Assistant Professor of Medicine
Joint Assistant  Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dr. Novgorodov is a Assistant Professor of Medicine.  He received his Ph.D. from Moscow State University.  He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Dr. Novgorodov's research focuses on elucidating mechanisms of ceramide-induced apoptosis; demonstrating the existence of a mitochondrial pool of ceramide and its function in apoptosis; and the development of novel analogues (mito-ceramides) that preferentially target and accumulate in mitochondria and that are extremely potent inducers of cell death.

 Dr. Novgorodov's Curriculum Vitae (PDF Format)*

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