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MCRI Investigators

MCRI is comprised of 12 scientists dedicated to investigating the molecular mechanisms of common cardiovascular diseases and translating those discoveries into new clinical strategies for diagnosis and therapy to prevent and treat heart diseases including heart attack, high blood pressure and heart failure.
robert blanton

Robert Blanton, MD
Research Interests: Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Molecular Signaling, cGMP, Protein Kinase G, Cardiac function, Cardiovascular disease, Mixed Lineage Kinase 3
Email: Robert.blanton@tuftsmedicine.org

Blanton Laboratory

 


howard chen

Howard Chen, PhD
Research Interests: Autophagy, Apoptosis, Molecular Imaging, Theranostic nanoprobes, Cardio-oncology, Cardioprotection, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure
Email: Howard.Chen@tuftsmedicine.org

Chen Laboratory

 


michael chin

Michael Chin, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Hypertrophic and genetic cardiomyopathies, Barth Syndrome, Heart Failure, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Transcriptomics, Proteomics
Email: Michael.T.Chin@tuftsmedicine.org

Chin Laboratory

 


isabelle draper

Isabelle Draper, PhD
Research Interests: RNA splicing, Muscular Dystrophy
Email: Isabelle.Draper@tuftsmedicine.org

Draper Laboratory

 


jennifer dupont

Jennifer Dupont, PhD
Research Interests: Vascular Function, Estrogen, Aging, Arterial Stiffness, Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
Email: Jennifer.Dupont@tuftsmedicine.org

Dupont Laboratory


Jonas Galper

Jonas Galper, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Metabolic Heart Disease, Impact of Type II Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome on the Heart, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Ventricular Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Ion Channel Dysfunction, Calcium Signaling
Email: Jonas.Galper@tuftsmedicine.org

Galper Laboratory


miranda good

Miranda Good, PhD
Research Interests: Stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Neurovascular Function, Neuroinflammation, Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation, Pannexin1 Channels
Email: Miranda.Good@tuftsmedicine.org

Good Laboratory


gordon huggins

Gordon Huggins, MD
Research Interests: Genetics, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Valve Disease, Atherosclerosis
Email: Gordon.Huggins@tuftsmedicine.org

Huggins Laboratory


basak icli

Basak Icli, PhD
Research Interests: Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Wound Healing, MicroRNA, Angiogenesis, Inter-organ Cross-talk, Brown Adipose Tissue
Email: Basak.Icli@tuftsmedicine.org

Icli Laboratory


iris jaffe

Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, Vascular Biology, Aging, Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease, Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Cardio-oncology
Email: Iris.Jaffe@tuftsmedicine.org

Jaffe Laboratory


navin kapur

Navin Kapur, MD
Research Interests: Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Fibrosis, Heart Failure Device Development, Impact of Circulatory Support Devices on Cardiac Molecular Biology
Email: Navin.K.Kapur@tuftsmedicine.org

Kapur Laboratory


Lakshmi Pulaka

Lakshmi Pulakat, PhD
Impact of Obesity and Diabetes on the Heart, Wound Healing, Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease, Angiotensin Type 2 Receptors, G protein-coupled Receptors, Drug Development
Email: Lakshmi.Pulakat@tuftsmedicine.org

Pulakat Laboratory

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