Leadership

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Lisa Lesniewski,
PhD

Dr. Lisa Lesniewski is a Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Utah. She received her PhD in kinesiology from Texas A&M University and performed postdoctoral training in metabolism at the University of California San Diego and vascular aging research at the University of Colorado at Boulder.She co-directs the … Read more

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Stavros Drakos
MD, PhD

Dr. Drakos is an investigator at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and a Professor of Cardiology at the Univ. of Utah Health and School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the institution’s historic Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, Co-Chief Heart Failure & Transplant and Director of Research for … Read more

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Robin Shaw, MD, PhD

Dr. Robin Shaw is Director of the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) at the University of Utah, he is also the Nora Eccles Harrison Presidential Endowed Chair, Professor of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering. His clinical interest is patients with cardiovascular disease including heart failure.  Dr. Shaw earned his … Read more

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Ademuyiwa
Aromolaran, PhD

Dr. Aromolaran is an investigator within the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research Training institute (CVRTI) and an Associate Professor of Surgery. Dr. Aromolaran’s research is focused on ion channel (K, Ca, Na) electrophysiology and elucidating cellular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias due to inherited mutations in channel subunits or acquired in metabolic disorders (obesity, diabetes, lipotoxicity, … Read more