{"id":4163,"date":"2010-11-23T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/?page_id=4163"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:34:40","slug":"new-focus-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/focus_areas\/new-focus-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Systems and Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-18216 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/david-h-farb-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2022\/03\/DavidWeb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">David H. Farb, Ph.D.<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &#038; Biophysics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-18023 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/hui-feng-m-d-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2022\/02\/Hui-Feng-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hui Feng\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Hui Feng, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &#038; Biophysics and Medicine<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-18028 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/shannon-fisher-m-d-ph-d\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2016\/03\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"Shannon Fisher\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Shannon Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology &#038; Biophysics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-20954 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ppb\/profile\/c-james-mcknight-2\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ppb\/files\/2023\/06\/cjm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"C. 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