Researchers

Researchers



José Eduardo Krieger

José Krieger, Director

Received the M.D. degree from the Univ São Paulo Med Sch (1984), Campus Ribeirao Preto., the Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the Medical College Of Wisconsin (1988), and Post-doctoral training in molecular biology at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine. He is Full Professor of Medicine at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School and Director of the Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology at the Heart Institute (InCor). He is a regular member of the Brazilian and State of São Paulo Academies of Science and Peovost of Research at tge University of Sao Paulo. The main research areas focus on the identification of molecular markers associated with the genesis of cardiovascular diseases and the development of new therapeutic interventions based on gene/cell approaches.

Adriana Castello Costa Girardi

Adriana Girardi

Adriana C. Girardi received a B.A. in Pharmacy and Biochemistry (1996) and a Ph.D. (2002) in Physiology at University of São Paulo. From 2002 to 2005, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Aronson lab (Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University). Currently, she is a principal investigator in the Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Incor, HC-USP and Professor at FMUSP. She has experience in Renal Physiology, Cardiorenal Pharmacology and Biochemistry. Her major scientific interest is understanding blood pressure regulation and cardiovascular disease. Recently, her research group has investigated how therapies for diabetes affect cardiovascular disease progression and hypertension.

Alexandre Da Costa Pereira

Alexandre Pereira

Possui graduação em Medicina pela Universidade de São Paulo (1999) e doutorado em Cardiologia pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (2008). Atualmente é médico assistente do Instituto do Coração - Hospital das Clinicas - FMUSP. Trabalha no Laboratório de Genética e Cardiologia Molecular do Instituto do Coração (Incor) HC-FMUSP, onde coordena o grupo de genética humana. Seus principais interesses em pesquisa são a identificação e caracterização de fatores genéticos que causem ou modulem fenótipos cardiovasculares.

Ayumi Aurea Miyakawa

Ayumi Miyakawa

Bachelor's in Biomedical Sciences (1995) and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (2000) at Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM). Pos-Doctoral Fellow at Heart Institute (InCor - University of Sao Paulo Medical School - HCFMUSP), Research Fellow at Brigham and Women´s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (2010-2012) and Research Affiliated at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (2010-2012). She is a Principal Investigator in the Laboratory og Genetics and Molecular Cardiology and coordinates the Vascular Biology group focused on mechanotransduction and vascular remodeling.


Elida Adalgisa Neri

Elida Neri

Possui graduação em Fisioterapia pelo Centro Universitário de Maringá (2004), foi bolsista FAPESP de Capacitação Técnica na área de Biologia Molecular (2006-2007) no Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas na Universidade de São Paulo. Mestre (2009) e Doutora (2014) em Fisiologia humana pela mesma Universidade na área de Fisiologia Renal, com ênfase em Biologia Molecular (2014). Tem experiência nas técnicas de Biologia Molecular bem como na área de Biologia Celular. Experiência em Terapia Celular na Medicina Regenerativa e Terapêutica.

Luís Henrique Wolff Gowdak

Luís Gowdak

Dr. Gowdak has graduated in Medicine (1991) and had a PhD in Cardiology (2003) both from São Paulo University. He worked as a fellow in the Gene Therapy Unit, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, NIA, NIH, in Baltimore from 1997 through 1999. Presently, Dr. Gowdak is a Medical Scientist at the Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology and at the Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Unit from the Heart Institute. He is also the Head of the Refractory Angina Research and Study Group. He has experience in Medicine, focusing on Cardiology, acting on the following subjects: coronary artery disease, myocardial ischemia, refractory angina, angiogenesis, gene therapy, cell therapy, and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic renal disease.

Miriam Helena Fonseca Alaniz

Miriam Alaniz

She holds a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry from the State University of Maringá, a PhD in Sciences from the University of São Paulo, a Postdoctoral degree in Molecular Biology from the University of São Paulo and is currently a Scientific Researcher at Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology/LIM13/InCor/HC-FMUSP. She works mainly on the following topics: vascular endothelial cells, mechanotransduction, shear stress and endothelial dysfunction

Samantha Kuwada Teixeira

Samantha Teixeira

Major in Biology at University of Sao Paulo, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in science at University of Sao Paulo Medical School under supervision of Professor José Eduardo Krieger. Has experience in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics applied to the study of the genetic architecture of complex phenotypes associated with cardiovascular diseases. Currently, is associated researcher at Genetic and Molecular Cardiology Lab (InCor/FMUSP) and works with the identification of new genes involved with blood pressure and heart rate regulation using forward genetic screening with randomly mutagenized mice and with polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular phenotypes in admixed Brazilian population.