NIH T32 Training Program Mentors
Jeffrey Bender
Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Immunobiology
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:Inflammatory, Immune, Metabolic and Hormonal Effects on the Endothelium
Matthew Burg
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Research Interests:role of emotion and stress on colonary heart disease; ischemia
Alan Dardik
Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
Chief, Vascular Surgery, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, CT
Research Interests:Vein graft adaptation; Fistula adaptation; Markers of blood vessel identity during vein graft and AVF adaptation; How understanding the mechanisms of vein graft adaptation lead to improved tissue engineering; Effects of aging on vein graft adaptation; Bioengineering a "better" blood vessel
Jack Elias
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunobiology
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Research Interests:Cell and Molecular biology of lung injury and repair; Asthma; COPD; Pulmonary fibrosis; acute lung injury; Cytokines; Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Transgenic mice; genetically modified mice; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Inflammation
Tarek Fahmy
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Richard Flavell
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department Chair, Immunobiology
Research Interests:Animal Models; Autoimmunity; Diabetes; Gene Expression; Gene Transfer; Genes; Immune System; Lyme Borreliosis Or Lyme Disease; Molecular Cellular Entities; Recombinant DNA; Transgenic Animals; Autoimmunity; Knockout Mice; Lyme Disease; T Cell Lineages; Tolerance; Transgenic Mice
Anjelica Gonzalez
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Kevan Herold
Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI
Research Interests:Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity
Themis Kyriakides
Associate Professor of Pathology and of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Angiogenesis; Extracellular matrix remodeling; Inflammation; Cell fusion; Wound healing; Foreign body response; Gene delivery; Biomaterials
Robert LaMotte
Professor of Anesthesiology and of Neurobiology
Research Interests:Pain; Dorsal root ganglion; Neurons; Electrophysiological; Neurochemical; Itch; Psychophysical; pruritic; Nociceptive sensations; Anesthesiology; Electrophysiology; Nervous System; Neurophysiology; Sensory System
Joseph Madri
Professor of Pathology
Director of Education
Research Interests:Connective tissue disorders; Cell-Matrix and Cell-Cell Interactions; Integrin-Mediated Signaling; Cardio-vascular development; Angiogenesis and Vascular Biology; inflammation; T-cell-Endothelial cell interactions
Laura Niklason
Professor of Anesthesiology and of Biomedical Engineering and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Section Chief
Vice Chair, Research
Research Interests:Anesthesiology; Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics; Physics
Albert Perrino, Jr
Professor of Anesthesiology
Jordan Pober
Bayer Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Pathology
Director, Human and Translational Immunology Program
Vice-Chair, Dept. of Immunobiology for the Section of Human and Translational Immunology
Research Interests:Immunobiology of vascular endothelial cells: cytokine actions and mechanisms; transplantation immunology
Nancy Ruddle
Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Research Interests:Cell trafficking and inflammation in autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development
W. Mark Saltzman
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering
Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:Bio-compatible polymers, drug delivery systems
William Sessa
Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Vice Chairman, Pharmacology
Director, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program
Research Interests:Vascular endothelium and inflammation; MiRNAs; Vascular development and angiogenesis; Lipid domains and signaling; Atherosclerosis
Kirk Shelley
Professor of Anesthesiology
Section Chief
Director, Ambulatory Anesthesia
Research Interests:pulse oximeter waveform analysis; photoplethysmography; Ambulatory Care; Anesthesiology; Biochemistry; Cardiovascular Diseases; Electrical Engineering Or Electronics; Internal Medicine; Medical Devices; Surgery; Medical Devices; Non-invasive Cardiovascular Monitoring; Patient Monitoring; Pulse Oximeter Research
Robert Sherwin
C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Section Chief, Endocrinology
Director, YCCI
Research Interests:glucose counterregulation; brain fuel metabolism; effect of insulin on brain function; immune mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes
George Tellides
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery) and of Investigative Medicine
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Research Interests:Vascular biology; Immunology; Transplantation
