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Regenerative Medicine Scholarly Pathway
Principal Investigator
Lina Shehadeh, Ph.D., FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Email: LShehadeh@med.miami.edu
Phone: 305-243-0867
Address: Biomedical Research Building
1501 NW 10th Ave, 848 Suite F-G(Lab)
818 (Office) Miami, Fl 33136
Assistant Scientist
Camila Lansen Irion, Ph.D.
Expertise: Neonatal and adult cardiomyocyte culture, Myocardial infarction surgeries in mice, confocal microscopy, immunofluorescence, image analysis, echocardiography, plethysmography, telemetry, animal i.p and i.v. injections.
Jose Manuel Condor Capcha, Ph.D.
Expertise: Stem cell culture, experimental sepsis (in rats) , flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, image analysis, western blots, cholesterol uptake experiments, co-immunoprecipitation, pseudovirus generation.
Monique Monelle Williams, M.D.
Expertise: Mouse echocardiophraphy analysis, mouse ECG telemetry, mouse i.p. injections and dissections.
Postdoctoral Associates
Ahmed Chahdi, Ph.D.
Expertise: Molecular biology, co-immunoprecipitation, cell culture, and signaling.
PhD Student
Ali Kamiar, Pharm.D.
Expertise: Pharmacy and nanotechnology.
Research Associate
Guerline Lambert, M.S.
Expertise: Protein extraction, bradford protein assay, western blots, ELISA, qPCR, immunostaining, and animal handling.
Medical Students
Sarah Sukkar, M.D. (class of 2020)
Expertise: Mouse Echocardiography Analysis, Immunohistochemistry, Image analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Yousefi K, Irion CI, Takeuchi LM, Ding W, Lambert G, Eisenberg T, Sukkar S, et al. Osteopontin Promotes Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction through a Mitochondrial Pathway. Journal of American College of Cardiology. 2019;73:2705–18. PMID: 31146816.
2. Two conference posters.
Trevor Eisenberg, M.D. (class of 2020)
Expertise: Mouse Echocardiography Analysis, Immunohistochemistry, Image analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Yousefi K, Irion CI, Takeuchi LM, Ding W, Lambert G, Eisenberg T, et al. Osteopontin Promotes Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction through a Mitochondrial Pathway. Journal of American College of Cardiology. 2019;73:2705–18. PMID: 31146816.
2. Two conference posters.
Amy Kloosterboer, M.D. (class of 2020)
Expertise: Immunohistochemistry, Electron Microscopy.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Ding W, Yousefi, K, Goncalves S, Goldstein B, Sabater A, Kloosterboer A et al. Osteopontin Deficiency Ameliorates Alport Pathology by Preventing Tubular Metabolic Deficits. JCI Insight. 2018 3(6):e94818. PMID: 29563333. Featured in Nature Reviews Nephrology. April 2018. PMID: 29643464.
2. One conference poster.
Kiera Parrish, M.D. Candidate (class of 2021)
Expertise: Immuno-histochemistry, Image analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Irion CI, Parrish K et al. Osteopontin Expression in Cardiomyocytes is Increased in Pediatric Patients with Sepsis or Pneumonia. . Frontiers in Physiology. December 2018 | Volume 9 | Article 1779. PMID: 30618794.
Yanelys Fernandez, M.D. Candidate (class of 2021)
Expertise: Immuno-histochemistry, Image analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Two American Heart Association (AHA) posters.
2. pending publication
Mausam Patel, M.D. Candidate (class of 2022)
Expertise: Immuno-histochemistry, Image analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Patel M et al. Osteopontin and LDLR are Upregulated in Hearts of Sudden Cardiac Death Victims with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Diabetes Mellitus. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Nov 30;7:610282. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.610282. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33330671.PMCID: PMC7734052
2. Two conference posters.
Suhas Seshadri, M.D. Candidate (class of 2023)
Expertise: Mouse Echocardiography Analysis.
Publications from Shehadeh lab:
1. Abstract from collaboration with FIU.
2. Pending publication(s).
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