Research Interest:

• Medical genetics
• Control of gene expression and cell-fate determination
• Cell signaling in human genetic disorders

Lab Personnel

Education:

• Bachelor of Science (Zoology),  magna cum laude, University of Texas  -  Austin, TX  1982
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School  -  Dallas, TX 1987

Licensure / Certifications:

• Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, 9/90
• Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Genetics),  9/96
  

Professional Positions:

• 2007 - Present - Associate Professor, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, UT Southwestern
• 1995 - 2006 - Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Mississippi Medical Center and Medical Staff / Research Service (151) G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• 1992 - 1995 - Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics  /  Lab of Dr. Daniel Nathans, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 1991 - 1995- Fellowship in Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine and Center for Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Baltimore, MD
• 1987 - 1990 -Internship/Residency in Internal Medicine - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Parkland Memorial Hospital and Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Recent Publications:

1. Wilson, J.G., Hoff Lindquist, J., Grambow, S.C., Crook, E.D., and Maher, J.F.  Potential Role of Increased Iron Stores in Diabetes.  Am. J. Med. Sci. 325:  332-339 (2003).

2. Ventura-Holman, T. , Lu, D.,  Si, X., Izevbigie, E.B., and Maher, J.F.  The Fem1c Genes:  Conserved Members of the Fem1 Gene Family in Vertebrates. Gene  314: 133-139 (2003).

3. Lu, D, Ventura-Holman, T., Li, J., McMurray, R.W., Subauste, J.S. & Maher, J.F.  Abnormal Glucose Homeostasis and Pancreatic Islet Function in Mice with Inactivation of the Fem1b Gene. Molecular & Cellular Biology 25: 6570-6577 (2005).

4. Ventura-Holman, T., Hahn, H., Subauste, J.S., and Maher, J.F. The Fem1a gene is down-regulated in Rhabdomyosarcoma. Tumor Biology 26: 294-299 (2005).

5. Maher, J.F.; Hines, R.S.; Futterweit, W.; Crawford, S.; Lu, D.; Shen, P.; Oefner, P.; Kazi, M.; Wilson, J.G.; Subauste, J.S.; & Cowan, B.D. FEM1A is a Candidate Gene for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Gynecol Endocrinol 21: 330-335 (2005).

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