Receptor Pharmacology Faculty Beckel, Jonathan Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Medical EducationMolecular, cellular and physiological approaches to understand epithelial-afferent nerve interactions and how changes in this communication play a role in bladder pathology jmbeckel@pitt.edu 412-383-5004 DeFranco, Donald Professor & Executive Vice Chair, Associate Dean for Medical Student ResearchGlucocorticoids and Neurodevelopment. Prostate cancer. dod1@pitt.edu 412-624-4259 Friedman, Peter ProfessorParathyroid hormone receptor trafficking, regulation, signaling. paf10@pitt.edu 412-383-7783 Jacob, Tija Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Graduate Education GABA A receptor neuropharmacology and synapses, inhibition, neurodevelopment, mental health disorders. tcj11@pitt.edu 412-648-8136 Pacheco Romero, Jonathan Research Instructor jep160@pitt.edu 412-608-4863 Pena, Karina Research Instructor kapena@pitt.edu 412-383-8831 Romero, Guillermo Associate ProfessorRegulation of G-protein coupled receptor function by phospholipase D and PDZ proteins; molecular regulation of Wnt signaling. Signal Transduction mechanisms associated to the activation of cellular phospholipases. ggr@pitt.edu 412-648-9408 Schopfer, Francisco Professor & Vice Chair for Biotechnology Development fjs2@pitt.edu 412-648-0193 Trebak, Mohamed Professor trebakm@pitt.edu 412-648-1381 Vilardaga, Jean-Pierre ProfessorUnderstanding molecular mechanisms of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling and trafficking. jpv@pitt.edu 412-648-2055 Wang, Lei Research Instructor lew72@pitt.edu 412-419-8438 Zhang, Cheng Associate ProfessorStructural basis for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling; development of GPCR antibodies through protein engineering. chengzh@pitt.edu 412-383-8044