Members’ Labs

Karen K. Hirschi, Ph.D. May 1, 2017 Professor, Departments of Medicine, Genetics and Biomedical Engineering Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC) Yale University School of Medicine Primary Research: The Hirschi laboratory predominantly studies vascular development and we are specifically interested in elucidating regulators of endothelial cell commitment, differentiation and specialization, as well as modulators of endothelial…

Ben Hogan, Ph.D. April 1, 2017 Associate Professor Co-Division Head, Genomics Of Development and Disease Division, Co-Director Centre for Cardiac & Vascular Biology, Genomics of Development and Disease Division Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland, Australia Primary Research: Vascular Biology and Development Laboratory Ben’s Laboratory investigates zebrafish vascular development in vivo using forward…

Victoria Bautch, Ph.D. March 1, 2017 Professor and Chair Biology Department McAllister Heart Institute University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Primary Research:  Vascular Development and Function Research in the Bautch Lab centers on the molecules and processes that control development and disease. Their major focus is the study of how blood vessels form and…

Diane R. Bielenberg, Ph.D. December 1, 2016 Assistant Professor Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA Dr. Bielenberg earned her Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center. She performed her postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School. Her laboratory focuses on…

Matthew Spite, Ph.D. November 1, 2016 Assistant Professor Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Primary Research: His research focuses on the role of lipid mediators in the regulation of inflammation.  He has contributed to the structural elucidation of…

Daniela Simona Ardelean, M.D., Ph.D. October 1, 2016 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics & Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology,  Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario Primary Research: Angiogenesis, chronic inflammation, stem cells, rheumatologic diseases Lab Members: Lucima Ferreira, PhD, Research Associate Natasha Lepore, Medical Student    …

A. Wayne Orr, Ph.D. July 1, 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology and the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy. Assistant Director for Professional Development, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA Primary Research: The laboratory currently has several ongoing projects centered on the role…

R. Sathish Srinivasan, Ph.D. June 1, 2016 Cardiovascular Biology Research Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK Primary Research: In healthy adult humans, the lymphatic vasculature collects almost 12 liters of lymph/day. Mutations in genes that regulate lymphatic vascular development lead to lymphedema, the accumulation of interstitial fluid in tissues. The health consequences of…

Elisabetta Dejana, Ph.D. May 1, 2016 FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan Italy Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory Uppsala University, Uppsala Sweden Primary Research: The structure and function of endothelial cell-to-cell junctions: their role in controlling vascular permeability  and  morphogenesis. Recent Publication: Bravi L, Malinverno M, Pisati F, Rudini N, Cuttano R, Pallini R,…

Stefania Nicoli, Ph.D. April 1, 2016 Yale Cardiovascular Research Center Department of Internal Medicine Primary Research: The primary goal of the Nicoli lab is to decode the in vivo requirements of miRNAs.  miRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that ensure precise protein output by targeting and degrading several messenger RNAs via an RNA recognition motif named…