FOCUS

Potential Research Mentors

A sample of potential research mentors from a campus-wide pool for the UC San Diego FOCUS program are found in the table and links below.

For a comprehensive list of faculty and specific research, please visit the following departments directly:

Also, please visit the IRACDA website for additional mentor choices: http://iracda.ucsd.edu/Research_Mentors.html

Note that the pool of mentors is always increasing and if you are a mentor interested in being a part of the FOCUS program, please apply here.

If you have any questions, please email hsfacaffairs@ucsd.edu.

Name (last, first), degree	Department	Research Interest
Trejo, JoAnn, Ph.D.	Pharmacology	Signaling vascular biology
Ross, Robert, M.D.	Medicine	Cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion in the adult and developing myocardium
Allison, Matthew, M.D.	Family Medicine and Public Health	Prevention cardiovascular disease, related to atherosclerosis, metabolism and body composition, kidney disease, women's health and racial/ethnic disparities
Anderson, Cheryl, Ph.D.	Family Medicine and Public Health	Prevention of cardiovascular disease, related to diet, lifestyle and behavioral factors
Brown, Joan Heller, Ph.D.	Pharmacology	G Protein signaling in heart failure inflammation and cancer
Chen, Ju, Ph.D.	Medicine	Molecular basis of cardiac disease
Chi, Neil, M.D. / Ph.D.	Medicine	Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and the development.
Engler, Adam, Ph.D.	Bioengineering	Stem Cells in Cardiovascular Disease
Evans, Sylvia, Ph.D.	Pharmacy	Heart development and regeneration
Glass, Chris, M.D. / Ph.D.	Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Transcription factors and co-regulators in function and differentiation of macrophages
Gustafsson, Asa, Ph.D.	Pharmacy	Mitochondria and Heart Failure
Gutkind, Silvio, Ph.D.	Pharmacology	Cell signaling, protein engineering, structure
McCulloch, Andrew, Ph.D.	Bioengineering	Structure of cardiac muscle; electrical and mechanical function of the heart
Omens, Jeffrey, Ph.D.	Medicine	Cardiac mechanics, mechanobiology and computational modeling of heart disease
Patel, Hemal, Ph.D.	Anesthesiology	The role of caveolae and caveolins
Rivera-Nieves, Jesus, M.D.	Medicine	Inflammation and inflammatory signaling
Roth, David, M.D. / Ph.D.	Anesthesiology	Cell survival and growth in ischemia and reperfusion injury, heart failure, and aging
Sheikh, Farah, Ph.D.	Medicine	Biomechanical stress responses in cardiac muscle and genetic-based cardiac disease
Shyy, John, Ph.D.	Medicine	Hemodynamics and Inflammation in vascular disease
Tremoulet, Adriana, M.D.	Pediatrics	Inflammation, pediatric pharmacology, Kawasaki disease and coronary artery disease, clinical trials
Villarreal, Francisco, M.D. / Ph.D.	Medicine	Cardioprotection
Yelon, Deborah, Ph.D.	Biology	Molecular mechanisms of cardiac development to provide insight to etiologies and treatment of congenital heart diseases.