Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Cardiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Stem Cells
My research program is focused on the investigation of mechanisms underlying functional and structural cardiac remodeling in heart disease, as well as novel therapeutic interventions to prevent or reverse left ventricular dysfunction caused by acute and chronic myocardial injury. These studies generally utilize non-invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques and invasive hemodynamic assessment to assess cardiac performance in vivo, along with ex vivo analysis of myocardial tissue to examine cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying observed changes in physiological function. Using this approach, our primary objective is to conduct impactful translational research with direct relevance to the pathophysiology and treatment of human heart disease.