Manuella Ribas Andrade

Undergraduate Institution

B.S., M.S., Exercise Physiology, Florida State University

Awards and Honors

2024 – American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions Cardiovascular Outreach Award

2024 – American Physiology Summit Respiration Section’s The Usha Award

2024 – American Physiology Summit Martin Frank Diversity Travel Award

2022 – 2024 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

2019 – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Research Interests

I’m interested in the molecular mechanisms underlying pulmonary hypertension, specifically the role of the sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform-1 (NHE1) in the vascular physiology and pathobiology of the lung. Other interests rely on the role of oxidative stress in the lungs and pulmonary vasculature and well as hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

Mackenzie Kui

Undergraduate Institution

BA, University of California, Santa Barbara

Awards and Honors

  • 2024- 2026 NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship (NIDDK)
  • 2022- 2024 NHLBI T32 (T32HL007534)

Research Interests

Transcriptional control of renal GPCRs

Luoluo Chen

Undergraduate Institution

BA, Mcdaniel College

Awards and Honors

 

Research Interests

Investigating the molecular mechanisms of metabolic regulation using various in vivo genetic mouse models.

 

Kevin Chen

Undergraduate Institution

BS, Carnegie Mellon University

Research Interests

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurobiology.