| Name | Faculty | Research Project |
| Abou Alaiwa, Mahmoud | Welsh | Airway epithelial cell biology and airway host-defense mechanisms |
| Ahmed, Rhaeel | Welsh | Role of ASIC channels in Habeuula function |
| Bogan, Katrina | Welsh | Cell signaling by airway cilia |
| Boudreau, Ryan | Davidson | Rationale design of miRNAs to decrease off-target effects |
| Cheng, Congsheng | Davidson | RNAi-based therapeutics for brain diseases |
| Dalm, Brian | Brennan | Mechanisms for analgesia by spinal cord stimulation |
| Dlouhy, Brian | Wemmie | Novel strategies for measuring brain pH |
| Gibbons, David | Benson | ASICs in heart failure |
| Gnanasekaran, Aswini | Usachev | The role of complement systems in nociceptor sensitization and pain signaling |
| Gong, Weiyi | Sluka | SCS-induced analgesia ASIC and synoviocyte function |
| Gu, He | Brennan | Incision activation of muscle afferents |
| Hoover, Andrew | Welsh | Cancer-induced skeletal muscle atrophy |
| Kang, Sinyoung | Brennan | Mechanisms of pain-induced respiratory suppression after surgery |
| Kretzer, Kikikipa | Herr | Integrating non-pharmacological or complementary strategies for enhancing self-management of chronic pain using bio/psycho/social/spiritual framework |
| Lin, Zhihong | Usachev | Role of mitochondria in sensory function and pain sensitization |
| Quintans-Junior, Lucindo | Sluka | Natural products as analgesics |
| Reznikov, Leah | Welsh | Extracellular interactions of ASIC channels |
| Rossi, Heather | Recober | Examining the effects of chronic stress on CGRP, facial and migraine-like pain |
| Shepherd, Andrew | Mohapatra | Sensory afferent sprouting, upregulation of TPR channels, and chronic pain behaviors associated with prostate cancer bone |
| Shutov, Leonid | Usachev | Mechanisms for modulation of TRPV1 activity |
| St Marie, Barbara | Herr | Experiences of people living with chronic pain while receiving opioids to manage their pain |
| Sun, Zhizeng | Chen | Regulation of leukocyte migration by WD40 proteins |
| Tang, Xiao Xiao | Welsh | Pathogenesis of CF airway disease |
| Tecedor, Luis | Davidson | Molecular genetics of Batten disease |
| Tiwari, Ajit | Mohapatra | Chemokine IL-8/SDF-1a-induced modulation of TRP channels, and nociceptor sensitiziation: A mechanism for chronic pain associated with bone-metastasized prostate cancers |
| Viljoen, Steven | Howard | Human motor control systems research |
| Wattiez, Anne-Sophie | Hammond | Signal switching as a cellular mechanism for enhancement of opioid effects after injury |
| Ye, Yuanchao | Chen | Functions of G proteins in tumor progression |