Former Members

Shohei Ikeda, MD, PhD
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
2014-2015 Clinical Physician, Iwate Prefectural Hospital, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
2010-2014 PhD in Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2007-2010 Internship, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2001-2007 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2010-2014 PhD in Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Research Interests: Heart Failure, Hippo pathway

Yanbin Chen, MD, PhD

2016-2017 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2013-2016 Chief Physician, Soochow University, Jiang Su Province, China
2012 Visiting Scholar, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
2009-2011 MD, Soochow University, Jiang Su Province, China
2007-2009 Master of Medicine, Soochow University, Jiang Su Province, China
2003-2007 Attending Physician, Chief Physician, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Soochow University, Jiang Su Province, China

Akihiro Shirakabe, MD, PhD

2014-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
2005-2013 Assistant Professor, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Japan
2005-2009 PhD, Nippon Mecichal School, Japan
2003-2005 Clinical Resident, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Japan
1996-2002 MD, Nippon Medical School, Japan

Dominic Del Re, PhD

2008-2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2002-2008 PhD, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Research Interests: Regulation of Mst in the heart

Yoshiyuki Ikeda, MD, PhD

2012-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
2009-2012 Assistant Professor at Kagoshima University Hospital
2004-2008 Fellow of Cardiology, Kagoshima University Hospital

Research Interests: Autophagy, DRP-1, Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion, Foxo

Dan Shao, PhD

2012-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
2007-2012 PhD Student: Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, UMDNJ

Research Interests: Redox regulation in the heart

Takanobu Yamamoto, MD, PhD

2010-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2005-2010Ph.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1996-2005Resident and Fellow, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996M.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Research Interests: Myocardial metabolism

Shouji Matsushima, MD, PhD

2010-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2009-2010 Clinical Fellow, Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan
2007-2009 Clinical Fellow, Hakodate General Central Hospital, Japan
2003-2007 Ph,D., Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Science
2001-2003 Medical Resident, Kyushu University Hospital
1995-2001 M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: Oxidative stress, NAD(P)H oxidase, Thioredoxin

Yanfei Yang, PhD

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2012 Post doctoral research fellow, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, BWH-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2005-2012 PhD student,  Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ.
2001-2005 B.S   University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Thesis Topic: miRNAs function in the heart.

Yoshiya Monden, MD, PhD

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2010-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ

2007-2010 Clinical Fellow, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Japan

2003-2007 Ph.D., Kyushu University

2001-2003 Medical Resident, Kyushu University Hospital

1995-2001 M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of autophagy in regulating cardiac remodeling

Jonathan Galeotti BS

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2001-2009        Research Teaching Specialist IV