Faculty
Daniel Kaplan, MD, PhD
Director of the Cutaneous Biology Research Core, Professor of Dermatology and Immunology
Research Focus: Development of innate and adaptive responses to epicutaneous C. albicans infection
Relationship of pain-sensing neurons in the skin with host defense
The ability of keratinocytes to retain dendritic cells and T cells in the epidermis
Development of humoral responses to cutaneous pathogens
Plasticity of individual skin-resident dendritic cell subsets
Tolerance and suppression of immune responses by Langerhans cells
Erin Kershaw, MD
Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Endowed Chair of Obesity and Diabetes Research, Associate Professor, Medicine
Research Focus: Pathogenesis and treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders
Thomas Kleyman, MD
Chief, Renal-Electrolyte Division, Sheldon Adler Professor of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and of Cell Biology and Physiology, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Research Focus: Epithelial transport physiology. We are examining mechanisms by which external factors, including Na+, proteases, and shear stress, regulate the activity of epithelial Na+ channels.
Bernhard Kühn, MD
Associate Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research, Director, Pediatric Institute for Heart Regeneration and Therapeutics, Director, Research in Cardiology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh , Associate Professor, Pediatrics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Research Focus: Cardiomyocyte proliferation
Heart regeneration