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Garry, Gitlin, Godbey, Gregory, Gustat
Robert F. Garry, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Director of MCB Program
TCC Associate Member
rfgarry@tulane.edu
Lab homepage: http://www.Tulane.EDU:80/~dmsander/GarryHomePage.html
Faculty listing on the Microbiology website:
http://www.som.tulane.edu/departments/microbiology/garry.htm
(504) 988-2027, (504) 988-1994 fax
1430 Tulane Ave., Box SL-38, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699

Biographical Narrative:
Dr. Garry received his B.S in Life Sciences with a minor in Chemistry from Indiana State University in 1978. He then carried out doctoral studies in Microbiology at the University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Dr. Marilynn R.F. Waite and received his Ph.D. in 1978. His dissertation was entitled: "Intracellular sodium and potassium and the regulation of gene expression in virus-infected and virus-transformed chick cells." He carried out postdoctoral research in virology at UT Austin under the mentorship of Dr. Henry R. Bose, Jr. In 1983 Dr. Garry was appointed Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1985 he was Visiting Professor of Pathology at the University of Southern California working with Dr. Suraiya Rasheed. Dr. Garry spent 1991 as a Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Hamburg working with Dr. Gebhard Koch. Since 1993 he has been Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane Medical School. Dr. Garry has published over 100 papers in the area of retrovirology. Research in the Garry Laboratory focuses on a number of aspects of retroviral pathogenesis. Investigations have found that HIV induces a number of defects in plasma membrane ion transport, which could account for the loss of CD4+ T-cells in AIDS patients. Another research interest is the molecular characterization of an isolate of HIV from a patient who died of AIDS in 1969. This is the earliest confirmed case of AIDS in the United States. In addition, the lab has discovered a retrovirus named human intracisternal A-type retroviral particle (HIAP), which appears to be involved in systemic autoimmune diseases and idiopathic CD4 T-lymphocytopenia. More recently, the lab obtained evidence for the existance of a human endogenous retrovirus named human mammary tumor virus (HMTV), which is a close homolog of a virus which causes breast cancer in mice.

Selected Publications:
Melvin C. Gitlin, M.D., F.A.C.P.M.
Professor and Chairman of Anesthesiology
Director of Pain Management Center
TCC Associate Member
mgitlin@tulane.edu
Homepage on the Anesthesiology website:
http://www.som.tulane.edu/anes/Faculty_Bios/Gitlin.htm
(504) 988-1916, (504) 988-1743 fax
1430 Tulane Ave., Box SL-4, New Orleans, LA 70112-2699

Biographical Narrative:
Melvin C. Gitlin, M.D., FACPM, currently serves as Chairman and Merryl and Sam Israel Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. He also serves as the Director of the Pain Management Center of the Tulane University Health Sciences Center and is an Associate Member of the Tulane Cancer Center. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his specialty training at the Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiologyand also has been certified in pain management by the Board. He has also been designated a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine. Dr. Gitlin has a long interest and experience in pain management. He is actively engaged in the practice of anesthesiology and pain medicine and is also involved in research. He lectures at the local, regional, national and international levels. He has been widely published and serves as a reviewer for several journals. He is a member of numerous societies and has been very active in the organized pain community for many years; he has served as chairman of numerous committees and task forces. Among other responsibilities, he currently serves as Immediate Past President and member of the Executive Committee, Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and as Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Pain Medicine. He is a member of the Examination Council and Credentials Committee of the America Board of Pain Medicine. Dr. Gitlin is a member of the Louisiana State Pain commission and is Past Chairman of the Louisiana State Cancer Pain Initiative. He has served as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives. Dr. Gitlin's experience has encompassed both the private and academic sectors and he has served in government.

Selected Publications:
W. T. Godbey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
TCC Contributing Member in Signaling Research Program
godbey@tulane.edu
(504) 865-5872, (504) 865-5744 fax
300 Lindy Boggs Center, Uptown Campus
6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-5684
Homepage on the Chemical Engineering website:
http://www.tulane.edu/~ceng/Faculty/godbey/Homex.htm
Courses taught
Biographical Narrative:
W.T. Godbey is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in 1988. After a successful period that involved starting his own software design and development company in Dallas, Texas, he joined the fields of science and engineering and earned his Ph.D. as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow from the Institute for Biosciences and Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 2000. From 2000-2003 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Children's Hospital, Boston, and Harvard Medical School. He joined the Tulane faculty in 2003. Gobdey's research interests are centered on gene therapy and the manipulation of cell at the genetic level. He has published several papers on the subjects of cellular processing of non-viral gene delivery agenst and the use of gene therapy for treatment of bladder cancer. His current research interests include the use of gene therapy for carcinoma treatment, controlled release applications for efficient gene delivery, and the use of gene delivery for cellular engineering.

