Cardiovascular, Lymphatic and Metabolic Disease
Cardiovascular, Lymphatic and Metabolic Disease - CLM
Research related to the investigations of cardiac function, blood vessel circulation of organs; lymphatic vessel physiology, lymphatic control of inflammation and immune responses; underlying pathophysiology of obesity, diabetes, aging, heart disease, hypertension, lymphedema, inflammatory bowel disease, kidney and liver injury, eye conditions, and cancer.
Faculty
Sarah Bondos, PhD
bondos@tamu.edu | 979.436.0807 | Office: MREB-II, 4417, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Promoting and guiding angiogenesis and blood vessel repair with functionalized biomaterials
Graduate Program Affiliation
Adam Case, PhD
acase@tamu.edu | 979.436.9709 | Office: MREB-II 3414, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Impact of mental health on the development of cardiovascular disease
Graduate Program Affiliation
Sanjukta Chakraborty, PhD
schakraborty@tamu.edu | 979.436.0697 | Office: MREB-II, 2416, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Inflammation, signal transduction, microbiome, lymphatic pathologies
Graduate Program Affiliation
Jiang Chang, MD, PhD
jiangchang@tamu.edu | 713.677.7603 | Office: ALKEK, 820F, Houston Campus
Research Interest
Heart failure; cardiac remodeling; diabetic cardiomyopathy; epigenetics; extracellular vesicles
Graduate Program Affiliation
Robin Fuchs-Young, PhD
fuchs-young@tamu.edu | 512.699.3704 | Office: MREB-II, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Diet, metabolism and disease
Graduate Program Affiliation
Cedric Geoffroy, PhD
geoffroy@tamu.edu | 979.436.9023 | Office: MREB, 4100, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Cardiometabolic and bowel dysfunctions after spinal injury
Graduate Program Affiliation
Shannon Glaser, PhD
sglaser@tamu.edu | 979.436.9260 | Office: MREB-II, 2342, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Lymphatics in chronic liver diseases & cholangiocarcinoma
Graduate Program Affiliation
Travis Hein, PhD
thein@tamu.edu | 979.436.9261 | Office: MREB-II, 2348, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Vascular biology, microcirculation, nitric oxide and endothelin-1 signaling; diabetes
Graduate Program Affiliation
Yun Huang, PhD
yun.huang@tamu.edu | 713.677.7484 | Houston Campus
Research Interest
Epigenetic regulation in cardiac system
Graduate Program Affiliation
Thomas Kent, MD
tkent@tamu.edu | 713.677.7523 | Office: ALKEK, 1004, Houston Campus
Research Interest
cerebrovascular regulation, mitochondria, clinical trials, oxidative stress
Graduate Program Affiliation
Lih Kuo, PhD
lkuo@tamu.edu | 979.436.9262 | Office: MREB-II, Bryan Campus.
Research Interest
Vascular physiology and pathophysiology, microcirculation, coronary and retinal blood flow regulation
Graduate Program Affiliation
Rajesh Miranda, PhD
rmiranda@tamu.edu | 979.436.0332 | Office: MREB, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Fetal vascular development, placental-brain communication, drug effects
Graduate Program Affiliation
Brett Mitchell, PhD
brettmitchell@tamu.edu | 979.436.0751 | Office: MREB-II, 2412, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Immunity, inflammation, and lymphatics in hypertension
Graduate Program Affiliation
Mariappan Muthuchamy, PhD
marim@tamu.edu | 979.436.9264 | Office: MREB-II, 2410, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Mechanisms of heart and lymphatic functions: inflammatory signaling & therapeutic interventions
Graduate Program Affiliation
Xu Peng, MD, PhD
xp23@tamu.edu | 979.436.9265 | Office: MREB-II, 3417, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms in heart hypertrophy
Graduate Program Affiliation
Joseph Rutkowski, PhD
rutkowski@tamu.edu | 979.436.0576 | Office: MREB-II, 2414, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Lymphatic roles in cardiorenal pathologies: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease
Graduate Program Affiliation
Farida Sohrabji, PhD
f-sohrabji@tamu.edu | 979.436.0335 | Office: MREB, 4102, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Stroke, blood brain barrier
Graduate Program Affiliation
Carl Tong, MD, PhD, FACC
ctong@tamu.edu | 979.436.9268 | Office: MREB-II, 2346, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Improve cross-bridge cycling to prevent/treat heart failure, develop CVS diseases diagnostic/monitor
Graduate Program Affiliation
Andreea Trache, PhD
trache@tamu.edu | 979.436.0826 | Office: MREB-II, 2340, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Aging, thoracic aneurysm, experimental biophysics, cellular and tissue biomechanics, Microscopy
Graduate Program Affiliation
David Zawieja, PhD
dcz@tamu.edu | 979.436.0829 | Office: MREB-II, 1341, Bryan Campus
Research Interest
Roles of lymphatic function and dysfunction in health and disease
Graduate Program Affiliation
Keywords: cardiovascular disease; angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis; lymphatic dysfunction; diabetes; obesity; heart; vessels; kidney; liver; adipose tissue; muscle cells; endothelial cells; eyes; inflammation; immune response