William C. Sessa PhD
Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology); Vice Chairman, Pharmacology; Director, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyDevelopmental Therapeutics
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Pharmacology: Sessa Lab
Skin Diseases Research Center, Yale
Internal Medicine: Liver Center | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
T32 Mentors
Developmental Therapeutics
Research Interests
Vascular endothelium and inflammation; MiRNAs; Vascular development and angiogenesis; Lipid domains and signaling; Atherosclerosis
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Education
- Ph.D., New York Medical College , 1988
Selected Publication
- Harrison, K.D., Miao, R.Q., Fernandez-Hernando, C., Suarez, Y., Davalos, A. and Sessa, W.C. Nogo-B receptor stabilizes Nieman Pick Type C2 protein and regulate intracellular cholesterol trafficking. Cell Metabolism, 10: 208-218 (2009).
Articles
Nov/Dec 2007
New building is ‘a place for great science’
“This is the future,” declared Yale President Richard C. Levin at the October 5 ribbon cutting for the medical school’s...
May 2012
Cardiovascular science as social network
There is strength in numbers, and in unity, as members of the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC) know. Less...
Jan/Feb 2009
Pushing the envelope
In 2006, self-styled endurance artist David Blaine, equipped with a breathing tube, had himself sealed inside a...
May/June 2011
Leader in blood vessel biology and disease is appointed as Alfred Gilman Professor
William C. Sessa, Ph.D., a leading researcher on blood vessel function and vascular disease, has been designated as the...
Nov/Dec 2007
An Akt against heart disease
As blood courses through the 100,000 miles of vessels in an adult’s circulatory system, cholesterol, fats and other...
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