Selected Publications:

Carl Austin Gregory, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Center for Gene Therapy
TCC Program Member
cgregory@tulane.edu
(504) 988-7176, (504) 988-7710 fax
1430 Tulane Ave., SL-99, New Orleans, LA 70112

 

Biographical Narrative:
Carl Gregory graduated in 1999 with a PhD from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), where he worked in the biochemistry of type X collagen assembly in heritable disorders of the skeleton. There, he was one of the first to propose and substantiate dominant interference as the major cause of the bone development disorder Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia Type Schmid. Over the past three years,Gregory has studied the role of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from bone marrow stroma in bone development and repair in the Tulane University Center for Gene Therapy under the directorship of Darwin Prockop. Carl's recent work has highlighted the importance of Wnt signaling in MSC-mediated bone repair in health and disease. In 2005, Carl was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Tulane University Health Sciences Center, where he continues to work in the Center for Gene Therapy.

Selected Publications:

  • Gunn WG, Conley A, Prockop DJ, Gregory CA. A crosstalk between myeloma cells and marrow stromal cells stimulated production of DKK1 and IL-6: a potential role in the development of lytic bone disease and tumor progression in multiple myeloma. Stem Cells, Nov 17, 2005 (epub ahead of print).
  • Gregory CA, Singh H, Perry AS, Prockop DJ. Dkk-1 is required for re-entry into the cell cycle of human adult stem cells from bone marrow stroma (hMSCs). J Biol Chem, 278:28067-78, 2003.
  • Gregory CA, Perry AS, Reyes E, Conley A, Gunn WG, Prockop DJ. Dkk-1 derived synthetic peptides and lithium chloride for the control and recovery of adult stem cells from bone marrow. J Biol Chem, 280:2309-2323, 2004.
  • Gregory CA, Ylostalo J, Prockop DJ. Adult bone marrow stem/progenitor cells (MSCs) are pre-conditioned by micro-environmental "niches" in culture: a two-stage hypothesis for regulation of MSC fate. Sci STKE, 294:37, 2005.

Jeanette Gustat, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
TCC Associate Member
gustat@tulane.edu
(504) 988-1029, (504) 988-1568 fax
1430 Tulane Ave., SL-18, New Orleans, LA 70112

Biographical Narrative:
Dr. Gustat's research interests include environmental determinants of health, including aspects of our surrounding environment that contribute to inactivity and obesity.  She is currently working on projects investigating how parks, playgrounds and neighborhood environments influence physical activity through her position as lead investigator of the Tulane Prevention Research Center and her work with Dr. Ariane Rung at the LSU School of Public Health. This work is funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also interested in physical activity, obesity, psychosocial factors and cognitive function and how these factors play a role in cancer and cardiovascular disease outcomes.  She is currently funded by the National Institute of Aging (R03) to investigate the relationship between cognitive function and cardiovascular risk in the Bogalusa Heart Study population. Additionally, as an instructor of several courses in the Department of Epidemiology, she is also interested in epidemiologic methods, survey research methods and ethics of epidemiology.

Selected Publications:

  • Bedimo-Rung AL, Thompson J, Mowen AJ, Gustat J, Tompkins B, Strikmiller PK, Southern MS. The condition of neighborhood parks following hurricane Katrina: Development of a post hurricane assessment instrument. J Phys Act Health, 2008; 5: 45-57. 
  • Hanisch R, Gustat J, Hagensee ME, Baena A, Salazar JE, Castro MV, Gaviria AM, Sanchez GI.  Knowledge of Pap screening and human papillomavirus among women attending clinics in Medellin, Colombia.  Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2007. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.
  • Bedimo-Rung AL, Gustat J, Tompkins B, Rice J, Thompson J.  Development of a direct observation instrument to measure environmental characteristics of parks for physical activity. (Invited submission) J Phys Act Health, 2006; 3:S176-S189.
  • Ellsworth DL, Coady SA, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Elkasabany A, Gustat J, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS:  Influence of β2-adrenergic receptor Arg16Gly polymorphism on longitudinal changes in obesity from childhood through young adulthood in a biracial cohort:  the Bogalusa Heart Study.  Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2002; 26(7):928-37.


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