W. Scott Argraves, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Extracellular matrix (ECM) biology Craig Beeson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Myocardial bioenergetics and protection from ischemia/reperfusion cell damage Amy Bradshaw, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Function of Collagen and Extracellular Matrix in the Heart Maria G. Buse, M.D. Professor, Division of Endocrinology Complications of diabetes, cell and hormonal regulation Julie Chao, M.S., Ph.D. Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Cardiovascular remodeling, hypertrophy, fibrosis, and angiogenesis Lee Chao, Ph.D. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Eukaryotic gene structure, function, regulation, and evolution George Cooper, IV, M.D. Professor Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Pediatrics Cytoskeleton, intracellular trafficking, and cardiac hypertrophy Craig Crosson, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chairman for Research Department of Ophthalmology Ischemia & neovascularization Rosalie K. Crouch, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry Rhodopsin as a model for G-protein receptors Christopher J. Drake, Ph.D. Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy Mechanism regulating the formation of the endocardium and the coronary vasculature Carol Eisenberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy Formation of early endocardial & myocardial cells Leonard M. Eisenberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy The molecular mechanisms that control the phenotypic direction of differentiating stem cells Andrew Gelasco, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Redox signaling in mesangial and vascular smooth muscle cells Robert G. Gourdie, Ph.D. Professor Cardiac cell fate, molecular induction and patterning of the heart Perry Halushka, M.D., Ph.D. Dean College of Graduate Studies Director, Medical Scientist Training Program Regulation of expression and structural characterization of thromboxane A2 receptors Stanley R. Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor Rheumatology/Immunology Function of specific ECM proteins and MMP's in epithelial-mesenchymal transformation & blood vessel formation Tien Hsu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Hollings Cancer Center Vascular branching morphogenesis in Drosophila Yan Huang, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Endocrinology Atherosclerosis Ayad A. Jaffa, Ph.D. Associate Professor Medicine/ Endocrinology Mechanisms of diabetic vascular disease Michael Kern, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cell Biology & Anatomy Developmental and disease consequences of the cardiac specific post-transcriptional regulation of homeobox transcription. Steven W. Kubalak, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cell Biology & Anatomy Cell and molecular biology of the developing heart Dhandapani Kuppuswamy, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Integrin dependent and independent signaling events triggered during hypertrophic cardiac growth John Lazarchick, M.D. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Role of the vascular endothelium in thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura and heccp syndrome

Maria F. Lopes-Virella, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Endocrinology Cell activation in the development of atherosclerosis & plaque rupture, and inflammation & immune mechanisms in atherosclerosis & acute cardiac events Merry L. Lindsey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery Role of extracellular matrix in left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction Harry S. Margolius, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Structure and functions of kallikreins and kinins in diseases of membrane transport including hypertension Roger R. Markwald, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Cell Biology & Anatomy Cardiac morphogenesis Paul J. McDermott, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Medicine Cardiac hypertrophy, protein synthesis, and translation Donald R. Menick, Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Structure and function of the Na+/Ca++ exchanger and transcriptional regulation in the heart Thomas A. Morinelli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pharmacology Angiotensin II signal-transduction Robin C. Muise-Helmericks, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cell Biology and Anatomy Hollings Cancer Institute Role of the Ets family of transcription factors in angiogenesis and lymphoid development Terrence O'Brien, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Cell Biology and Anatomy Transcriptional regulation in models of cardiac hypertrophy & molecular biology of conduction system cardiomyocytes Makio Ogawa, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Medicine Division of Experimental Hematology Differentiation and proliferation of hemopoietic stem cells David W. Ploth, M.D. Professor Division of Nephrology Role of mechanisms of altered renal function in hypertension state, particularly the role of the angiotensin system in renal hypertension Ann F. Ramsdell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Morphogenetic and molecular mechanisms that direct generation of cardiac left-right asymmetry Swapan K. Ray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology involvement of calpain, a Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease, in the molecular mechanisms of cell death in disorders and diseases of the central nervous system Michael G. Schmidt, B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Professor Microbiology and Immunology Role of chlamydia pneumoniae in cardiovascular disease Francis G. Spinale, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Surgery Cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to development and progression of congestive heart failure; novel surgical therapies for treatment of heart failure Robert P. Thompson, Ph.D. Professor Cell Biology & Anatomy Cell biology of developing heart Bryan Toole, Ph.D. Professor MCBP Role of hyaluronan and emmprin in angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular development, especially cushion formation Jerry G. Webb, Ph.D. Professor Professor of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Signal integration in vascular smooth muscle cells Xuejun Wen, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cell Biology and Anatomy Stem cell biology, cardiovascular tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Andy Wessels, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Cardiovascular Developmental Biology Center Cardiovascular Development

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