The HDDC members active in Theme 1 are basic cell and developmental biologists, including a strong group of stem cell and tissue engineering biologists, who are broadening and deepening the longstanding focus of the HDDC on intestinal epithelial cell biology.
| HDDC Principal Member | Institution | Specific Research Focus |
| Biddinger, Sudha, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Breault, David, MD, PhD | BCH | Intestinal stem cells in epithelial renewal and cancer |
| Camargo, Fernando, PhD | BCH | Liver stem cell activity, regeneration and organ size |
| Chaikof, Elliot, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Cohen, David, MD, PhD | BWH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Dong, Min, PhD | BCH/Wyss | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Goessling, Wolfram, MD, PhD | MGH/BWH | Initiating signals for liver organogensis, growth and cancer |
| Grey, Michael, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Hagen, Susan, PhD | BIDMC | Gastric epithelial barrier function, H. pylori and cancer |
| Hansen, Steen, MD, DMSc | BCH | E-cadherin-Scrib signaling and epithelial cell survival |
| Ingber, Don, MD, PhD | BCH/Wyss | Development of “gut on a chip” micro-physiologic cultures |
| Kirchhausen, Thomas, PhD | BCH/HMS | Molecular analysis of clathrin-mediated endocytosis |
| Kulkarni, Subhash, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Lencer, Wayne, MD | BCH | Epithelial membrane traffic and innate responses to toxins |
| Liberles, Stephen, PhD | MIT | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Longi, Maria Serena, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Lowell, Bradford, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Nissim, Sahar, MD, PhD | BWH | Pancreatic progenitor cells in inflammation and cancer |
| Nowarski, Roni, PhD | BWH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| O’Connell, Amy, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Popov, Yuri, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Rao, Meenakshi, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Shivdasani, Ramesh, MD, PhD | BWH/DFCI | Intestinal epithelial cell differentiation and homeostasis |
| Springer, Tim, PhD | BCH | Innate and adaptive mucosal immunology |
| Stefater-Richards, Margaret, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Szabo, Gyongyi, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Thiagarajah, Jay, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Turner, Jerrold, MD, PhD | BWH | Innate and adaptive mucosal immunology |
| Zeve, Daniel, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Zhou, Xu, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| HDDC Associate Member | Institution | Specific Research Focus |
| Agudo, Judith, MD, PhD | DFCI | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Alper, Seth, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Carrier, Rebecca, PhD | Northeastern U | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Freedman, Steven, MD, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Haigis, Kevin | DFCI | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Hofer, Aldebaran, MD, PhD | West Roxbury VA | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Karp, Jeffrey, PhD | BWH/Wyss | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Koppes, Abigail, PhD | MIT | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Kumamoto, Carol, PhD | Tufts | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Muranen, Taru, PhD | BIDMC | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Musser, Melissa, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Naqvi, Sahin, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Schmieder, Stephanie, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Traverso, Giovanni, PhD | BWH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Watnick, Paula, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Wood, Lianna, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |
| Zhang, Jason, MD, PhD | BCH | Epithelial, Developmental, and Stem Cell Biology |