Faculty

Our research interest is development of novel molecular and metabolic imaging strategies for early detection and risk stratification of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases using high-resolution SPECT and PET.

Dr. Tejero's research focuses on heme proteins, aiming to characterize nitrite reactions with hemoglobin and myoglobin, understand the cytoprotective roles of neuroglobin and cytoglobin, and develop heme-based antidotes for carbon monoxide poisoning.

We use molecular, biochemical, and cellular approaches to study the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.          

Regulation of the immune response; role of dendritic cells and T cells in tolerance induction; mechanism of action of novel immune suppressants           

Dennis Trumble uses multiscale computational models of the beating heart to develop implantable devices for cardiac assist purposes.

Zebrafish Heart Development and Regeneration; Research in Dr. Tsang’s lab has focused on the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) signaling in zebrafish development. Another area of research in Dr. Tsang’s lab is using zebrafish as a model for human congenital heart disease and in understanding the early events that establish left-right patterning.

Basal ganglia-cortical dysfunction in Parkinson's disease and therapeutic mechanisms of deep brain stimulation          

Understanding and controlling the cytokine networks that direct immune responses responsible for both protective and pathological immunity.