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Affiliated Faculty

This list of affiliated investigators can help you identify potential research mentors at the University of Pittsburgh. PSTP students can, and do, work with mentors not on this list, but the investigators featured below have expressed interest in hosting PSTP students in their laboratories.

Lagasse
Eric Lagasse, PhD, PharmD
Research Areas: Pathology
Research Summary:

Our research is focused primarily on stem cell biology and cell-based therapy for a variety of diseases including cancer and organ failure

Lakkis
Fadi Lakkis, MD
Research Summary:

Innate and adaptive immune response to transplanted organs and the mechanisms of transplantation tolerance

Lee
Adrian Lee, PhD
Research Areas: Cancer, Pharmacology
Research Summary:

Molecular profiling (genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic) of women’s cancers, mouse modeling, and predictive biomarkers for targeted therapy

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Arthur Levine, MD
Research Areas: Neuroscience
Research Summary:

Alzheimer's; Neurodegenerative diseases

Lewis
David Lewis, MD
Research Areas: Neuroscience
Research Summary:

Functional architecture of the prefrontal cortex and schizophrenia

Lin
Philana Lin, MD, MSC
Research Summary:

Our lab is focused on the host protective immune responses to M. tuberculosis, a major factor in outcome of infection.

Little
Steven Little, PhD
Research Areas: Bioengineering
Research Summary:

Drug Delivery, Biomimetics, Immunotherapeutics, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Synthetic Systems

Cecilia W. Lo
Cecilia Lo, PhD
Research Areas: Cardiovascular, Genetics
Research Summary:

Genetics of congenital heart disease, role of epigenetics in adverse clinical outcome, disease modeling using patient derived induced pluripotent stem cells 

Lohmueller
Jason Lohmueller, PhD
Research Areas: Cancer, Surgery
Research Summary:

The Lohmueller lab works on developing genetic engineering approaches to augment adoptive cell therapy (ACT) for the treatment of cancer.

Luna
Beatriz Luna, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience
Research Summary:

Brain basis of cognitive maturation through adolescence to adulthood