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 … Read more
I obtained my BS degree from National Taiwan University (1994) and PhD degree from Rice University (1999). During 1999-2001, I did my postdoc training at UCSD under Dr. Shu Chien’s mentorship. I came to UU in 2002, spending the first few years in the BME department where classroom teaching and committee services took up most … Read more
Dr. Guo is an Investigator within the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI) and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Guo’s research is focused on deciphering the genetic mechanisms underlying cardiovascular development and cardiac diseases.His lab has an interdisciplinary research environment, including molecular and … Read more
Dr. Tony Donato is a member of the CVRTI, Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Translational Vascular Physiology Laboratory at the University of Utah. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1998 and went on to obtain his Ph.D. in exercise physiology from Texas A&M University in 2004. … Read more
Dr. Selzman holds the Dr. Russell M. Nelson and Dantzel W. Nelson Presidential Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Utah who specializes in the care of patients requiring heart surgery. He earned his undergraduate degree at Amherst College and … Read more
Dr. Hong is Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Investigator of Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute at the University of Utah. Dr. Hong received her MD from Peking University in China, and continued there for the Resident Program in Internal Medicine while completing her MS research in hypertension. She was then … Read more
Dr. Blackwood is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology and Investigator in both the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute (CVRTI) and the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center at the University of Utah College of Health. Although born and raised in San Diego, Dr. Blackwood received his BS … Read more
Training Institute (CVRTI). She received her PhD from Brigham Young University and then received postdoctoral training at UCLA in the department of Anesthesiology.Dr Franklin is also an Assistant Director with the Rural & Underserved Utah Training Experience (RUUTE) in the School of Medicine. She oversees the RUUTE summer research experiences for undergraduate and medical students … Read more
Dr. Guillaume Hoareau is a veterinarian-scientist and Associate Professor whose work bridges emergency and critical care medicine with fundamental mechanisms of cellular injury and recovery. He earned his veterinary degree from the École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse. He completed specialty training in emergency and critical care before pursuing a PhD in Integrative Pathobiology at the … Read more
Dr. Palatinus is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is also an Investigator in the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute (CVRTI), and a Cardiac Intensivist at Intermountain Medical Center. Dr. Palatinus’s clinical interests include management of cardiogenic shock and critically ill cardiac patients in the Cardiac … Read more
