Personnel Search Clinical Trials Find a Researcher Order a Test Dr. Gerber welcomes email inquiries regarding opportunities for post-doctoral training in his laboratory. Faculty Profile Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD Principal Investigator 303.398.1689 gerbera@njhealth.org Education: University of California, San Francisco Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, 2001-2005 University of California, San Francisco Internal medicine resident 1998-2001 University of Washington, MD, PhD, 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, 1990 Background: Dr. Anthony N. Gerber completed MD and PhD degrees at the University of Washington and post-graduate medical training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. His clinical interests are cough and obstructive lung disease. Complementing this clinical interest, Dr. Gerber's research program is focused on uncovering the molecular mechanisms whereby glucocorticoids, a major therapy for treating obstructive lung disease, exert their clinical effects. Sarah Sasse, PhD Staff Research Faculty Member 303.270.2781 sasses@njhealth.org Education: University of Colorado, Boulder, PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience, 2009; University of Colorado, Boulder, MA, Psychology, 2006; University of Colorado, Boulder, BA, Psychology 2002 Background: Sarah Sasse graduated with a PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience in 2009 and began her postdoctoral fellowship in the new laboratory of Dr. Anthony Gerber several months thereafter. While much of her graduate work involved exploring the neural circuitry and biochemical mechanisms underlying the initiation, adaptation, and modification of endogenous glucocorticoid-mediated stress responses, Sarah is now using the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) as a tool for identifying genes and elucidating their specific roles in mediating therapeutic effects in airway smooth muscle, a key target of structural and functional pathology in asthma. Current projects include: 1) exploring the temporal dynamics of the GR-regulated transcriptome through quantifying GR-induced changes in nascent transcription rates, and 2) studying the role of the GR target gene, Klf15, in airway function and as a downstream mediator of the GR response in vivo using smooth muscle-specific knockout and transgenic mice. Vineela Kadiyala, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow 303.270.2781 KadiyalaV@NJHealth.org Education: Nagarjuna University, India, Bachelor of Pharmacy, 2003 University of Arizona, Tucson, PhD, Chemistry, 2013 Background: Vineela graduated with her PhD in Chemistry and her graduate work involved elucidating the role of class I lysine deacetylases in the transcriptional activation of the glucocorticoid receptor. When she joined the Gerber lab in 2014 as a postdoctoral research fellow, she continued her work with the GR. Her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in the negative feedback control of inflammation in particular the context-dependent co-operation between GR and NFkB. Alumni Christina Mailloux Current Position: Director of Clinical Affairs at Iverson Genetics 2012-current: Post-doctoral Fellow Kiriko Masuno Current position: 4th year medical student, Dartmouth 2007-2009: Research Associate Omar Altonsy Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, Calgary Previous: Associate instructor, Sohag University, Egypt 2012-2014: Post-doctoral Fellow