IVB Training Faculty

Department		Area of Research
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD	Professor	Adhesion mechanisms of platelets and neutrophils
Sharon Campbell, PhD	Professor	Regulator molecules in cell growth control and cell adhesion
Saskia Neher, PhD	Assoc Professor	Maturation and regulation of human lipases
Biology
Victoria L. Bautch, PhD	Professor	Angiogenesis, blood vessel formation
Frank Conlon, PhD	Professor	Cardiac development and disease
Biomedical Engineering
Paul Dayton, PhD	Professor	Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging, Molecular Imaging
Caterina Gallippi, PhD	Professor	Elastographic Ultrasound Imaging, Atherosclerosis
Michael Daniele, PhD	Assoc Professor	Vascular tissue engineering
Jaqueline Cole, PhD	Assoc Professor	Bone vascular development and maintenance
William Polacheck, PhD	Asst Professor	Bioengineered models of the vasculature, Notch signaling
Sarah Shelton, PhD	Asst Professor	Vascular bioengineering, Tumor microenvironment
Cell Biology and Physiology
Kathleen Caron, PhD	Professor	Adrenomedulin in Placenta and Lymphatic Circulation
Lori O’Brien, PhD	Asst Professor	Kidney vascular development
Jimena Giudice, PhD	Asst Professor	RNA splicing in heart and skeletal muscle
Michael Bressan, PhD	Assoc Professor	Cardiac conduction system development
Robert Wirka, MD	Asst Professor	Genetics of coronary artery disease
Berfin Azizoglu, PhD	Asst Professor	Vascularization, organ regeneration
Whitney Edwards, PhD	Asst Professor	Cardiac development and disease
Epidemiology
Kari North, PhD	Professor	Cardiovascular epidemiology
Genetics
Karen Mohlke, PhD	Professor	Human genetics of type-2 diabetes and obesity
Mathematics
Boyce Griffith, PhD	Assoc Professor	Cardiovascular modeling and simulation
Medicine
Claire Doerschuk, MD	Professor	Inflammatory and innate immune processes
Ron J. Falk, MD	Professor	Nephrology, renal pathology, autoimmune vasculitis
Nigel Mackman, PhD	Professor	Tissue factor in inflammation and vascular disease
Timothy C. Nichols, MD	Professor	Cardiology, thrombosis, atherosclerosis
John Ikonomidis, MD/PhD	Professor	Vascular biology
Brian Jensen, MD	Professor	Heart failure, adrenergic receptor biology
Edward Bahnson, PhD	Asst Professor	Vessel wall biology, redox regulation of atherosclerosis
Neurology
Ian Shih, PhD	Professor	Vascular Imaging
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joan Taylor, PhD	Professor	Cardiomyocyte signaling, hypertension, metabolism
Christopher Mack, PhD	Professor	Vascular biology, hypertension, epigenetics
Silvio Antoniak, PhD	Assoc Professor	Protease activated receptors
Alisa Wolberg, PhD	Professor	Thrombosis and hemostasis
Li Qian, PhD	Professor	Cardiac reprogramming, epigenetics
Matthew Flick, PhD	Assoc Professor	Coagulation factors in disease
Jiandong Liu, PhD	Assoc Professor	Cardiac development, trabeculation
Boa Kim, PhD	Assist Professor	EC lipid signaling
Pharmaceutical Science (School of Pharmacy)
Craig R. Lee, PharmD, PhD	Professor	Cyp450 mediated eicosanoid metabolism and atherosclerosis
David Lawrence, PhD	Professor	Light-activated drug delivery
Juliane Nguyen	Assoc Professor	Development of drug carriers for cardiovascular disease
Pharmacology
Maria Aleman, PhD	Assist Prof	Erythropoiesis and iron metabolism
Daniel Dominguez, PhD	Assist Prof	RNA binding proteins
Jonathon Schisler, PhD	Assist Prof	Cardiovascular genomics, metabolism, and protein quality control

Secondary mentors only (UNC)
Nobuyo Maeda, PhD	Professor	Genetically modified mouse models of CV disease
Nigel Key, MD	Professor	Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Gene Therapy
Rick Stouffer, MD	Professor	Vascular disease, Vascular interventions
Anil Gehi, MD	Professor	Clinical electrophysiology
Joe Rossi, MD	Professor	Interventional cardiology
John Vavalle, MD	Professor	Interventional cardiology
Amir Aghajanian, MD/PhD	Assistant Prof	General cardiology
Mirnela Byku, MD	Professor	General cardiology, Heart failure

Secondary mentors only (Outside Institutions)
Howard Rockman, MD (Duke)	Professor	Cardiac Hypertrophy, Signal Transduction
Christopher Kontos, MD (Duke)	Professor	Human genetics of cardiovascular abnormalities
Anthony Viera, MD (Duke)	Professor	Hypertension

Department

Area of Research

Biochemistry and Biophysics

Biology

Biomedical Engineering

Cell Biology and Physiology

Epidemiology

Genetics

Mathematics

Medicine

Neurology

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Pharmaceutical Science (School of Pharmacy)

Pharmacology

Secondary mentors only (UNC)

Secondary mentors only (Outside Institutions)