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Skip to main content People We believe that to do great science, all have to be welcome to the table. Each voice and each skill push us forward—together. Current Lab Members Josephine Thinwa, M.D., Ph.D. Principal Investigator Zhongju Zou, M.S. Senior Research Scientist Jason Lucavs Ph.D. Student Gio…

The discovery of ANP many years ago sparked interest in the use of natriuretic peptides to diagnose and treat heart failure and other salt-retaining disorders. Since then, there have been successes and failures. A more comprehensive understanding of the natriuretic peptide system, including the role of noncardiac factors such as race/ethnicity, may encourage more targeted approaches. One of the original insights of de Bold et al, was that the heart is an endocrine organ. Endocrine therapies are administered to individuals with specific evidence of endocrine dysfunction, not to capture short-term beneficial effects. For instance, thyroid hormone is given only to patients in whom hypothyroidism is demonstrated, not based on its metabolic actions. Studies are warranted to determine whether a similar strategy for the heart’s endocrine system can advance the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic disease. CMRU is strategically positioned to advance research toward this important strategic goal. 

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Skip to main content Lab Fun Enjoying the Texas spring season and celebrating new publications. Lab support for our 2024 summer STARS student (Dhakshata Sathyamurthy) poster presentation. Semiannual Lab dinner and get together Semiannual Lab dinner and get together Enjoying a teaching session about c…

Skip to main content Former Lab Members Graduate Students Name Degree Program Joined Lab Defended Now at Katherine Shives, Ph.D. Microbiology 6/2012 6/2016 Product Scientist at Beckman-Coulter Bethany Brown, Ph.D. Clinical Science 6/2012 4/2017 Clinical Research Manager, The RedCross Andrea Fidell, M…

Skip to main content Contact Us Graduate Students & PostDocs We are looking for highly talented and motivated Ph.D. students and PostDocs who have educational backgrounds in biomedical and electrical engineering, physics, chemistry, computation, data science, or mathematics. Biomedical Engineering Gr…

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Skip to main content Meet the Team Meet the Principal Investigator Anke Henning, Ph.D. Director and Professor Advanced Imaging Research Center Professor Radiology (secondary appointment) Diane and Hal Brierley Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Research Anke Henning, Ph.D., an expert in medical imagin…

Skip to main content Publications Ziegs T, Ruhm L, Wright A, Henning A. Mapping of glutamate metabolism using 1H FID-MRSI after oral administration of [1-13C] Glc at 9.4 T. Neuroimage 270, 119940 (2023). (IF 7.4) Tenbergen CJA, Ruhm L, Ypma S, Heerschap A, Henning A , Scheenen T. Improving the Effect…

Skip to main content Research Metabolic MRI Metabolic MRI Metabolic information of the human brain, body and skeletal muscle can be obtained by in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), non-proton MRI and MRS as well as chemical exchange saturatio…