Meet the Lab
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Meet the Principle Investigator
Dan (Amanda) Tong, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Tong received her medical degree from the Tongji Medical College in China and her Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. After finishing a research fellowship at the Harvard Medical school, she completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Iowa, followed by a fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center, training in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Tong is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UTSW. As a physician-scientist, her research and clinical interests are focused on cardiovascular conditions that are tightly associated with metabolic diseases, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF).
Current Lab Members
Sarah Ware
PhD Student
Carolina Hernandez Fuentes
Postdoctoral Fellow
Shuyue (Jack) Zhou
Lab Manager/ Research Associate
Current Lab Members
Xiao Tianlin
Research Assistant
04/2022-04/2023
Kathleen Antonakakis
SURF Summer Student 2023
Join Our Lab
We're always looking to recruit motivated researchers.
Multiple positions are currently available at the Tong lab. We are looking for highly motivated individuals with an interest in cardiovascular research to work with us. If you are interested in joining our team, please email Dr. Dan Tong.