{"id":9269,"date":"2024-04-04T13:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T17:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=9269"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:48:24","slug":"kathleen-m-caron-phd","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/people\/kathleen-m-caron-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen M. Caron, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"faculty-training\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Mentorship Training Completions:<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogefacultymentoring.web.unc.edu\/culturally-aware-mentoring\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/NRMN-badge.svg\" alt=\"Culturally Aware Mentoring Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9187\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/inclusion\/programs-initiatives\/trainings\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/DEI-Certificate-Program-badge.svg\" alt=\"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9184\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtq.unc.edu\/programs\/programs-education\/safe-zone\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/gmb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1391\/2024\/03\/unc-safe-zone-training-badge.svg\" alt=\"Safe Zone Training Badge\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9188\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"department-affiliations\">\n<li style=\"line-height: 1.1; font-size: small; color: #333;\">Department Affiliations:<\/li>\n<li style=\"\">Cell Biology and Physiology; Genetics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n\nStudies in the Caron Lab are focused on elucidating unique G protein-coupled receptor pathways that are important for the development and function of the cardiovascular system. Using a variety of gene-targeted animal models in conjunction with state-of-the-art in vitro cell biological systems, we have discovered fundamental roles for several secretin- and chemokine-family receptors in cardiovascular development and disease. Much of our recent work has focused on the pivotal roles that RAMPs (receptor activity-modifying proteins) play in controlling receptor function, cellular signaling, and physiology. 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