In this section, you will find all of the NAIPI members listed. You can search for members by name or find them associated with the funded program (INBRE/COBRE/CTR)

  • William Green

William Green

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William R Green, Ph.D., The Elmer R. Pfefferkorn Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. The primary interests of the lab focus on cell-mediated immunity to mouse retroviruses that cause either leukemia or immunodeficiency. We have been [...]

  • Vojo Deretic

Vojo Deretic

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Vojo Deretic, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, MGM Department Chair, and AIM Center Director SOM - Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Principal Investigator: Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism (AIM) in Disease Center COBRE, New Mexico Dr. Deretic is the [...]

  • Claude Shuttleworth

Claude Shuttleworth

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Claude Shuttleworth, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, New Mexico Thematic Scientific Focus Development and testing of interventions for survivors of acquired brain injuries Research Projects • Functional recovery from acute [...]

  • Matthew Campen

Matthew Campen

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Matthew Campen, PhD, MSPH, Director, New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, Regents' Professor, Professor, Pharmaceutical Science Biography Campen received a BS in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech, then his Ph.D. in Environmental Science [...]

  • Andrew Mayer

Andrew Mayer

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ANDREW MAYER, PHD Director, 3T Core, Vice President of Interdisciplinary Science. Professor of Translational Neuroscience The Mind Research Network, Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of New Mexico Health Science Center Dr. Mayer’s [...]

  • Shelley Lusetti

Shelley Lusetti

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Shelley Lusetti, Department Head/Associate Professor: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Research Area: Cellular genome maintenance processes of DNA replication, recombination, and repair The Lusetti lab is specifically interested in the elucidation of the biochemical roles of novel [...]

  • Francisco Sy

Francisco Sy

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Francisco Sy, MD, MS, DrPH Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Biography Dr. Francisco Sy is a professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in [...]

  • Michael Webster

Michael Webster

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Michael Webster, Foundation Professor, Principal Investigator Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Nevada Summary Michael Webster is a vision scientist who studies the cognitive and neural processes that underlie how we see. Much of his work focuses [...]

  • Martin Schiller

Martin Schiller

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Martin Schiller, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine Biography Dr. Martin Schiller received a B.A. from Hofstra University and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Utah State University after postdoctoral fellowships at [...]

  • Scott Earely

Scott Earley

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Scott Earley Ph.D.: Contact, Professor of Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology | Department of Pharmacology Research My lab is focused on elucidating the functional significance of the transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily of cation channels [...]

  • Jonathan Baker

Jonathan Baker

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Jonathan Baker Ph.D. Associate Professor; INBRE Principal Investigator/Director; Interim Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Nevada Research We use single molecule techniques (TIR fluorescence microscopy and optical traps) to study how mechanoenzymes like actin and myosin transfer [...]

  • Qian-Quan Sunn

Qian-Quan Sun

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Qian-Quan Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology Research Interests: Neuroscience Neurophysiology Information processing in the brain depends on inter-connected neuronal networks. The connections of neuronal networks are fine-tuned during critical [...]

  • Dennis Stevens

Dennis Stevens

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Dennis Stevens, PH.D., M.D. Principal Investigator Identification and Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Variants in Idaho Summary: My longstanding research interest is the role of extracellular toxins in the pathogenesis of severe necrotizing infections and toxic shock [...]

  • Julia Oxford

Julia Oxford

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Julia Oxford, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Lori and Duane Stueckle Endowed Chair University Distinguished Professor Director, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Matrix Biology, Idaho Director, Biomolecular Research Center Julia Oxford, Ph.D. - [...]

  • Holly Wichman

Holly Wichman

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Holly Wichman, Director, IMCI Distinguished Professor, Department of Biological Sciences As Director, Professor Holly Wichman provides overall leadership to IMCI and is responsible for scientific direction, administration, mentoring, and assessment. Wichman has a long history of interdisciplinary collaboration. [...]

  • Carolyn Bohach

Carolyn Bohach

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Carolyn Bohach University Idaho. Distinguished Professor and Director, Idaho INBRE Hovde Bohach’s area of expertise is an infectious disease with emphasis on the foodborne pathogen E. coli O157:H7. Primary interests are in the relationship of this human [...]

  • Jovanka Voyich

Jovanka Voyich

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Jovanka Voyich, Professor, Department Head- Microbiology, and Immunology The Voyich Lab focuses on host-pathogen interactions with an emphasis on human neutrophils and the Gram-positive pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Streptococcus pyogenes. Our most significant scientific accomplishments to date [...]

  • Alexandra Adams

Alexandra Adams

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Alexandra Adams, M.D., Ph.D., Director CAIRHE and Principal Investigator: Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana Adams maintains an active research agenda and clinical practice relating to childhood obesity in American Indian communities. [...]

  • Curtis Noonan

Curtis Noonan

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Curtis Noonan, Director, Principal Investigator Center for Population Health Research, Montana Research Interests 1. Air pollution exposures and respiratory health. 2. Biomarkers in people exposed to household air pollution. 3. Occupational and environmental exposure to [...]

  • Bruce Bowler

Bruce Bowler

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Bruce Bowler, Professor & Director of CBSD Bruce Bowler joined the University of Montana in 2006 as a Professor of Chemistry and a member of the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. He received his [...]

  • Brian Bothner

Brian Bothner

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Brian Bothner,  Montana, Professor, Director of Montana INBRE, Molecular footprints at the boundary where chemistry becomes biology Research Interests: Research in the Bothner lab has two main focuses: (1) Investigation of cellular response to stress [...]

  • Joseph Kaholokula

Joseph Kaholokula

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Joseph Kaholokula, PhD, Dr. Keawe Kaholokula is an Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is also a licensed [...]

  • Richard

Richard Yanagihara

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Richard Yanagihara, MD, MPH, Professor Specialty: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Biography: Dr. Yanagihara earned his medical degree in 1972 from the University of Cincinnati and his MPH degree in 1985 from Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene [...]

  • Bradley Willcox

Bradley Willcox

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Bradley Willcox MD, MSc Dr. Bradley J. Willcox is Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. Dr. Willcox trained in Medicine at [...]