Basic Biomedical Sciences Division

Ronald Lindahl, Dean
Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Lee Medical Building
(605) 677-8800
biomed@usd.edu

FACULTY:

Professors:

William Cafruny, Viral Immunology and Pathogenesis, Immune Regulation
Kathleen Eyster, Endocrinology and Intercellular Communication
A. Martin Gerdes, Heart Failure, Ventricular Remodeling Associated with Heart Failure
Barbara Goodman, Science and Health Education
William Harris, Nutrition and Metabolic Disease
Joyce Keifer, Neuroscience, Adaptive Motor Control, Learning and Memory
Thomas Langworthy, Microbiology Education
Ronald Lindahl, Dean of Basic Biomedical Sciences
David Maddox, Renal Physiology
Douglas Martin, Control of Blood Pressure, Hypertensive and Environmental Interactions
Robin Miskimins, Myelin Gene Expression
W. Keith Miskimins, Control of Cell Proliferation in Normal and Cancer Cells
Robert Morecraft, Limbic System and Motor Recovery Following Brain Damage
Daniel Neufeld, Tissue Regeneration
Benjamin Perryman, Heart Failure and Defects
Evelyn Schlenker, Control of Breathing
John Thomas, Biochemistry Education
Barry Timms, Effects of Endocrine Disruptors on Prostate Development and Growth
Xuejun Wang, Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Disease
Leigh Washburn, Molecular Pathogenesis of Mycoplasma Infections
Keith Weaver, Microbial Genetics, Plasmid Replication, Inheritance and Horizontal Transfer

Associate Professors:

Stephen Armstrong, Cardiovascular Biology and Biochemistry
Teri Bellis, Central Auditory Processing Disorders
John Brannian, Reproductive Physiology, Ovarian Cellular Physiology, Infertility
Paul Bunger, Dean of Medical Student Affairs
Gudiseva Chandrasekher, Ophthalmology, Biochemistry
Curtis Kost, Jr., Cardiovascular and Renal Physiology and Pharmacology
Karen Munger, Physiology and Pharmacology
Robert Noiva, Protein Folding and Assembly in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
William Percy, Gastrointestinal Physiology, Gut Motility, Absorption / SecretionSteven Waller, Associate Dean of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Gerald Yutrzenka, Director of Minority Student Affairs

Assistant Professors:

Indranil Biswas, Gram-positive Bacterial Pathogenesis
Brian Burrell, Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Subhash Chauhan, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets for Gynecological Malignancies
Michael Chaussee, Streptococcus pyogenes, Bacterial Pathogenesis
Timothy G. Clark, Cardiovascular Development
Kristi Egland, Breast Cancer Immunotherapy
Alexandre Erkine, Transcriptional Regulation
Gina Forster, Adaptive / Maladaptive Motivational Stress States
Meena Jaggi, Cell Adhesion / PKD Signaling in Prostate Cancer
Kaia Kloster, Cardiovascular Physiology
Faqian Li, Signal Transduction / Cardiac Remodeling
Yi-Fan Li, Neurohumoral Control of Cardiovascular Functions
Qiangrong Liang, Cardiovascular Signal Transduction
Adhar Manna, Gene Regulation in Staphylococcus
Pasquale Manzerra, NMDA Receptor-mediated Intracellular Signaling
Timothy O’Connell, Cardiovascular Biology
Patrick Ronan, Neuroendocrinology of Stress
Ann Settles, Human Anatomy and Neuroscience
Carlos Telleria, Reproductive Endocrinology and Intercellular Communication
Michael Watt, Neuroendocrinology of Adaptive and Maladaptive Social Behavior
Da-Qing Yang, Cell Biology, Biochemistry of Growth Factors and Protein Translation

Instructors:

Maureen Burton, Anatomy and Physiology
Melanee Clark, Animal Physiology
Jane Gavin, Anatomy and Physiology

The Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences of the Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota provides a variety of course and program offerings at the undergraduate, professional and graduate levels. The goals of the Division are: (1) outstanding teaching of anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology and immunology, neuroscience, and physiology and pharmacology, (2) faculty research, (3) training of graduate and undergraduate students in research, and (4) public service. In the rapidly changing fields that encompass Basic Biomedical Sciences, we believe outstanding teaching can best be accomplished by outstanding faculty researchers and educators. Undergraduate courses offered by the Division cover many sub-disciplines of Basic Biomedical Sciences. The primary goal of each undergraduate course is to provide students interested in biomedical or health sciences a suitable base of knowledge for their future

The Division also has a graduate program leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Basic Biomedical Sciences.