Dr. Turner’s research explores the impact of environmental agents on transcription factors that regulate normal cellular differentiation/function and aberrantly drive disease states, including carcinogenesis. The ultimate goal of his research is to establish and characterize animal models for the study and treatment of human disorders of the heart, lung, mammary gland and reproductive systems that are associated with aberrant initial patterning and/or repair following injury. Over the next five years, he hopes to further examine the roles of the environment and genetics on stem cell homeostasis and cell type specification/function using viable human explant tissues and animal models, with the intent of better understanding the potential of stem cells to serve as therapeutic reagents or surrogates for drug development.

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