Principal Investigators
Thomas Gillette, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Anwarul Ferdous, PhD
Developmental biology
autophagy, FoxO, and miRNA
Research Personnel
Anip Anand
BRD proteins
Daniel Daou
HFpEF project
echocardiography
Subhajit Dasgupta
doxorubicin cardiac injury
Valeria Soraya Garrido Moreno
diabetic cardiomyopathy
Camila Iansen Irion, Ph.D.
NRVM cell prep
mitochondria
Nan Jiang
lab manager
animal colony manager
training
Jamell Kennedy
floor manager
Thawatchai Khuanjing
doxirubicin-induced cardiomyopathy
Herman I. May
surgeon
echocardiography
training
Lisandro Maya Ramos, M.D.
cardiac fibrosis
Nicholas Nguyen
BRD proteins
Francisco Olivares Silva
diabetic cardiomyopathy
Hande Piristine
autopahgy
Former Lab Staff
Md. Joynal Abedin
developmental biology
autophagy, FoxO, and miRNA
Manpreet Bajaj
cardiac fibrosis
Jun Cheng
cardiomyocyte culture
surgeon
Susan Chung
RCAN*
Shandon Collins
FoxO in development
Janet L. Johnstone
cardiac fibrosis
Yonli Kong
surgeon
HDAC project
Katherine Litman
BRD proteins
autophagy, FoxO, and miRNA
Ashley Paul
cardiac fibrosis
Farhana Robb
cardiac fibrosis
Wei Tan
surgeon
Willie Young
general lab support
Former PIs & Visiting Faculty
Sergio Lavandero, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Universidad de Chile
Xiang Luo, M.D., Ph.D.
Instructor
calcium channel
R. Haris Naseem, M.D.
Principal Investigator
fibrosis and electrophysiology
Former Students & Postdocs
Francisco Altamirano, Ph.D..
calcium signalling
Kristin French, Ph.D..
FXR project
Pavan K. Battiprolu, Ph.D.
FoxO & insulin resistance
echocardiography
Jeff M. Berry, M.D.
electrophysiology
Andy G. Blagg, Ph.D.
atrophy and autophagy
Jana S. Burchfield, Ph.D.
autophagy in fibroblasts
small molecules in autophagy
epicardial fat in cardiac regeneration
Dian J. Cao, M.D., Ph.D.
HDAC project; FoxO
Alfredo Criollo
primary cilium
Raj Gondalia
atrophy and autophagy
Berdymammet Hojayev
DRAL expression in the heart
Chunlin Hu, M.D., Ph.D..
ischemia/reperfusion injury
Jason Imundo, M.D.
cardiac fibrosis
novel targets for cardiac remodeling
Esther Kim
BRD proteins
Dan Li, M.D.
doxorubicin cardiac injury
Yuxuan Luo, Ph.D.
diabetic cardiomyopathy
Jorge E. Massare, M.D.
electrophysiology
Cyndi Morales, Ph.D.
HDAC project
Andriy Nemchenko, Ph.D.
ROS in autophagy
Oktay F. Rifki, M.D., Ph.D.
autophagy
Samvit Tandan, M.D.
calcium channel
Paul Tannous, M.D.
autophagy
Dan Tong, M.D., Ph.D.
HFpEF project
Elisa Villalobos Villegas, Ph.D.
fibrosis
Xiaoding Wang, M.D.
role of GRP78 in cardiomyocyte health
Min Xie, M.D., Ph.D.
HDAc project; FoxO
Hongxin Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
autophagy