The Department of Physiology and Biophysics- UMMC

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The Department of Physiology and Biophysics- UMMC

We use an integrative approach to study cardiovascular, renal, neuroendocrine, and metabolic systems in normal physiology and certain diseases.
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Our major research interests include:

Normal physiology of cardiovascular, renal, endocrine and sympathetic nervous systems

Neurohormonal mechanisisms of blood pressure regulation

Pathophysiology of obesity and related cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

Gender differences in blood pressure regulation and renal disease

Pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia

Fetal programming and c

ardiovascular diease in the adult

Inflammatory diseases

Diabetes and metabolic diseases

Mechanisms of target oran injury in hypertension

Mechanisms controlling blood vessel growth

Vascular endothelial function and mechanotransduction

Mathematical modeling of physiological functions

04/02/2026

Our Wednesday, April 8th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Alexandre da Silva, associate professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, "Novel therapeutic approaches to improve cardiac and renal recovery after acute injury". Dr. da Silva will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

03/26/2026

Our Wednesday, April 1st, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Pablo Ortiz, professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, "Advancing knowledge in renal physiology and hypertension, one gene at a time? Dr. Ortiz will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room SM122. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

03/12/2026

Our Wednesday, March 18th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Vsevolod Polotsky, professor and vice chair of research, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University, Washington DC, "The leptin-melanocortin axis in Control of Breathing". Dr. Polotsky will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room G351-07. It begins at 12 p.m.

03/05/2026

Our Wednesday, March 11th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Eric George, associate professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, "New Approaches for Preeclampsia". Dr. George will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room G351-07. It begins at 12 p.m.

02/27/2026

Our Wednesday, March 4th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. John Clemmer, assistant professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, "Computer Modeling and Electronic Health Records to Guide Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease". Dr. Clemmer will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room G351-07. It begins at 12 p.m.

02/18/2026

Our Wednesday, February 25th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Anna Stanhewicz, associate professor, University of Iowa, "Role of Dysregulated Angiotensin II Signaling in Maternal Microvascular Dysfunction After Preeclampsia". Dr. Stanhewicz will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

02/11/2026

Our Wednesday, February 18th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Paul O'Connor, professor, Medical College of Georgia, "A new paradigm for tubular injury in acute kidney injury". Dr. O'Connor will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

01/29/2026

Our Wednesday, February 4th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Dongzhi Wang, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, "IL-35 attenuates pressure overload-induced cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation, and heart failure". Dr. Wang will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

01/22/2026

Our Wednesday, January 28th, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Dr. Ana Palei, associate professor, Department of Surgery, UMMC, "Mechanisms of Preeclampsia-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction". Dr. Palei will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

01/15/2026

Our Wednesday, January 21st, Physiology Seminar will be presented by Lucy Taylor, PhD student, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UMMC, "Role of hepatokines in hypertension and cardiac dysfunction in MASLD". Ms. Taylor will be presenting in person, and you are invited to view the seminar and have lunch on campus in room CW106. It begins at 12 p.m. but the virtual room will open beginning at 11:50 a.m.
https://umc.webex.com/.../19f47f2c829e4d569910b4a13bf80de...

Address

2500 N State St
Jackson, MS
39216

Website

http://physiology.umc.edu/

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