Faculty Directory

Pediatrics

Chan, Gary
2B425 UUMC
Phone: 581-3082
E-mail: gchan@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Infant nutrition, children & teenager, nutrition & bone mineral status, maternal/paternal/infant attachment.

Student Participation: Recruitment, data analysis, filing of forms.

Background Needed: Biological science.

Outside Majors: Foods & Nutrition, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiology, Pre-Medicine.

Key Words: Pediatrics, nutrition, newborn infants, children, bones.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Chen, Zhong
1C204 SOM
Phone: 581-5524
E-mail: zhong.chen@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Application of new techniques, such as FISH and other molecular cytogenetic approaches to clinical diagnosis and research analysis of prenatal diseases. Cancer and other genetic disorders.

Student Participation: Search literature and collect data.

Background Needed: Major in biology or life science.

Outside Majors: Statistics, Computer Science.

Key Words: Chromosome, molecular genetics, cancer, cytogenetic techniques, medical genetics.

Student generated projects will be considered.

Frazer, John 'Kimble'
HCI-4263
Phone: 587-5599
E-mail: kimble.frazer@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: T-cell leukemia & lymphoma, DNA methylation, development of the vertebrate adaptive immune system.

Student Participation: Wide open. A student could run their own project under my supervision, help out with existing projects in the lab or anything in between. Projects in my lab span the range from molecular biology (DNA & RNApreparation, PCR) to animal husbandry and genetics. We use zebrafish as an animal model for most of our studies.

Background Needed: None required; preference for students who aspire to doctorate level training in the sciences, medical/dental school; experience with molecular biology techniques a plus.

Outside Majors: Biology, chemistry biochemistry; any life science-related major considered.

Key Words: cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, T cel, immunity, zebrafish.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Hill, Harry
5B114 UUMC
Phone: 581-5873
Email: harry.hill@path.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Immunology & host resistance to bacterial infections, specifically immune responses to streptococci & use of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant human cytokines treating infections and immunologic disorders.

Student Participation: Work on cellular & humoral assays of immunity in the test tube & in small animal models of disease. Learn assays & develop their own research projects.

Background Needed: Basic understanding of science & biology.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Pre-med Emphasis.

Key Words: Immunology, Resistance to Bacterial Infection, Monoclonal Antibodies, Recombinant Human Cytokines, Immunotherapy.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Hu, Norman
417 Wakara Way, Ste. 1701; Research Park
Phone: 585-1860
E-mail: norm.hu@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: The integrated physiologic and morphologic assessment of the embryonic cardiovascular system using techniques (laser & ultrasound doppler, servonull pressure system, confocal, SE and TE microscopy) to define atrial, ventricular and arterial function.

Student Participation: To perform experiment including microsurgery under microscope on chick embryo, analysis, computation of data and literature search.

Background Needed: Biological Sciences. (1/2 to 3/4 time during summer, and part time during school)

Outside Majors: Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Science but not necessarily required. Interested in research.

Key Words: Hemodynamics, physiology, morphogenesis, morphology, chick embryo, cardiac development.

Longo, Nicola
Pediatrics/Medical Genetics
2C412 SOM
Phone: 587-7690; 585-9558
E-mail: nicola.longo@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Carnitine transport, disorders of fatty acid oxidation, identification of new genetic diseases, inborn errors of metabolism.

Student Participation: Assisting in experiments, data analysis, routine lab work.

Background Needed: Biology, chemistry.

Outside Majors: All undergrad bioscience majors, pre-med.

Key Words: Carnitine transport, metabolism, fatty acid oxidation

Student generated projects may be considered.

Moon, Anne M.
Suite 4110A EIHG
Phone: 585-0717
E-Mail: anne.moon@genetics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Developmental biology, genetics; particularly cardiac developmental biology.

Student Participation: Anatomic and histologic analysis of a variety of mutant mice.

Background Needed: Biology, basic chemistry, and molecular biology would be helpful.

Outside Majors: All undergrad bioscience majors.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Murphy, Nancy
2A243 SOM
Phone: 581-7877
E-Mail: nancy.murphy@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Health science research - relating to children with special healthcare needs. Particularly interested in children with CP, chronic disabilities, and co-morbidishes.

Student Participation: Data organization and entry, data collection if appropriate.

Background Needed: Computer skills.

Outside Majors: Statistics, Information Technology.

Student generated projects may be considered, based on ideas and interests.

Nelson, Raoul D.
2B422 SOM
Phone: 581-7609
E-mail: Raoul.Nelson@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest:1) Transcriptional regulation of kidney development, with focus on intercalated and principle cells in renal collecting duct. 2) Collecting duct specific targeting of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease gene using the Cre/Lox and FLp/Frt systems. 3) Transgenic targeting of erythropoieten producing cells in the kidney. 4) Pediatric kidney disease database.

Student Participation: Gene construction, transgenic mouse husbandry, transgenic mouse genotyping, transgene expression analysis, kidney cell culture, RT-PCR analysis, immunocytochemistry, cDNA cloning, database generation.

Background Needed: Basic laboratory skills pertaining to molecular biology preferred but not necessary for lab project. Familiarity with database design for clinical project.

Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry or related.

Key Words: transgenic mice, knockout mice, gene expression regulation, aquaporins, H+ATPase, kidney physiology, kidney development, polycystic kidney disease erythropoietin, anemia, kidney disease, database.

Student generated projects not possible.

Srivastava, Raj
2A152 SOM
Phone: 588-3640
E-Mail: raj.srivastava@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Quality of care, health services research, effectiveness/efficiency, new health system delivery changes.

Student Participation: Help in obtaining literature, helping with medical chart reviews for specific topics, organizing delivery of study questionnaires, some database work.

Background Needed: Any computer skills with databases/analysis helpful but not critical.

Outside Majors: Economics.

Student generated projects are not possible.

Viskochil, David
413 MREB
Phone: 581-8943, 581-5556
E-mail: dave.viskochil@hsc.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Molecular biology of neurofibromatosis I.

Student Participation: Making DNA, RNA preparations; computer searches; isolating cDNA, expression studies,cloning genomic DNA.

Background Needed: Biology or biochemistry course work lab, lab course experience.

Outside Majors: Chemistry, Biology, Physics.

Key Words: Genetic disease, gene, RNA, DNA, expression.

Student generated projects may be considered.

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