Tony Babb, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM)

Research Interests: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Dyspnea on exertion in obesity, Exercise physiology, Pulmonary function in aging, Pulmonary function in obesity, Respiratory effects of obesity in children, Respiratory mechanics at rest and during exercise, Sports medicine, Ventilatory limits to performance

Sarah Barlow, M.D., Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Population and Data Sciences
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Research Interests: Management of obesity in children and adolescents, NAFLD in children and adolescents, Population health approaches to child and adolescent obesity

James de Lemos, M.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Research Interests: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Cardiac Biomarkers, Lipid Lowering Therapy, Screening for Cardiovascular Disease

Qi Fu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM)

Research Interests: Autonomic circulatory control in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancies, Cardiovascular health in women, Sex differences in blood pressure regulation in humans

Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology

Research Interests: Pediatric Asthma Clinical Research

Joseph Hill, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology
Research Lab

Research Interests: Cardiac hypertrophy and failure, Electrophysiological remodeling, Molecular signaling

M. Tarique Hussain, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Radiology, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiac MR Imaging Lab

Research Interests: Assessment of ventriculo-arterial coupling in congenital and acquired heart disease; Cardiac MRI for improved vascular imaging; Implementation of new cardiac imaging technologies to improve patient care and well-being; Use of 3D printing techniques in pediatric cardiology

Benjamin Levine, M.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Director, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine (IEEM)

Research Interests: Aging and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Bed rest and Spaceflight, Cardiovascular Response to Exercise Training, Cerebral Flow and Syncope (Fainting), High Altitude Research

Craig Malloy, M.D., Professor
Departments of Advanced Imaging Research Center, Internal Medicine, and Radiology

Research Interests: Cardiovascular radiology; MR methods for the analysis of cardiac metabolism and function, especially intermediary metabolism.

Chieko Mineo, Ph.D., Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Cell Biology
Center for Pulmonary and Vascular Biology

Research Interests: Antiphospholipid Syndrome Insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis

Nikhil Munshi, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Assistant Director, Physician Scientist Program
Research Lab

Research Interests: Cardiac Development, Cardiac Dysrhythmia, Microfluidics, Regeneration, Reprogramming, Serum Biomarkers, Single-cell genomics, Transcriptional Regulation

Anand Rohatgi, M.D., Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Research Lab

Research Interests: Biomarkers for Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease, High-density Lipoprotein, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Research Lab

Research Interests: Cardiac Regeneration, Stem Cell Metabolism

Philip Shaul, M.D., Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Pulmonary and Vascular Biology

Research Interests: Apolipoprotein E receptor 2 (LRP8); Caveolae, lipid rafts Fc receptors and cardiometabolic disorders; Membrane-associated estrogen receptors; Nitric oxide synthase; Scavenger receptor class B, type I (HDL receptor); Vascular basis of type 2 diabetes

Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Research Lab

Research Interests: Autophagy; Innate immune response to intracellular pathogens; Microbial pathogenesis; Mucosal immunology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Neuroimmunology; Role of carbon monoxide (CO) in host-pathogen interactions

Lance Terada, M.D., Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Research Lab

Research Interests: Anchorage sensing and anoikis; Oxidant Biochemistry; Signal Transduction; Vascular Biology

Dwight Towler, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology

Research Interests: Bone and Mineral Disease; Cardiovascular calcification; Protein Arginine Methylation/Demethylation; Transcriptional regulation; Wnt signaling

Miguel Vazquez, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Research Lab

Research Interests: Chronic Kidney Disease; Dialysis Vascular Access; Kidney Transplant Complications; Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Wanpen Vongpatanasin, M.D., Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Research Lab

Research Interests:nConn's Syndrome, Hormonal Influence on Blood Pressure, Neural Control of Blood Pressure, Nutrition's Influence on Blood Pressure

Thomas J. Wang, M.D. , Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine

Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biomarkers; Metabolism; Natriuretic Peptide System; Obesity; Preclinical Cardiovascular Disease

Song Zhang, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Population and Data Sciences

Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biomarkers; Metabolism; Natriuretic Peptide System; Obesity; Preclinical Cardiovascular Disease