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Name:
Dr. Cuihua Zhang
Position Title:
Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Research
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Education:
Jin Zhou Medical College, Liaoning, PRC. M.D. - Medicine
Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PRC. Ph.D. - Physiology
Texas A&M University, College Station, TexasPostdoc - Coronary Physiology
Positions and Employment:
2008-: Associate Professor (with Tenure): Departments of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology and Nutrition & Exercise Physiology; University of Missouri-Columbia
2006-2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2004-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Physiology, LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
2002-2003: Assistant Research Scientist, Department’s of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
1998-2001: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Medical Physiology, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
1997: Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Honors and Awards
1.Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico and Tecnologico (CNPq) Fellowship, Brazilian Government (1996-1997).
2. The Microcirculatory Society Travel Award for Outstanding Young Investigators, USA (2003).
3. Physiology Society CV Section Young Investigator Award, USA (2003).
4. Werner Risau New Investigator Award in Vascular Biology, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2007).
5. Adhoc member of NIH Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section.
6. American Heart Association Peer Review Committee.
7. Research funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association and Pfizer
Society Memberships
Member of American Heart Association (Council on ATVB and Basic
Research)
American Physiological Society and Microcirculatory Society
Editorial Boards:
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Basic Research in Cardiology
Circulation Research
World Journal of Cardiology
Frontiers in Vascular Physiology
Journal Reviewer:
1. American Journal of Physiology
2. Basic Research in Cardiology
3. Circulation
4. Circulation Research
5. Diabetes
6. Diabetic Medicine
7. Journal of American College of Cardiology
8. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
9. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
10. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
11. Science
12. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
Sessions Chaired and Invited Speaker:
1. Organizer and Chair for AHA Scientific Session (CVS.172): Vascular Dysfunction, Regeneration and Repair. Chicago, IL. 2010.
2. AHA Scientific Session CVS.716 Title: The Impact of Ischemia-Reperfusion on Vascular Function—The Role of Cytokines in Vascular Ischemic Injury. Orlando, FL. 2009.
3. Chair (Moderator) the Concurrent Session of Vascular Function for ATVB Spring Conference 2009 in Washington DC.
4. Symposium Co-organizer with Dr. Ann Marie Schmdit for Experimental Biology Meetings, 2008: Myriad Mechanisms Underlying the Pathophysiology of Diabetes.
5. Invited Concurrent Speaker for Session II C (Control of Vsacular Tone), 2008 ATVB Annual Conference. The title is “Mechanisms of Altered Vascular Control in the Prediabetic Metabolic Syndrome”.