Members’ Labs

Sara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos, Ph.D. January 1, 2020 Division of Experimental Therapeutics Toronto General Hopistal Research Institute and University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Canada Primary Research: Motivated by the need to generate alternative therapeutic avenues to treat cardiovascular diseases, my research interests involve the development of vascularization strategies in combination with human stem cell-derived…

Monica Hinds, Ph.D. October 1, 2019 Department of Biomedical Engineering Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR Primary Research:   The goal of our research is to determine the molecular responses of blood and vascular cells in cardiovascular disease to biomaterial surfaces and use this knowledge to design new materials for cardiovascular applications. In our research…

Patrick A. Murphy, Ph.D. September 1, 2019 Department of Cell Biology Center for Vascular Biology and Calhoun Cardiology Center University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT Primary Research: Dr. Murphy’s lab studies the post-transcriptional life of RNA, in alternative splicing, stability and localization. He is interested in the regulation of these functions by RNA-binding proteins…

Ngan F. Huang, Ph.D. July 1, 2019 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Principal Investigator, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System Stanford University Stanford, CA Primary Research: Dr. Huang’s laboratory investigates the interactions between stem cells and the extracellular matrix microenvironment for engineering cardiovascular tissues to treat cardiovascular diseases such as peripheral arterial disease and abdominal…

Delphine Gomez, Ph.D. May 1, 2019 Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Primary Research: The Gomez lab is focused on studying the functional role of epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in controlling key properties of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) including cell differentiation, lineage memory and plasticity in the context of…

Anjelica Gonzalez, Ph.D. April 1, 2019 Department of Biomedical Engineering Yale University New Haven, CT Primary Research: With a multi-disciplinary approach, the Gonzalez lab combines organic chemistry, molecular biology, and image analysis to develop biomimetic scaffolds to dissect the role of microvascular pericytes in the human immunological process. Research projects in the Gonzalez lab include…

Corinne Nielsen, Ph.D. March 1, 2019 Department of Biological Sciences Ohio University Athens, OH Primary Research: Our lab’s long-term goal is to understand how the nervous and vascular systems influence one another. We are particularly interested in determining molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate neurovascular development and function – and mechanisms involved in neurovascular pathogenesis. Lab…

Yun Fang, Ph.D. January 1, 2019 Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Department of Medicine Biological Sciences Division The University of Chicago Chicago, IL Primary Research: My laboratory strives to contribute to and exploit a deeper molecular understanding of vascular homeostasis control, particularly related to the non-coding genome. Moreover, we are motivated to develop innovative…

Joseph C. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. December 1, 2018 Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Simon Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA Primary Research: Our laboratory focuses on using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for cardiovascular precision medicine. We utilize a combination of molecular/cellular biology, genomic-epigenomic-transcriptomic profiling, tissue engineering,…

John C. Chappell, Ph.D. November 1, 2018 Assistant Professor Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (VTCRI) Center for Heart and Regenerative Medicine, VTCRI Department for Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech Va Tech-Wake Forest Univ School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Roanoke, VA Primary Research: Blood…