Bertuch, M.D. biology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic Lloyd A. Wells, M.D. anatomy Associate Professor of Psychiatry
USC Toben Mintz brain&cognitive sc./linguistics Associate Professor of Psychology and of Linguistics
Wesleyan Harry Sinnamon psychology Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience and Behavior
Vassar Nancy Jo Pokrywka biology Associate Professor of Biology

* Schools and programs were included if they were among the top 25 as ranked by US News & World Report; if they were among the top 25 doctoral programs in a discipline as ranked by the National Research Council; if they were among the top 25 national universities in average National Research Council faculty quality rating (reported in the May/June 1996 issue of Change); or if they were among the top 25 universities in terms of the number of disciplines highly ranked. The list reflects up-to-date information as of the summer of 2007.


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