PAUL O’BRYAN, PH.D.
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Ph.D. Education: Ph.D. in Neurophysiology/Medical Physiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (1969)
Additional Training: Post-Doc training, vertebrate photoreceptor function and retinal synaptic organization, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (1972) and Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (1974); Post-Doc training, effects of pesticides on myelinated axons, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (1973)
Special Interests: computer-aided learning; Integrative Physiology
Advisors At Large:
Patricia Kavanagh, M.D. (Pediatrics)
Marie McDonnell, M.D. (Medicine/Endocrinology) |

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SHOUMITA DASGUPTA, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Genetics Program
Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D. Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Special Interests: Graduate and medical education in genetics; pedagogical research
Advisors At Large:
John Otis, Ph.D. (Psychiatry)
Ron Mezdon, M.D. (Emergency Medicine) |

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Arvin Garg, M.D., MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (1999)
Residency: University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (2002)
Special Interests: social determinants of health
Advisors At Large:
Daniel Newman, M.D. (Internal Medicine/Medical Informatics)
Joshua Safer, M.D. (Endocrinology) |
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SHARON LEVINE, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Geriatrics
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY (1984)
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1987)
Special Interests: Medical education; Home care
Advisors At Large:
Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D. (Medicine/Endocrinology)
Philip Stone, Ph.D. (biochemistry) |

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Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D. Education: National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, England, UK (1989)
Additional Training: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, CA (1992); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1996)
Professional/Academic Interests: Embryonic development, growth factor signaling, control of cell motility
Personal Interests/Hobbies: Art glass and pottery, music
Years at BUSM: 14
Favorite Organ System: They’re all wonderful!
Why I became involved in the Academies? I love to interact with students
Advisors At Large:
David Farb, Ph.D. (Pharmacology)
Gregory Grillone, M.D. (Otolaryngology) |

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ABDULMAGED TRAISH, M.B.A., PH.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Urology
Research Director, Institute of Sexual Medicine
Ph.D. Education: Ph. D. in Biochemistry, Boston University (1978)
Additional Training: Post-doc training in Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine (1980); M.B.A., Boston University (1993)
Special Interests: teaching; biochemistry and endocrinology of sex steroid hormones; reasearch; biochemical and physicological mechanisms of sexual function/dysfunction; biotechnology partnership in developing assays and antibodies as tools for research
Advisors At Large:
Isidore Berenbaum, M.D. (Psychiatry)
Lynne Goldberg, M.D. (Dermatology) |

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GWYNNETH OFFNER, PH.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Ph.D. Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine (1984)
Special Interests: epithelial protection and repair; inflammatory bowel disease
Advisors At Large:
Elizabeth Dupuis, M.D. (Medicine/Women’s Health)
Janet Osterman, M.D. (Psychiatry) |
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