Our People
...the single greatest element of the Center...
Trainees
Faculty
Director and Professor
Dr. Jones is an expert in cardiac function, and explores the structure-function relationship of the heart.
Areas: Heart failure, physiologic remodeling, metabolism, inflammation, and fibrosis.
Associate Director and Associate Professor
Dr. Wysoczynski investigates how the immune system influences ventricular remodeling. Areas: inflammation, heart failure, hematology.
Professor
Dr. Conklin addresses how environmental pollutants damage the vasculature.
Areas: Toxicology, pollution, e-cigarettes, tobacco, vascular biology.
Professor
Dr. Hill focuses on the influence of metabolism on cardiovascular remodeling and health.
Areas: Heart failure, physiologic remodeling, metabolism, fibrosis, aging.
Associate Professor
Dr. Baba investigates the biochemical mechanisms regulating cardiac and skeletal muscle function under physiological and pathological conditions.
Areas: heart failure, skeletal muscle function, exercise, inflammation, metabolism.
Associate Professor
Dr. Carll investigates how inhaled toxicants and other environmental stressors impair cardiac and autonomic function.
Areas: Cardiac electrophysiology, e-cigarettes, toxicology, heart failure.
Associate Professor
Dr. Collins investigates sex differences underlying cardiovascular health and disease. Areas: pregnancy, sex differences, heart failure, metabolism.
Associate Professor
Dr. Hellmann focuses on resolution biology and how physical activity undergirds health.
Areas: Inflammation/resolution, obesity, exercise, heart failure, lipidomics.
Associate Professor
Dr. Moore interrogates the consequences of changes in collagen organization in the heart.
Areas: heart failure, fibrosis, molecular biology.
Associate Professor
Dr. Nong develops and implements in vivo models to support the Center and other stakeholders. Areas: cardiac function, heart failure.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Gibb's laboratory addresses metabolic mechanisms of fibrosis and striated muscle function in health and disease. Areas: metabolism, fibrosis, heart failure, exercise.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Haberzettl addresses environmental cues that impact insulin signaling in the vasculature. Areas: insulin signaling, pollution, vascular biology, circadian rhythm.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sears addresses immunologic mechanisms of kidney health and disease. Areas: kidney function, exercise, inflammation, heart failure.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Singhal is the Center's bioinformatics expert. Areas: molecular biology, bioinformatics, Python, R.
Center Research Staff
Head of Microscopy and Pathology
Dr. Ning Chen, Head of Microscopy and Pathology
Metabolic cages; exercise platforms
Administrative Staff
Administrative Associate
Administrative Associate
Trainees are on their own page found HERE.