Scientific Advisory Board

Neil Chi, MD, PhD

Dr. Chi is the Assistant Dean of Physician Scientist Education and the Co-Director of the MD-PhD Training Program at the University of California, San Diego.

Derek Dosdall, PhD

Dr. Dosdall is a scientist and engineer focused on understanding cardiac disease progression and arrhythmias.

He seeks to create a collaborative environment where clinicians and scientists work together to train new investigators, develop innovative approaches to investigate cardiac disease, and improve treatment options for patients.

Priscilla Hsue, MD

Dr. Hsue is the Maurice Eliaser Jr MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Chief of Cardiology, UCSF at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

She serves as Co-Director of the Center of Excellence in Vascular Research and oversees a broad portfolio of clinical and translational studies on HIV-related cardiovascular disease including studies of immunomodulation in HIV, atherosclerosis, RA and more recently COVID-19.

Wes Sundquist, PhD

Dr. Sundquist is Samuels Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Utah.

He joined the University of Utah Department of Biochemistry in 1992 and has been Chair since 2009 (including as Co-Chair with Chris Hill). His research interests include HIV assembly, antiviral immunity, mechanisms of cell division and protein design. He is a recipient of the University of Utah Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence and has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.

Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD

Dr. Wu is Director of Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Stanford University.

His lab works on cardiovascular genomics and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The main goals are to (i) understand basic disease mechanisms, (ii) accelerate drug discovery and screening, (iii) develop “clinical trial in a dish” concept, and (iv) implement precision medicine for patients. Dr. Wu is an elected member of Association of University Cardiologists (AUC), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Association of Physicians (AAP), and National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

MARTIN TRISTANI-FIROUZI, MD

Dr. Tristani-Firouzi is Co-Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine and a Professor of Pediatrics and the H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Chair.

His research is dedicated to the study of Precision Cardiovascular Medicine. With extramural funding, he has built an infrastructure supporting personalized medicine by connecting disciplines that excel in genomic analysis, functional analyses, and health care information technology, while leveraging the unique local resources