Research

Stefan Clemens Ph.D.
Research Focus: Understanding the role of dopamine function in the spinal cord, and its role in Restless Legs Syndrome and chronic pain

Lisandra de Castro Braz, Ph.D.
Research Focus: To define the roles of the extracellular matrix in scar formation and cardiac function

Alexandra (Bobbie) Garvin, Ph.D
Research Focus:
Mechanistic interrogation of cardiac fibroblast phenotype switching for the elucidation of novel therapeutic targets for heart failure.

Laxmansa C. Katwa, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Cardiac Fibrosis: Emerging role of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in ECM collagen turnover in heart disease

 Leslie M. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Investigating post-translational modifications (PTMs) on translational machinery and mechanisms by which these PTMs modulate heart disease susceptibility.

Robert M. Lust, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Translational physiology: Investigating the adaptive and maladaptive responses of the heart to stress and disease

David A. Tulis Ph.D.
Research Focus: Determining cellular, molecular, and genetic signals and mechanisms that serve as foundations for cardiac and vascular diseases

Jitka Virag, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Exploring the involvement of ephrinA1/EphA signaling in regulating normal cardiac tissue physiology and improving outcomes in acute and chronic pathophysiologic heart conditions

Kori L. Brewer, Ph.D.
Research Focus: Exploring mechanisms and management of pain syndromes associated with spinal cord injury and other neurologic disorders