The main areas of research at the Division of Physiology & Pathophysiology aim to promote research, national and international networks and student-oriented learning. The research teams specialize in the areas cardiovascular regulation, vascular function, hemodynamics, hormones and autonomic function, orthostatic intolerance, stress evaluations, lymphatic vascular system and pulmonary vascular diseases. Close cooperation within the division in alignment with the center's main topics of interest ensures optimal research conditions.
Our research in the area of vascular biology attempts to uncover mechanisms that determine the fate and behavior of vascular smooth muscle cells during remodeling processes in the lungs. Our goal is to characterize different populations of smooth muscle cells that contribute to pulmonary vessel remodeling.
Our group aims to understand the mechanisms that control lung and vascular remodeling. We are particularly interested in the role of the vascular system in chronic pulmonary diseases. We also would like to understand how the components of the basal membrane influence vascular remodeling.
Our group would like to understand the inflammatory processes that underlie chronic pulmonary and respiratory diseases. We use immune cell profiling in combination with advanced data modeling to discover how the functional interaction between immune cells and structural cells drives the pathogenesis of disease.
We explore the areas cardiovascular regulation, vascular function, hemodynamics, hormones and autonomic function, orthostatic intolerance, stress evaluations and the lymphatic system.
