Speaker Profile
Biography
Independent investigator with an active research laboratory for >25 years, focusing on discovering pathogenic pathways and bringing therapies to patients in the areas of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and kidney diseases
Research activities are vertically integrated, ranging from molecular and cell biological studies to animal models, epidemiological studies and frist-in-class human clinical trials
>350 publications (H index =133) & research supported by HHMI, NIH, AHA, Gates foundation and industry; 15 issued patents in biomedicine
Co-director of NIH training grant for Kidney, Urology and Hematology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai
Received multiple scientific recognition awards (Established Investigator Award - AHA, Chesley Award - International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Outstanding Investigator Award - American Federation of Medical Research, Jean Hamburger Prize- ISN)
Inducted to American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and Association of American Physicians (AAP)
Trained >50 graduate and post-doctoral fellows in basic and translational research.
Associate Editor-Hypertension and Editorial board of numerous medical Journals (JCI, JASN, Hypertension in Pregnancy)
12 endowed lectureships and > 200 invited lectures throughout the world
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January 27–29, 2027 · Santa Clara Convention Center
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