Overview
Research is the front line activity of the Division and much of its activity is focused on carrying out state-of-the-art studies directed at normal and abnormal cardiac function and development. All members of the division have been highly successful in the publication of important work in first tier journals, procurement of substantial extramural support, participation in the intellectual life of Children's Hospital Research Foundation and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, local and national awards, and in invitations to participate in national and international scientific gatherings.
Meet the Molecular Cardiovascular Biology Faculty
Left to Right: (1st row) K. Yutzey, T. Hewett, J. Robbins, M. Krenz, M. Colbert, J. James (2nd row) S. Ware, C. Baines, J. Molkentin, J. Gulick
The Division has published and continues to publish in premier journals including Cell, Circulation, Circulation Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Science, and Nature New Medicine. The faculty's work has been featured on the covers of Science, Cell, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Research, and Circulation Research.
The Division is poised to expand in the next five-year period. Additional, multimillion dollar commitments have been made to the Division for new faculty recruitment. A new initiative in Sports Medicine has been put in place. Investments in the new technologies enabling the interrogation of the total human genome and application of bioinformatics to the study of normal and abnormal cardiovascular and skeletal muscle function will enable the Division to provide state-of-the-art research and training to the biomedical community.
Beyond listing what we have done in the past, our faculty would like to tell you about the research they are performing currently. Choose from any of the following researchers for details of their current work and interests.
- Woodrow Benson, MD, PhD — Molecular genetics of human cardiac disease
- Melissa Colbert, PhD — Early cardiovascular development and signaling
- Timothy Hewett, PhD — Director of Sports Medicine injury prevention; understanding the molecular basis of altered biomechanics
- Jeanne James, MD — Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Jeffery Molkentin, PhD — Molecular basis of early and late cardiac disease
- Jeffrey Robbins, PhD — Animal models of human cardiovascular disease
- Stephanie Ware, MD, PhD — Genetic and developmental basis of congenital heart defects
- Katherine Yutzey, PhD — Molecular Biology of early heart development
