Lisa de las
Identifying predictors of
cardiovascular disease, as well as potential therapeutic interventions for the
treatment of this prevalent disease, are among the continuing and future goals
of Dr. Lisa de las Fuentes.
She is investigating the molecular
and genetic mediators of cardiovascular disease phenotypes, with an emphasis on
the role played by myocardial metabolism and inflammation on hypertensive heart
disease traits.
She currently serves as assistant
professor of medicine and co-director of the Cardiovascular Imaging and
Clinical Research Core Laboratory at Washington University of School of
Medicine in
After earning her medical degree
from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, she completed
her medical internship and residency there. She completed her clinical and
research cardiology fellowship and earned her master’s degree in genetic
epidemiology, both at
For her SADF-funded research, Dr. de
las Fuentes is conducting genotype-phenotype association study of common
genetic variations on the hypertensive and left ventricular hypertrophic
phenotypes.
She also has received funding from
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Amos Medical Faculty Development Program,
as well as from the NIH, in the form of a KL2 multidisciplinary career award
and an R21 exploratory/developmental grant.
Born in
Email: lfuentes@wustl.edu
Website: http://cardiology.wustl.edu/details.aspx?NavID=559
Phone: 314-362-1076