Kansas City Faculty Research
KCU's esteemed faculty conducts research in a variety of fields from molecular and cellular biology to infectious diseases and biomechanics. Each faculty member has years of experience in research and is available for partnerships and student mentorship.
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A. Baki Agbas, MSc, PhD
Professor of Biosciences
Research Interests: Biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Doug Bittel, MSc, PhD
Professor
Research interests: Alternative splicing (AS) of mRNA.
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Bryan Beutel, MD
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Musculoskeletal and medical education.
Nicole Ford, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biosciences
Research Interest: Green production of silica-based biosensors and predicting mutation hotspots.
Jennifer M.B. Fugate, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Services Psychology (PSYD)
Research Interest: Emotion perception and trained in the cognitive underpinnings of how people construct emotion through their language.
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Eugene Konorev, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests: Angiogenesis and cardiovascular complications of anticancer therapy.
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Ehab Sarsour, PhD
Associate professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Research Interest: Aging and age associated diseases including cancer.
Robert White, PhD
Dean of the College of Biosciences, Professor of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics
Research Interest: Development of therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
Asma Zaidi, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
Research Interests: Parkinson's disease and dopamine neuronal death.
Kenneth A. Zaremski, DO
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), psychomotor skills education, osteopathic manipulation treatment (OMT) case reports.
Nicki Zieber, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: How infants process faces and bodies as social objects; how infants perceive emotion from facial or bodily expressions.