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Jessica Wagenseil, DSC September 1, 2018 Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO Primary Research: Our lab studies vascular mechanics with a focus on elastic fiber defects in large arteries. We are interested in how genetic mutations in elastic fiber proteins affect arterial mechanical properties and lead to…

Cynthia St. Hilaire, Ph.D. July 1, 2018 Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Primary Research: Research in the St. Hilaire lab focuses on characterizing the underlying pathobiology of vascular disease, concentrating on mechanisms that drive vascular and valvular calcification and vessel wall remodeling. Ectopic calcification in the cardiovascular system was…

C. Keith Ozaki, M.D. June 1, 2018 Professor Department of Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Primary Research: Our basic research efforts broadly aim to delineate the mechanisms by which physical forces alter the morphology of the blood vessel wall.  We hold expertise specifically in the adaptations of the vein bypass graft, an extreme…

Elisa Boscolo, Ph.D. May 1, 2018 Assistant Professor Department of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Cincinnati, OH Primary Research: Vascular anomalies are birthmarks caused by defects in the vascular system affecting capillaries, arteries, veins or lymphatics (or a combination of these). They involve increased number of vessels and/or vessels that are enlarged and…

Kazuyo Kegan, Ph.D. April 1, 2018 Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Primary Research: The goal of Dr. Kegan’s research program is to understand the mechanisms, regulation, and functional outcomes of immune responses in the pulmonary vasculature during the development of pulmonary hypertension. She has strong expertise in vascular biology…