Kansas City Faculty Research

KCU's esteemed faculty conducts research in a variety of fields from molecular and cellular biology to infectious diseases and biomechanics. Each faculty member has years of experience in research and is available for partnerships and student mentorship.

A. Baki Agbas

A. Baki Agbas, MSc, PhD
 Professor of Biosciences

Research Interests: Biomarker development for neurodegenerative diseases.

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Doug Bittel, PhD

Doug Bittel, MSc, PhD
Professor

Research interests: Alternative splicing (AS) of mRNA.

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Doug Bittel, PhD

Bryan Beutel, MD
Assistant Professor

Research Interest: Musculoskeletal and medical education. 

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A. Baki Agbas

Nicole Ford, PhD
Assistant Professor of  Biosciences

Research Interest: Green production of silica-based biosensors and predicting mutation hotspots.

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Asma Zaidi, PhD

Jennifer M.B. Fugate, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Services Psychology (PSYD) 

Research Interest: Emotion perception and trained in the cognitive underpinnings of how people construct emotion through their language. 

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Eugene Konorev, MD, PhD

Eugene Konorev, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Research Interests: Angiogenesis and cardiovascular complications of anticancer therapy.

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Ehab Sarsour, MSc, PhD

Ehab Sarsour, PhD
Assistant professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology 

Research Interest: Aging and age associated diseases including cancer. 

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Robert White, PhD
Dean of the College of Biosciences, Professor of Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics

Research Interest: Development of therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

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A. Baki Agbas

Asma Zaidi, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry 

Research Interests: Parkinson's disease and dopamine neuronal death. 

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Kenneth A. Zaremski, DO
Associate Professor 

Research Interests: Osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), psychomotor skills education, osteopathic manipulation treatment (OMT) case reports.

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Nicki Zieber, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor 

Research Interests: How infants process faces and bodies as social objects; how infants perceive emotion from facial or bodily expressions. 

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