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Biosciences Program Faculty performing Cardiovascular Biology research
A uniquely attractive feature of cardiovascular research at The University of Iowa is the close working relationship and cooperation between members of the basic science departments and the members of the clinical departments, particularly the Departments of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Internal Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics and Pediatrics.
The UI Cardiovascular Center was established in 1975 by the Dean of the College of Medicine under the direction of Dr. Francois Abboud. The purpose of the Center was to coordinate the cardiovascular programs of the College into a more cohesive unit to permit the University to 1) utilize its cardiovascular resources optimally, 2) intensify, expand and integrate basic and clinical research programs in areas related to cardiovascular research, and 3) evaluate the role of new measures for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Another important element in the success of this Cardiovascular Center has been the availability of a critical mass of basic scientists and clinical investigators who have full-time faculty appointments with tenure at the UI. This represents a major commitment of UI and state resources to cardiovascular programs which have been a significant element in its stability and success. |
| Name |
Rank |
Department/
Program |
Research
Description |
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Abboud, Francois, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
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Neural regulation of the circulation in normal and pathologic states such as hypertension and heart failure |
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Anderson, Mark, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
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Cellular signaling and ionic mechanisms that cause heart failure and sudden cardiac death |
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Benson, Christopher, MD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
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Study of molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction |
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Bhalla, Ramesh, DVM/PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular
function in health and disease |
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Campbell, Kevin, PhD |
Professor (Head) |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neurology
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Cell biological studies of
muscular dystrophy |
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Chapleau, Mark, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
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Neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation. Baroreflex function in health and disease |
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Choudhury, Amit, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of sorting and trafficking of lipids and proteins associated with “membrane rafts” in normal and pathophysiological angiogenesis |
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England, Sarah, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular mechanisms regulating potassium channel function during pregnancy and vascular dysfunction |
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Faraci, Frank, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
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Vascular biology and mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in disease states |
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Giangrande, Paloma, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Developing RNA-based therapeutics to modulate cellular pathways underlying pathological cell proliferation in the setting of cancer and cardiovascular disease. |
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Heistad, Donald, MD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
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Cerebral circulation and atherosclerosis; gene transfer and therapy |
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Johnson, Alan Kim, PhD |
Professor |
Psychology
Pharmacology
Integrative Physiology
Neuroscience
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Neural Control of Body Fluid Balance and Cardiovascular Homeostasis |
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Kawai, Masataka, PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Molecular mechanism of contraction in thin filament-reconstituted myocardium |
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Kwitek, Anne, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
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Genetics of complex disease (hypertension, diabetes and obesity) |
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Lamping, Kathryn, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
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Effects of diabetes and sex differences in vascular reactivity |
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Lentz, Steven, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Vascular Cell Biology and Regulation of Hemostasis |
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Lin, Jim (Chung-Jung), PhD |
Professor |
Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Structure and function of protein components of the cytoskeleton; molecular mechanisms of cardiac morphogenesis |
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Meier, Jeffrey, MD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Viral pathogenesis at the molecular level |
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Mohler, Peter, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Ankyrin-based pathways for targeting and restriction of ion channels/transporters to specialized membrane domains. |
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Moser, David, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Psychiatry
Neuroscience
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Current ongoing studies involve cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, and neuroimaging in elderly patients with vascular disease |
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Nagy, Peter, MD/PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pathology
Biochemistry
Genetics
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Histone methylation |
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Russo, Andrew, PhD |
Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Control of neuronal gene expression |
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Shibata, Erwin, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
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Mechanism of direct Gsalpha modulation of cardiac
ion channels |
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Sigmund, Curt, PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
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Molecular genetics and molecular biology of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension. Cardiovascular biology. |
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Slusarski, Diane, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Biology
Genetics
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Signal transduction mechanisms in development and disease |
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Song, Long-Sheng, MD |
Assistant Professor |
Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
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We focus on local Ca2+ signaling in health and diseases with state of the art confocal Ca2+ imaging techniques and genetic mouse models. |
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Talman, William, MD |
Professor |
Neurology
Neuroscience
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Cardiovascular regulation by the CNS |
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Tomanek, Robert, PhD |
Professor |
Anatomy & Cell Biology
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Understanding growth (vasculogenesis and angiogenesis) and adaptations of coronary vessels in health and disease |
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Weeks, Daniel, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
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Molecular mechanisms of early embryogenesis, cardiogenesis, and the development of novel oligonucleotide based stratagies to investigate control of development |
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Zavazava, Nicholas, MD/PhD |
Professor |
Internal Medicine
Immunology
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Mechanisms and molecular basis of embryonic stem cell differentiation |
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