The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Departments of Instruction



Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology

The department’s teaching programs are designed to provide students with opportunities to obtain knowledge in the areas of physiology and pharmacology. Courses are offered to medical students in the first year of the curriculum in mammalian physiology and in the second year of the curriculum in pharmacology. The department also participates in graduate courses offered through the UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

An important aspect of the educational mission for the department is to provide research training for medical students, graduate students, undergraduate summer students, postdoctoral students, and fellows. The department has active areas of research and training opportunities in many areas of regulatory biology and cell signaling, including membrane physiology, neurobiology, hormonal regulation, growth factors, neurotransmitters, and muscle adaptation.

Professor and Interim Chair
Weisbrodt, Norman W., Ph.D.

H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences, Fondren Chair in Cellular Signaling
Schultz, Stanley, M.D.

Nobel Laureate Regental Professor
Murad, Ferid, M.D., Ph.D.

Professors
Cabral, Fernando, Ph.D.
Chan, Jarvis, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Clark, Richard B., Ph.D.
Davies, Peter J.A., M.D., Ph.D.
Dubinsky, William P., Jr., Ph.D.
Hutchins, Max, Ph.D.
Lichtenberger, Lenard M., Ph.D.
McMahon, John, Ph.D.
O’Neil, Roger G., Ph.D.
Pate, Theodore, Ph.D.
Rosenfeld, Gary C., Ph.D.
Schonbrunn, Agnes, Ph.D.
Stancel, George M., Ph.D.
Walters, Edgar T., Ph.D.
Zachariasen, Rita, Ph.D.

Associate Professors
Dessauer, Carmen, Ph.D.
Dial, Elizabeth, J. ,Ph.D.
Jayaraman, Vasanthi, Ph.D.
Knutson, Victoria P., Ph.D.
Loose, David S., Ph.D.
Morris, Andrew, Ph.D.
Weems, William A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professors
Frost, Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Rich, Thomas, Ph.D.
Shipley, Gregory, Ph.D.

Instructors
Bhattacharya, Rajat, Ph.D.
Brown, Rachel, Ph.D.
Kunjilwar, Kumud, Ph.D.
Liu, Qisheng, Ph.D., M.D.