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Marion Gordon, PhD
Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Department: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Research Interests:
Dr. Gordon is an Associate Professor in the Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. She is also a member of the UMDNJ-Rutgers University CounterACT Research Center of Excellence (www.counteract.rutgers.edu).

Contribution of collagens to corneal transparency; Regulation of corneal development and wound healing via expression of discrete sets of collagens; Role of Fibril-Associated Collagens with Interrupted Triple helices (FACITs) in collagen fibril assembly; Pathological assembly of collagenous matrices in the cornea; Pathological assembly of collagen (fibrosis) in liver, lung, umbilical arteries & fetal membranes; Function of transmembranous collagens in development and wound healing; Role of EMMPRIN and collagen XXIII in tumor progression and metastasis; Impact of diesel particles on capillary endothelial cell biology; Identifying countermeasures for the cornea against sulfur mustard exposure.