Faculty Interests
- Ahmad, Ayesha M.D.
- Barr, Mason M.D.
- Glover, Thomas W. Ph.D.
- Hornyak, Joseph Edward M.D., Ph.D.
- Innis, Jeffrey Winfield M.D., Ph.D.
- Iyer, Ram Ph.D.
- Keegan, Catherine Elizabeth M.D., Ph.D.
- Martin, Donna Marie M.D., Ph.D.
- Misra, Vinod Kumar M.D., Ph.D.
- Schuette, Jane M.S.
- Thoene, Jess G M.D.
- Yashar, Beverly Ph.D.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Dr. Ahmad's clinical interests include inborn errors of metabolism and clinical biochemical genetics; and expanded newborn screening for inborn errors of metabolism.
Research Interests: Dr. Ahmad's research interests include the evaluation of long term outcomes and best practice guidelines for management of patients with inborn errors of metabolism; and outcomes of patients with metabolic diseases detected pre-symptomatically by newborn screening.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Teratology, perinatal pathology, prenatal diagnosis of structural defects, and rehabilitation of the child with physically handicapping birth defects.
Research Interests: Teratology, perinatal pathology, and determinants of intrauterine structure and growth.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Clinical cytogenetics, genetic disorders and birth defects.
Research Interests: Molecular genetics of human disease and human cytogenetics: molecular pathways of chromosome instability and cell cycle checkpoints; hereditary lymphedema and lymphatic disorders; and progeria and premature aging disorders.
Specialty: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinical Interests: Down Syndrome, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases.
Research Interests: Exercise in people with disablities and molecular aspects of exercise.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Medical Genetics
Clinical Interests: Human limb malformations, medical genetics, birth defects, mental retardation, biochemical genetics, chromosome aneuploidy and genetic counseling.
Research Interests: Limb development, role of HOX genes in development, pre-implantation mammalian body patterning.
Clinical Interests: Molecular genetics; diagnostics genetics; MICHR BioRepository
Research Interests: Clinical testing for inherited disorders; development of novel genetic assays and technologies; predictive/pharmacogenetic testing; development of a sample biorepository.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Medical Genetics
Clinical Interests: Pediatric Genetics
Research Interests: Urogenital development, Caudal development, Telomere dysfunction and genomic instability.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Medical Genetics
Clinical Interests: Clinical Genetics; Autism; Disorders of Neural Development.
Research Interests: Genetic Basis of Neuronal Development
Specialty: Pediatrics
Medical Genetics
Clinical Interests: Pediatric medical genetics
Research Interests: Genetic Basis of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes
Clinical Interests: Pediatric genetics and provision of services to underserved areas of Michigan.
Specialty: Pediatrics
Inborn errors of metabolis
Clinical Interests: Inborn errors of metabolism: cystinosis, urea cycle defects, organic acidemias
Research Interests: Role of abberant apoptosis in causing the nephropathic phenotype in cystinosis and cystinsin replacement in cystinosis.
Clinical Interests: Pediatric and Ophthalmic Genetics
Research Interests: The genetics of retinal and macular dystrophies. Translational applications and ethical implications of genetics. Utilization of genetics by allied health professionals in their clinical practice.
