Our Mentors

We have assembled a group of 49 mentors, from 25 research 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 areas. Click the mentors for descriptions of their research.

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All (49 Mentors)
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Abbate, Antonio

Identifying and exploring the role of innate immunity, inflammasome, and interleukin-1 blockade in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease


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Abbott, Stephen B.

Neurobiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory system, Central mechanisms linking cardiorespiratory function with affective state and emotion



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Allen, Jason D.

Exercise and novel medicinal interventions in patients with cardiometabolic diseases across the lifespan


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Barker, Thomas H.

Matrix Biology and Engineering


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Christ, George

Functional Genomics


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Epstein, Fred H.

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Coronary Heart Disease; Myocardial Function; Myocardial Perfusion


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Eyo, Ukpong B.

Neuroscience


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French, Brent A.

Novel Therapies for Treating and Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease


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Gelfand, Brad

Blinding disease age-related macular degeneration, utilizing the tools of immunology, molecular biology, and engineering.


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Guler, Ali D.

Circadian entrainment for the treatment of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases


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Guo, Lian-Wang

Vascular wall remodeling, intimal hyperplasia, stenosis, aneurysm, retinal degeneration.


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Harris, Thurl E.

Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.


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Harris, Tajie H.

Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS


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Hirschi, Karen K.

Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation


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Hossack, John A.

Diagnostic ultrasound - image processing, quantification Molecular imaging using ultrasound Catheter-based ultrasound Ultrasound-based drug/gene delivery Ultrasound image guided therapy



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Isakson, Brant

Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.


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Janes, Kevin A.

Systems-biology approaches to cancer biology and virology.


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Kenworthy, Anne K.

Architecture and function of biological membranes


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Khetarpal, Sumeet A.

Cardiovascular Biology


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Kramer, Christopher M.

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, myocardial disease, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, peripheral arterial disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy


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Kubelick, Kelsey P.

Development of theranostic ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging strategies, augmented with nanotechnology, to understand, guide, or enhance therapies



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Kuyumcu-Martinez, Muge N.

RNA regulatory networks and RNA binding proteins during cardiovascular development and in cardiovascular disease


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Leitinger, Norbert

Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes


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Lindner, Jonathan

Cardiovascular Biology


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McNamara, Coleen A.

Immune System Regulation of Cardiometabolic Disease



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Miller, Clint L.

Genetic variation, Complex diseases, Coronary artery disease, Genomics, Epigenomics, Regulatory mechanisms, Vascular biology, Pharmacology and Physiology



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Okusa, Mark D.

Immune mechanisms of acute kidney injury and fibrosis. Pulsed ultrasound in acute kidney injury


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Owens, Gary K.

Identification of Factors and Mechanisms that Regulate the Stability of Late Stage Atherosclerotic Lesions and the Probability of Thromboembolic Events Including a Heart Attack or Stroke


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O`Rourke, Eyleen J.

Obesity and Aging


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Papin, Jason

Systems biology, infectious disease, cancer, toxicology, metabolic engineering


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Peirce-Cottler, Shayn M.

Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Computational Systems Biology, Vascular Growth and Remodeling, Stem Cell Therapies


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Price, Richard J.

Image Guided Drug and Gene Delivery for Neurodegeneration and Cancer; Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy; Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis


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Saucerman, Jeff J.

Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease


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Sheybani, Natasha D.

Biomedical Engineering


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Sheynkman, Gloria M.

Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease


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Sonkusare, Swapnil K.

Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders


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Sturek, Jeffrey M.

Lung injury, repair, and fibrosis; B cell immunology


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Tsai, Ming-Feng

Membrane-transport physiology and biophysics


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Tsihlis, Nick D.

Vascular Biology, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery


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Walsh, Ken

Clonal hematopoiesis: A new mechanism of cardiovascular disease


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Wolf, Matthew J.

Identification of genes and pathways that cause or modify cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.


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Wythe, Joshua D.

Cardiovascular Development and Cerebrovascular Pathologies


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Yang, Jie

Structural biology, Cryo-EM, Mitochondrial stress, Integrated stress response, De novo protein design, Drug development, Neurodegeneration, Heart disease, Cancer


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Zunder, Eli

Single Cell Analysis