Research Labs
The Aromolaran Laboratory
The Aromolaran Laboratory We focus on elucidating how normal cardiac electrical and biophysical properties are altered in obesity and associated pathologies (diabetes, inflammation and lipotoxicity). Obesity is an important contributor...
The Chaudhuri Laboratory
The Chaudhuri Laboratory The Chaudhuri Laboratory’s research is investigate how cardiac metabolism is altered in heart failure, and use these discoveries to seek new therapeutic interventions. Heart disease remains the...
The Dosdall Laboratory
The Dosdall Laboratory The Dosdall lab uses a combination of mapping techniques to understand the tissue level substrate remodeling that occurs in conditions such as chronic atrial fibrillation, heart failure...
The Drakos Laboratory
The Drakos Laboratory The Drakos Laboratory’s research is focused on cardiac recovery associated with unloading and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in the chronic heart failure (HF) setting and the acute...
The Franklin Laboratory
The Franklin Laboratory The Franklin Laboratory’s research is focused on the nucleus, DNA is wrapped around histone proteins (i.e. nucleosomes). This combination of DNA, histones and other proteins is referred...
The Guo Laboratory
The Guo Laboratory The Guo Laboratory’s research is focused on deciphering the pathogenicity of genetic variants in cardiovascular diseases. With the development of medical genetics and low-cost, rapid DNA sequencing...
The Hoareau Laboratory
The Hoareau Laboratory The Hoareau’s Resuscitation and Cellular Pathobiology Laboratory focuses on studying cellular responses to ischemia and mitigating the negative effects of trauma, particularly after severe blood losses. A...
The Hong Laboratory
The Hong Laboratory The Hong Laboratory focuses on understanding the regulation and remodeling of membrane microdomains of cardiomyocytes during heart failure progression. We study how cardiomyocyte surface microdomains are organized...
The MacLeod Laboratory
The MacLeod Laboratory The Computational Electrocardiology Laboratory’s research studies electrocardiographic mapping of the heart and body surface. Specific research areas includes cardiac electrophysiology in the study of acute ischemia and...
The Palatinus Laboratory
The Palatinus Laboratory The Palatinus Laboratory’s Research: Sudden cardiac death remains the most common cause of natural death in the United States, affecting 300,000-400,000 people per year. A common finding...
The Ranjan Laboratory
The Ranjan Laboratory The Ranjan Laboratory’s research is focused on cardiac recovery associated with unloading and mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in the chronic heart failure (HF) setting and the acute...
The Selzman Laboratory
The Selzman Laboratory The selzman Laboratory’s research utilizes models of pressure overload and subsequent relief to study remodeling and reverse remodeling in mice. We are looking at the transcriptional regulation...
The Shaw Laboratory
The Shaw Laboratory The Shaw Laboratory is located within the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and is focused on understanding the cell biology of heart arrhythmias...
The Tristani-Firouzi Laboratory
The Tristani-Firouzi Laboratory The Tristani-Firouzi Laboratory is dedicated to the study of ion channel biophysics and Precision Cardiovascular Medicine, using a multi-disciplinary approach coupled with cutting-edge research techniques. Dr. Tristani-Firouzi...
The TVP Laboratory
The TVP Laboratory The TVP Laboratory’s research is focused on the mammalian vascular system. It is the lifeline of all tissues and organs within the body. Stretched end-to-end, the arteries...
