Postdoctoral: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA 1999
PhD: Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1995
2022 MCG Distinguished Faculty Award for Basic Science Research
2010 American Heart Association Research Administration Recognition Award
2008 Keynote Speaker- The 72nd Japanese Circulation Society, Fukuoka, Japan
2008 Keynote Speaker- The 13th Angiotensin II Conference, Osaka, Japan
2004 Keynote Speaker- The 51st Japanese Circulation Society at Featured Research Session
1998 Young Investigators Travel Awards; Vascular Biology Meeting
1998 Young Investigators Awards Finalists; Vascular Biology Meeting
1998 Young Investigators Award; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Cardiology
1998 Fellows Program, American Heart Association
Title: Mitochondria Dynamics Protein Drp1 in ROS Signaling, Endothelial Metabolism
and Angiogenesis
Type: NIH 1R01HL160014
Agency: NIH NHLBI
Period: 09/01/2021-07/31/2025
Role: PI
Title: Redox Regulation of Cu importer CTR1 regulation in angiogenesis
Type: NIH 1R01HL147550 (MPI with T. Fukai)
Agency: NIH NHLBI
Period: 12/15/2019-11/30/2023
Role: Contact PI
Title: DARC and Chemokine Control in Cardiometabolic Disease and Cancer” – Basic Science
Project 3
Type: AHA 863622 (PI: N. Weintraub)
Agency: American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network grant in Disparities
in Cardio-Oncology
Period: 07/10/2021-06/30/2025
Role: Co-investigator