Biomedical sciences

Originally from the UK, Christopher Baines moved to the U.S. nearly 30 years ago to earn a doctorate in physiology at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Baines completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester, University of Louisville and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he developed an interest in the role of mitochondria in cardiomyocyte death and cardiac pathology. He has continued this research in his lab at the University of Missouri, where he identifies and characterizes novel mediators of mitochondrial-dependent cardiac cell death and disease. He directs and teaches veterinary cell biology for undergrads, vet students and grad students (which he loves!) as well as renal physiology for veterinary students. 

Brandon Moore earned a doctorate from the University of Florida in zoology and did post-doctoral training at Tulane University. Dr. Moore’s research interests include crocodilian reproductive anatomy and physiology, and he collaborates with colleagues at universities, zoos and commercial operations in the U.S., South Africa and Argentina. He teaches anatomy and neuroscience courses to veterinary students and BIOMED 3219 Elements of Comparative Anatomy for online undergraduate students.