Themes / Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease

Disease affecting the heart or blood vessels.

Cardiovascular Disease Research Team

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D, Ph.D

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6486
aramesh@mmc.edu

Dorin Bogdan Borza, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 963-2833
dborza@mmc.edu

Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD, FAHA

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6527
emotley@mmc.edu

Hong Yang, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-5772
hyang@mmc.edu

Keisha Ashmeade, FNP-BC, EdD

School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Health Policy

(615) 327-5773
kashmeade@mmc.edu

Pandu Gangula, PhD

Professor
School of Dentistry
Center for Women's Health Research, Data Science Institute, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6511
Pgangula@mmc.edu

PIUS NDE, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6997
pnde@mmc.edu

Salil Das, Sc.D., D.Sc., Fellow: AAAS; Royal Society of Medicine (UK)

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6988
sdas@mmc.edu

Shyamali Mukherjee, M.Sc, Ph.D

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center

(615) 327-6299
smukherjee@mmc.edu

Zhongmao Guo, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6804
zguo@mmc.edu

Cardiovascular Disease Team Publications

Porphyromonas gingivalis infection alters Nrf2-Phase II enzymes and nitric oxide in primary human aortic endothelial cells.
Sampath C, Okoro EU, Gipson MJ, Chukkapalli SS, Farmer-Dixon CM, Gangula PR

Inhibition of GSK-3β restores delayed gastric emptying in obesity-induced diabetic female mice.
Sampath C, Srinivasan S, Freeman ML, Gangula PR

Role of sex hormones and their receptors on gastric Nrf2 and neuronal nitric oxide synthase function in an experimental hyperglycemia model.
Sprouse J, Sampath C, Gangula PR

Use of an Exposome Approach to Understand the Effects of Exposures From the Natural, Built, and Social Environments on Cardio-Vascular Disease Onset, Progression, and Outcomes.
Juarez PD, Hood DB, Song MA, Ramesh A

Thrombospondin-1 Plays an Essential Role in Yes-Associated Protein Nuclear Translocation during the Early Phase of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Heart Endothelial Cells.
Arun A, Rayford KJ, Cooley A, Rachakonda G, Villalta F, Pratap S, Lima MF, Sheibani N, Nde PN

Supplementation of 17β-Estradiol Normalizes Rapid Gastric Emptying by Restoring Impaired Nrf2 and nNOS Function in Obesity-Induced Diabetic Ovariectomized Mice.
Sprouse JC, Sampath C, Gangula PR