Program Faculty
Faculty in the University-wide NIGMS Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology have broad interests in areas of pharmacology spanning cancer, cardiovascular, and neuropharmacology.
A listing of faculty with appointments in Pharmacology and faculty participants in the Biomolecular Pharmacology Program follows.
David H. Farb, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Pharmacology
Carmela Abraham, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry
Karen N. Allen, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry
Salomon Amar, D.M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine
David Atkinson, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Irving J. Bigio, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics
J. Krzysztof Blusztajn, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Victoria M. Bolotina, Ph.D.Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
Camron D. Bryant, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry (pending)
Charles Cantor, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology (leave of absence); CSO, Sequenom
Jiang-Fan Chen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology
Aram Chobanian, M.D. President Emeritus of Boston University; Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Domenic A. Ciraulo, M.D. Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry
Richard A. Cohen, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology
Herbert T. Cohen, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Renal and Hematology/Medical Oncology Section
Geoffrey M. Cooper, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Biology
Pietro Cottone, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Gerald Denis, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Cancer Research Center
Isabel Dominguez, Ph.D.,Research Assistant Professor, Hematology & Medical Oncology
Howard Eichenbaum, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Pharmacology; Director, Center for Neuroscience
Lindsay A. Farrer, Ph.D. Chief, Genetics Program; Professor of Medicine and Neurology
Hui Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Christopher V. Gabel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Pharmacology
Terrell T. Gibbs, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Thomas D. Gilmore, Ph.D. Professor of Biology
Mark W. Grinstaff, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Ophthalmology
James A. Hamilton, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Xue Han, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology
David A. Harris, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Biochemistry
Michael Hasselmo, D.Phil. Professor of Psychology
Tarik F. Haydar, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Alan Herbert, MB.ChB., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Kathleen Kantak, Ph.D.Professor of Psychology
Gary B. Kaplan, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Catherine Klapperich, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
Nancy Kopell, Ph.D.Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
Conan Kornetsky, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Vidhya Kumaresan, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Susan E. Leeman, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology
Adam Lerner, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Jen-Wei Lin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology
Jennifer I. Luebke, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Hengye Man, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Maria V. Panchenko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
John A. Porco, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology
Tyrone M. Porter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Wendy W. Qiu, M.D., Ph.D Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
Katya Ravid, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Douglas L. Rosene, Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Neil Ruderman, M.D., D.Phil. Professor of Medicine
Shelley J. Russek, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology; Director, BU Graduate Program for Neuroscience
Valentina Sabino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry
Scott Schaus, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology
Anurag Singh, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology
Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Sam Thiagalingam, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Genetics & Genomics and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Thomas D. Tullius, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology
Richard D. Wainford, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Carol T. Walsh, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology
Kenneth Walsh, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine; Director, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
David Waxman, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Medicine
Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Zhigang Xie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Neurosurgery
Muhammad Zaman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering





