Participating Faculty

We have assembled a group of 51 mentors, from 5 focus areas and 3 divisions in the School of Medicine. All are committed to training young investigators interested in the study of the heart and vasculature. Mentors are grouped according to their research focus. Click the mentors for descriptions of their research. - links to a faculty member's lab or personal website


Cardiovascular Imaging
Fred Epstein, PhD     
Brent French, PhD     
Jeffrey Holmes, MD, PhD     
John Hossack, PhD     
Kimberly Kelly, PhD     
Christopher Kramer, MD     
Bijoy Kundu, PhD     
Craig Meyer, PhD     

Cardiovascular Regulation
Eugene Barrett, MD, PhD
Robert Carey, MD
Brian Duling, PhD     
Benjamin Gaston, MD
Ariel Gomez, MD
Patrice Guyenet, PhD     
Jeffrey Holmes, MD, PhD     
Brant Isakson, PhD     
Kevin Lee, PhD
Randall Moorman, MD
Jeff Saucerman, PhD     
Ira Schulman, PhD     
Helmy Siragy, MD
Gib Upchurch, MD     
Zhen Yan, PhD     

Cell Signaling
Paula Barrett, PhD
Brett Blackman, PhD     
Brian Duling, PhD     
Benjamin Gaston, MD
Thurl Harris, PhD
Michael Lawrence, PhD     
Kevin Lynch, PhD
Mark Okusa, MD
Jeff Saucerman, PhD     
Avril Somlyo, PhD
Brian Wamhoff, PhD     
Zhen Yan, PhD     

CV Genetics, Epigenetics,
Genomics, and Systems Biology

Thomas Braciale, MD, PhD     
Jessica Connelly, PhD     
Jeffrey Holmes, MD, PhD     
Kevin Janes, PhD     
Coleen McNamara , MD     
Gary Owens, PhD
Jason Papin, PhD
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD     
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD     
Steve Rich, PhD     
Michele Sale, MD     
Jeff Saucerman, PhD     
Ira Schulman, PhD     
Kenneth Tung, MD     
Brian Wamhoff, PhD     

Smooth Muscle-Endothelial
Cell Biology

Brian Annex, MD
Paula Barrett, PhD
Brett Blackman, PhD     
Jessica Connelly, PhD     
Brian Duling, PhD     
Victor Engelhard, PhD
Benjamin Gaston, MD
William Guilford, PhD     
Brian Helmke, PhD     
Brant Isakson, PhD     
Victor E. Laubach, PhD     
Norbert Leitinger, PhD     
Coleen McNamara , MD     
Gary Owens, PhD
Richard Price, PhD
Avril Somlyo, PhD
Brian Wamhoff, PhD     
Paul Yates, MD, PhD
Mark Yeager, MD, PhD     

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