Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Ora A. Weisz, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

Affiliate Member, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Member, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Assistant Director, Office of Academic Career Development, Health Sci.
Office: S978.1 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
 
Phone: 412-383-8891
Fax: 412-383-8956
E-mail: weisz@pitt.edu
Education
B.S.,, Yale University, 1984
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1990
Training
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1995
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Apical membrane traffic in polarized epithelial cells
 
Recent Grants
Title: RO1 DK57718 "Trafficking and Regulation of the Epithelial Na+ Channel"
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2010
Title: "Polarized Membrane Traffic in Kidney Cells
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvnia
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2008
Title: RO1 DK064613-01 "Regulation of Polarized Traffic by Pl-Metabolizing Enzymes"
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2008
Title: RO1 CA049296 "Cellular & Molecular Biology of EIAV Replication"
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH/NCAB
Start Year: 2002
End Year: 2006
Title: RO1 DK54407 "Regulation of Apical Traffic in Renal Epithelial Cells"
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH/NIDDK
Start Year: 1998
End Year: 2007
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