Faculty
Flordeliza Villanueva, MD
Vice Chair for Pre-Clinical Research, Director of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Director of the Center for Molecular Imaging & Therapeutics, Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science
Research Focus: Translational cardiovascular research
Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD
Cleveland Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Chief, Division of Medical Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Director, Center for Rare Disease Therapy, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Research Focus: Mitochondrial architecture of mitochondrial metabolism
Molecular and functional characterization of inborn errors of fatty acid oxidation and branched chain amino acids
Development of novel therapeutic agents for inborn errors of metabolism
Characterization of a knock out porcine model for phenylketonuria
Patient-oriented clinical research on long chain fatty acid oxidation disorders and phenylketonuria
David Volk, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Research Focus: Disruptions in prenatal ontogeny in cortical parvalbumin neuron dysfunction in schizophrenia