Mentors

Critical to the success of the researchers are their mentors, who will meet regularly with the principal investigators. Many of these mentors are clinical faculty at Rhode Island Hospital.

Study 1: Plasma Adenosine

• Alfred Ayala, PhD
  Professor of Surgery
  Rhode Island Hospital

Study 2: Effects of Angiopoietins on Shock/Sepsis-induced Acute Lung Injury

• Jonathan Reichner, PhD
  Deputy Director, COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development
  Lifespan
   
• Sharon Rounds, MD
  Department of Medicine
  Providence VA Medical Center

Study 3: Ischemic Heart Disease

• Frank Sellke, MD
  Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Rhode Island Hospital
   
• Elizabeth Harrington, PhD
  Associate Dean, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Associate Professor of Medicine
  Brown University, Providence VA Medical Center

Study 4: Regulation of Cardiac Fibroblast Function by MicroRNAs

• Ulrike Mende, MD
  Department of Medicine
  Rhode Island Hospital
   
• Bharat Ramratnam, MD
  Director, COBRE Center for Cancer Research Development
  Lifespan

Study 5: Sex and Haemodynamics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

• James R. Klinger, MD
  Medical Director, Respiratory Care Unit
  Rhode Island Hospital
   
• Peter Quesenberry, MD
  Director of Hematology Oncology
  Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital