Graduate (Ph.D.) Program in Physiology

The main theme of our graduate educational program is Cardiovascular Regulation and Performance, which is supported by an NIH Training Grant. The program offers training at the molecular, cellular and integrative biology levels with a particular emphasis on the physiology and pathophysiology of cardiac and smooth muscle function. The specific fields represented include 1) motility, with an emphasis on cellular mechanisms of regulation of smooth and cardiac muscle, 2) membrane ion channels with an emphasis on the molecular physiology of sodium, potassium and chloride channels, and 3) signal transduction, with an emphasis on cell signaling pathways in vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells.

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Administration of the Program