Lauren A. Biwer, PhD

Dr. Biwer (pronounced Bee-were) became passionate about cardiovascular research as a post-bac student in Dr. Taben Hale’s lab at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix. She went on to complete her PhD in Molecular Physiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine with Dr. Brant Isakson and was part of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center. For her post-doctoral training, Dr. Biwer moved to Boston to Dr. Iris Jaffe’s laboratory in the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute where she received a K99/R00 grant in 2021.

The Biwer lab investigates blood pressure regulation at the intersection of immunology and vascular function to understand female-specific risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Pre-eclampsia, a common pregnancy complication, significantly increases future cardiovascular risk by unknown mechanisms. Research in the Biwer lab focuses on both pregnancy and the post-partum period. Routine techniques in the lab include primary vascular and immune cell culture, molecular biology/microscopy, flow cytometry, ex-vivo physiology of small and large arteries and in-vivo physiology such as vascular ultrasound and long-term blood pressure measurement.