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.
Gerard Apodaca, PhD
Research Summary:
Endocytic pathways and stretch-regulated endocytosis/exocytosis in bladder
Geetha Chalasani, MD
Research Areas: Nephrology
Research Summary:
Understanding how memory T cells are generated in transplantation
Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD
Research Areas: Nephrology, Pediatrics
Research Summary:
Dr. Sims-Lucas’ program focuses on acute kidney injury as well as the mechanisms that lead to predisposition to injury.
Ora Weisz, PhD
Research Areas: Nephrology
Research Summary:
Regulation of protein traffic in polarized epithelial cells