Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy Working Group
Exploring Adverse Cardiac Remodeling
The Working Group is composed of investigators interested in the mechanisms of genetic and acquired heart disease.
Working Group Focus
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac injury, cardiac remodeling, fibrosis.
The Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Working Group is composed of investigators interested in the mechanisms of genetic and acquired heart disease. Researchers in our group are exploring the cellular dysfunction and adverse cardiac remodeling in hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy, as well as acquired form of heart disease resulting from hypertension or underlying coronary heart disease, with the goal of developing effective new therapies for disease prevention. A wide variety of laboratory approaches are being used including stem cell derived human heart tissues in culture, rodent animal models, human patient tissues and clinical data, and computational modeling.
Working Group Members
Daniel E Michele
Chair, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Program Director, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Ahmed Abdel-latif
Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Program Director, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Daniel A Beard
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director Graduate Studies, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical School
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Medical School and College of Engineering
Matthew Brody, PhD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Brian Carlson
L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca, PhD
Sascha Goonewardena
Adam Helms, MD
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Nageswara Madamanchi
Richard M Mortensen
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Anthony Rosenzweig, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology
Center Director, MM Institute for Heart and Brain Health, Medical School
Yatrik M Shah
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Director Academic Programs, Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Medical School
Alan Smrcka
Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Laurie K Svoboda
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Medical School
Andrea D Thompson
Matthias Truttmann PhD
Research Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School
Alison Vander Roest, PhD
