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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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