The mission of Moody Medical Research Institute is to advance the world’s medical science through pioneering research in Texas.
PURPOSE & GOALS
World-changing medical discoveries are fueled by daring innovation, profound insights, and a passionate desire to improve lives. The goal of Moody Medical Research Institute is to increase scientific knowledge through leading-edge research led by world-class researchers working with a network of forward-thinking affiliates. Based in Texas, we strive to make a difference regionally, while fostering transformational research that leads to translational medical solutions with national and global impact.
OUR DIRECTORS
President Frances Moody-Dahlberg
Vice President Elle Moody
Secretary and Treasurer Ross Moody
The Children's Medical Research Institute at UT Southwestern is one of our research affiliates. To learn more visit https://cri.utsw.edu/
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Hao Zhu, MD
Principal Investigator
Identification of circulating factors that control organ size after regeneration
Prashant Mishra, MD PhD
Principal Investigator
Designer enzymes for mitochondrial genome editing
Jian Xu, PhD
Principal Investigator
Molecular analysis of pathogenic structural variants in cancer genomes
Sean Morrison, PhD
Principal Investigator
Lymph node metastasis
Gerta Hoxhaj, PhD
Principal Investigator
Uncovering the role of nuclear NADP(h) on oxidative stress response
Michalis Agthocleous, PhD
Principal Investigator
The impact of thymus metabolism on T cell receptor gene rearrangement
Sam McBrayer, PhD
Principal Investigator
Pryimidine synthesis partitioning and DHODH inhibitor effects in IDH mutant
Sihan Wu, PhD
Principal Investigator
Deciphering the replication of extrachromosomal DNA in cancer
Prashant Mishra, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Evaluating metabolic dependencies in human mitochondrial myopathies
Javier Garcia-Bermudez, PhD
Principal Investigator
Deciphering the role of oxidative stress in tumors
Ben Ohlstein, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Identification of novel mechanisms involved in digestion and absorption
Jian Xu, PhD
Principal Investigator
Phase Separation in gene transcription – cause or consequence?
Sean Morrison, PhD
Principal Investigator
New mechanisms by which Leptin Receptor+ stromal cells promote hematopoietic regeneration
Hao Zhu, PhD
Principal Investigator
In vivo CRISPR editing and spatial transcriptomic sequencing: INRSPACE-seq
