Faculty Research
In 2011 our Muscle Group expanded to 26 laboratories that are part of The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. These laboratories span over a wide range of Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Divisions that highlight the diversity of muscle research being performed within our respective institutions.
| Sharon L. Amacher, Ph.D. | Developmental biology of skeletal muscle |
| Kedryn Baskin, Ph.D. | Endocrine function of the heart and transcriptional regulation |
| Martha Belury, Ph.D., R.D. | Adipokine signaling and metabolism in skeletal muscle |
| Brandon Biesiadecki, Ph.D. | Myofilament regulation of muscle contraction |
| Arthur Burghes, Ph.D. | Motorneuron diseases and muscular atrophy |
| Dawn Chandler, Ph.D. | Alternative splicing in cancer and neurodegenerative disease |
| Jonathan Davis, Ph.D. | Skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction and relaxation |
| Kevin M. Flanigan, M.D. | Mechanisms and therapies of muscular dystrophies |
| Aaron Goldman, Ph.D. | Gene regulatory mechanisms governing heart regeneration in zebrafish |
| Scott Harper, Ph.D. | Molecular mechanisms of muscular dystrophies, RNAi therapies |
| Paul Janssen, Ph.D. | Myocardial relaxation and molecular mechanisms of heart failure |
| Stephen Kolb, M.D., Ph.D. | Mechanisms of motor neuron diseases |
| George Kyriazis, Ph.D. | Nutrient sensing and utilization in skeletal muscle |
| Christoph Lepper, Ph.D. | Molecular regulation of skeletal muscle stem cells |
| Paul Martin, Ph.D. | Muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders, glycobiology |
| Kiran Nakka, Ph.D. | Epigenetic programming in satellite cells |
| Jill Rafael-Fortney, Ph.D. | Muscular Dystrophy and Cardiomyopathy |
| Afrooz Rashnonejad, M.Sc., Ph.D. | Neuromuscular disorders |
| Peter Reiser, Ph.D. | Sarcomeric proteins and contractile properties of muscle |
| Nizar Saad, Ph.D. | Gene therapies and biomarkers for neuromuscular diseases |
| Zarife Sahenk, M.D. | Molecular mechanisms of hereditary peripheral neuropathies |
| Megan Waldrop, M.D. | Clinical research in muscular dystrophy |
| Nicolas Wein, Ph.D. | Mechanisms of pathogenesis of neuromuscular disorders |
| Hua Zhu, Ph.D. | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of striated muscle injury, repair and regeneration |
| Mark Ziolo, Ph.D. | Nitric oxide modulation of excitation-contraction coupling |