Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, M.D., Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; Pharmacology alumnus postdoctoral fellow, formerly in the Jensen Lab, in collaboration with Joseph S. Rossi, MD, MSCI, FACC, FSCAI, Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship; Co-Director of Cardiology Clinical Trials, and Chase Latour, Ph.D., a … Read more

    Congratulations to the Lab of Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Eastern Carolina University (ECU), and William (Billy) Y. Kim, M.D., Rush S. Dickson Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Professor, Department of Genetics, UNC-Chapel Hill; Urologic Oncology Program; Cancer … Read more

Congratulations to Peyton Sandroni, a graduate student, whose main focus is pharmacology, currently in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis. Peyton passed his Ph.D. Defense, titled, “The Alpha-1A Adrenergic Receptor Regulates Oxidative Metabolism in the Mouse Heart!”, on June 26, 2023, under the mentorship of Brian Jensen, M.D. Dr. Sandroni’s infectious enthusiasm and … Read more

Congratulations to the Lab of Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, and Jessica M. Ellis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, both with Eastern Carolina University (ECU), for the first renewal of R01 grant, entitled “Metabolic mechanisms of cardioprotection through … Read more

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for having his research on kinase inhibitor cardiotoxicity featured in UNC Health | UNC School of Medicine’s Newsroom. Dr. Jensen is a cardiologist and physician-scientist in the UNC Department of Medicine and is working in both the lab and the clinic to reduce … Read more

Congratulations to Peyton Sandroni, a graduate student in the Jensen Lab, and Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for publishing review article, titled “Adrenergic Receptor Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Mitochondrial Function” in the Journal Of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. Their work can be read online now.

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with current and former MHI members, Silvio Antoniak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, also a member of the UNC Blood Research Center, and Zhaokang Cheng, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Taylor’s Lab and current Postdoctoral Research … Read more

Congratulations to Ju Youn Beak, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for publishing paper, titled “The nuclear receptor ROR-alpha preserves cardiomyocyte mitochondrial function by regulating caveolin-3-mediated mitophagy”, in the journal JBC. This is a fitting send-off for Ju Youn. After four successful years at UNC, she has decided to take a position in industry. … Read more

Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for recently completing a highly successful postdoctoral fellowship. Jiandong will begin his clinical cardiology fellowship on July 1st, but his scientific acumen and warm collegiality will be greatly missed in the McAllister Heart Institute (MHI).    

Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for publishing paper, titled “Cardiac alpha-1A adrenergic receptors: emerging protective roles in cardiovascular diseases”, in the journal AJP-HEART.