News

Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, Professor and Head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, celebrated his investiture as the Czarina M. and Humberto S. Lopez Endowed Chair for Excellence in Cardiovascular Research. Click to read more.

Members of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Sarver Heart Center, and the Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program participated in National Wear Red Day to bring attention to cardiovascular disease in women. Click for more.

Congratulations to Catherine Vasquez for being awarded an American Heart Association fellowship! Catherine is a Molecular Medicine PhD student training under Dr. Jil Tardiff, Professor of Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Ghassan (Gus) Mouneimne, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, is working with researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centers to improve diagnostic tools and treatment for breast cancer. Click to read more.

Dr. Julie Ledford has been awarded $600,000 per year for the next four years - a successful renewal of her NIH/NHLBI R01 grant: "Defining mechanisms of CC16 on epithelial-driven host responses to pathogens." Congratulations to Dr. Ledford and her Co-Investigators Dr. Stefano Guerra, Dr. Joseph Vagner, and Dr. Darren Cusanovich.

The Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA, as our new department head! Click to read more.

Curtis Thorne, PhD, brings a deeply personal perspective to his research, having battled cancer himself while his two brothers also faced their own fights with the disease. Click to read more.

Congratulations to Anna Golebiewski for being awarded an American Heart Association fellowship. Anna is a Molecular Medicine PhD student training under Dr. Casey Romanoski, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine.