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

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

Allen, Jason D.
Exercise and novel medicinal interventions in patients with cardiometabolic diseases across the lifespan

Barker, Thomas H.
Matrix Biology and Engineering

Christ, George
Functional Genomics

Epstein, Fred H.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Coronary Heart Disease; Myocardial Function; Myocardial Perfusion

Eyo, Ukpong B.
Neuroscience

French, Brent A.
Novel Therapies for Treating and Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease

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

Guler, Ali D.
Circadian entrainment for the treatment of metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases

Guo, Lian-Wang
Vascular wall remodeling, intimal hyperplasia, stenosis, aneurysm, retinal degeneration.

Harris, Thurl E.
Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.

Harris, Tajie H.
Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS

Hirschi, Karen K.
Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation

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

Ibrahim, Michael E.
Surgery

Isakson, Brant
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.

Janes, Kevin A.
Systems-biology approaches to cancer biology and virology.

Kenworthy, Anne K.
Architecture and function of biological membranes

Khetarpal, Sumeet A.
Cardiovascular Biology

Kramer, Christopher M.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, myocardial disease, atherosclerotic plaque imaging, peripheral arterial disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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

Kuyumcu-Martinez, Muge N.
RNA regulatory networks and RNA binding proteins during cardiovascular development and in cardiovascular disease

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

Lindner, Jonathan
Cardiovascular Biology

McNamara, Coleen A.
Immune System Regulation of Cardiometabolic Disease

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

Okusa, Mark D.
Immune mechanisms of acute kidney injury and fibrosis. Pulsed ultrasound in acute kidney injury

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

O`Rourke, Eyleen J.
Obesity and Aging

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

Peirce-Cottler, Shayn M.
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Computational Systems Biology, Vascular Growth and Remodeling, Stem Cell Therapies

Price, Richard J.
Image Guided Drug and Gene Delivery for Neurodegeneration and Cancer; Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy; Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis

Saucerman, Jeff J.
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease

Sheybani, Natasha D.
Biomedical Engineering

Sheynkman, Gloria M.
Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease

Sonkusare, Swapnil K.
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders

Sturek, Jeffrey M.
Lung injury, repair, and fibrosis; B cell immunology

Tsai, Ming-Feng
Membrane-transport physiology and biophysics

Tsihlis, Nick D.
Vascular Biology, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery

Walsh, Ken
Clonal hematopoiesis: A new mechanism of cardiovascular disease

Wolf, Matthew J.
Identification of genes and pathways that cause or modify cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

Wythe, Joshua D.
Cardiovascular Development and Cerebrovascular Pathologies
Yang, Jie
Structural biology, Cryo-EM, Mitochondrial stress, Integrated stress response, De novo protein design, Drug development, Neurodegeneration, Heart disease, Cancer

Zunder, Eli
Single Cell Analysis





