Division of Physiology People

Faculty

Jason Yuan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology Section Chief
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Molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PAH)
Genetic, epigenetic and pathogenic mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) and gas exchange
Novel therapies for PAH and CTEPH

John B. West, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor Emeritus
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Peter D. Wagner, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
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Frank L. Powell, Ph.D.
Professor
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G. Kim Prisk, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor
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Michael C. Hogan, Ph.D.
Professor
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Susan R. Hopkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
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Chantal J. Darquenne, Ph.D.
Professor
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Zhenxing Fu, Ph.D
Project Scientist
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Ellen C. Breen, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Tatum S. Simonson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, John B. West Endowed Chair in Respiratory Physiology
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Leonardo Nogueira, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
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Ann Elliott, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Rui Carlos Pereira De Sa, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
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Esteban Moya Cespedes, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
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Aleksandra Babicheva, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist

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James Hall, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Interactions between genomes, environment, and phenotypes in high altitude populations
Understanding the functional roles of hypoxia-adaptive genetic variants identified through whole genome sequence analyses

Katie A. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Marie Sklodowska -Curie Global Research Fellow
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Characterization of the high-altitude metabolic phenotype driven by unique Andean genetics
Metabolic profile changes and effects of dietary nitrate supplementation in hypoxia