
Education and Training
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1999
Selected Grants
- A Multi-omics and Multi-Species Examination of Combined Environmental Stressors of Space Exploration
- Right Ventricular Metabolic Dysregulation after Surgery for Heart Failure
- Duke Resident Physician-Scientist Program- NHLBI
- Proteomic Signatures of Space Radiation Induced Cardiovascular Degeneration
- Radiation Resistance Conferred by Small Proline Rich Proteins (SPRRs)
- Fortilin, CTNNA3, and the Heart
- Gene Therapy Countermeasure for Detrimental Effects of Space Radiation
- Enzyvant Monkey Study
- Stratification of heart failure patients for cardiac recovery upon cardiac unloading by left Ventricular assist device therapy
- Awakening Endogenous Retroviruses with the Space Environment
- Development of a lightweight, portable, pneumatic drive unit for long-term counterpulsation support
- Evolving Inside the Box
- Heart Cap Implants
- Utilization of Two Heartmate III Pumps as a Total Artificial Heart Replacement
- Expanding the capabilities and the utilization of the Duke Human Heart Repository
- Cadaver Implant Studies of PABP
- Protection from cardiac ischemic injury through use of KP544
- A Prospective Pilot Study to Examine the Involvement of apoE Gene Variants in Intracranial Hemorrhage in LVAD Patients
- E3 Ligases and Deubiquitinases in GPCR Down Regulation
- Heart Risk Model
- Expanding the Donor Pool for Heart Transplantation
- Proteomic Profiling of Human Heart Tissue Exposed to Microgravity
- Peripheral endothelial and muscle cell pathology in cardiovascular disease
- Autologous EPC lining to improve biocompatibility of circulatory assist devices
- PTEN Gene Therapy for Vein Graft Disease
- Myocardial Gene Transfer during Cardiac Surgery in Swine