Members’ Labs

David A. Dichek, M.D., FAHA March 1, 2016 Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology University of Washington, Seattle Primary Research: The lab is working on three projects: 1) Gene therapy for atherosclerosis; 2) Role of TGF-Β signaling in vascular homeostasis and disease; and 3) vascular protease activity and atherosclerosis.  To develop gene therapy for atherosclerosis…

Daniel B. Rifkin, Ph.D. January 1, 2016 Department of Cell Biology Department of Medicine New York University of School of Medicine Primary Research: Understanding the control of TGF beta activity in the extracellular matrix specifically in promoting aneurysms Recent Publication: Genetic analysis of the contribution of LTBP-3 to thoracic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome Zilberberg L, Phoon…

Brenda J. Rongish, Ph.D. October 1, 2015 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Kansas Medical Center Primary Research: Research in my lab is interdisciplinary and focuses on the dynamic nature of early avian cardiovascular morphogenesis. I am part of a Computational Imaging Group – which includes two other PIs – Charles Little and Andras…

Cecilia Giachelli, Ph.D. September 1, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Primary Research: The major goals of Dr. Giachelli’s lab are to develop molecular and cellular bioengineering approaches to prevent and treat ectopic calcification and promote healing, biocompatibility, tissue regeneration and biomineralization. Dr. Giachelli has been working in the area of vascular calcification for over 15 years. Her…

Jason Fish, Ph.D. July 1, 2015 Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network and The University of Toronto (From left to right) is: Henry Cheng, Shawn Veitch, Emilie Boudreau, Jason Fish, Zhiqi Chen and Nadiya Khyzha. Primary Research: Endothelial cells integrate changes in the microenvironment to elicit an appropriate biological response, and therefore play key roles…

Elena Aikawa, Ph.D. June 1, 2015 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School First row: Jessica Ruiz, Elena Aikawa, Whitney Irvin, Sasha Singh (Director of Proteomics Lab), Payal Vyas. Second row: Brett Pieper, Jona Krohn, Josh Hutcheson, Tan Pham, Claudia Goettsch, Max Rogers, Yang Lei, Jung Choi, Shinsuke Ito, Manuel Salinas. Primary Research: Dr. Elena Aikawa…

Joseph Miano, Ph.D. May 1, 2015 AAB Cardiovascular Research Institute University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Primary Research: One focus of the lab is interrogating the human and mouse genomes for functional non-coding sequences. For example, we have used computational biology and next generation sequencing to identify thousands of conserved CArG boxes (CArGome),…

Bo Liu, Ph.D. March 1, 2015 Department of Surgery School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin, Madison Primary Research: Dr. Liu’s lab focuses on investigation of cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying restenosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Abnormal behavior of vascular smooth muscle cells is implicated in both disease processes, albeit through different phenotypic…

Patricia D’Amore, Ph.D. January 1, 2015 Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Schepens Eye Research Institute-Massachusetts Eye and Ear           Primary Research:  The D’Amore laboratory has a long history of interest in understanding vascular development and pathology, particularly as it relates to the retina in pathologies such as diabetic retinopathy and…

Paul S. Frenette, M.D. November 1, 2014 Ruth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Albert Einstein College of Medicine New York, NY Primary Research:  Our laboratory is interested in understanding the cellular and molecular constituents of hematopoietic stem cell niche. We have identified differential functions of vascular niches…