Vascular Biology Faculty

Coleen McNamara, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, is Director of the Vascular Biology Training Program.

Last Name Index (A - Z ) A B C E F K L M O P R S T W Y 
Brian  H.  Annex,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor and Division Chief of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Angiogenesis and Peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Eugene  J.  Barrett,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Research Interests:
Diabetes and Insulin Action
George  A.  Beller,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Radionuclide Imaging Agents for Cardiac Imaging
Brett  R.  Blackman,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Endothelial Cell Signaling, Mechanotransduction 2. Vascular remodeling and cardiovascular disease 3. Mechanobiology - Cellular transduction pathways sensitive to the biomechanical environment
Edward  A.  Botchwey,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Tissue engineering
David  L.  Brautigan,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology
Research Interests:
Protein Ser/Thr Phosphatases in Cell Signaling and Cell Cycle
Robert  M.  Carey,  M.D.    [more information]
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Research Interests:
Hormonal control of blood pressure and kidney function; renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; dopominergic system; renal and vascular paracrine systems; cell and molecular biology of vascular hormones.
Jessica  Connelly,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Epigenetic mechanisms involved in complex human disease
Frederick  H.  Epstein,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiology Research
Research Interests:
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Coronary Heart Disease; Myocardial Function; Myocardial Perfusion
Brent  A.  French,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Novel Therapies for Treating and Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease
Kimberly  Kelly,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Advancement in the design of imaging agents; molecular imaging and radiological sciences.
Christopher  M.  Kramer,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Radiology, Radiology Research
Research Interests:
Cardiovascular MRI, Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Function, Left Ventricular Remodeling, Myocardial Viability, Coronary Artery Imaging, Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging
Norbert  Leitinger,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests:
Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes.
Kevin  R.  Lynch,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests:
Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators
Coleen  A.  McNamara,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Atherosclerosis, Obesity, Diabetes
Mark  D.  Okusa,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of renal injury
Gary  K.  Owens,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Molecular Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation
Shayn  M.  Peirce-Cottler,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Computational Systems Biology, Microvascular Remodeling, Stem Cells
Stephen  S.  Rich,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Public Health Sciences
Research Interests:
Genetic basis of common human disease, including type 1 diabetes, diabetic complications, ischemic stroke, atherosclerosis
Michele  Sale,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Genetics of complex disease
Jeffrey  J.  Saucerman,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease
Martin  A.  Schwartz,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Microbiology
Research Interests:
Integrin Signaling and Its Relevance to Mechanotransduction, Cancer and Vascular Disease
Avril  V.  Somlyo,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Signaling pathways that regulate contractility in smooth muscle tissues and migrating cells in normal and disease states such an coronary artery disease, asthma and hypertension. Structure function studies of the intercalated disk in the heart.
Angela  M.  Taylor,  M.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Diabetic cardiovascular disease - early diagnosis and prevention
Brian  R.  Wamhoff,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Atherosclerosis/Restenosis; Excitation Transcription Coupling; Biomedical Models of Vascular Disease.
Zhen  Yan,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Molecular and signaling mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity.
Mark  Yeager,  M.D., Ph.D.    [more information]
Andrew P. Somlyo Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Cardiac Gap Junction Membrane Channels / Integrins Water Channels / Rotavirus / Reovirus / Retrovirus