Ph.D., Cardiovascular Science
Universite Lyon I - Universite, 2005
MS, Physiology, General
Universite Lyon I - Universite, 2003
BS, Physiology, General
Universite Lyon I - Universite, 2001
Awards & Honors
Faculty Senate Award for Young Outstanding Basic Science Faculty
Medical College of Georgia, 2016
Virenda B. Mahesh Distinguished Research Award
Augusta University Research Institute , 2016
Dean Franklin Award
American Physiological Society, 2015
New Investigator Award
Cardiovascular Section, American Physiology Society, 2012
GRD Award for Best Oral Presentation
MCG, 2010
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
BIOM 8033
Integrated Systems Biol
VBIO 9010
Seminar in Vascular Bio
HONR 4000H
Honors Thesis
COGS 8130
Scientific Grant Writing
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
Deletion of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) Enhances Endothelial Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression and Protects Mice from Type 1 Diabetes-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction, 2015 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Deletion of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B in proopiomelanocortin neurons decreases blood pressure and sympathetic tone, 2015 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Reviving the use of aldosterone inhibitors in treating hypertension in obesity, 2015 Journal Article, Academic Journal
The Adipocyte-Derived Hormone Leptin is a Direct Regulator of Aldosterone Secretion, 2015 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Peroxynitrite disrupts endothelial caveolae leading to eNOS uncoupling and diminished flow-mediated dilation in coronary arterioles of diabetic patients, 2014 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Department Service
VBC Metabolic group meeting director
2016 - Present
