William Abraham, MD
110 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
william.abraham@osumc.edu

Research Interests:

1. Clinical drug and device trials in heart failure
2. Reverse remodeling and changes in myocardial gene expression in heart failure
3. Sleep apnea and heart failure
4. Role of the kidney in heart failure

Philip Binkley, MD, MPH
110 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
philip.binkley@osumc.edu

Research Interests:

1. Autonomic dysfunction in heart failure
2. Recovery of left ventricular function in patients with heart failure
3. Gene polymorphisms in heart failure

David Feldman, MD, PhD
200 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
david.feldman@osumc.edu

Research Interests:

1. Heart failure
2. Cardiac transplantation
3. Molecular biology
4. Translational science
5. Critical care cardiology

Carl Leier, MD
200 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
carl.leier@osumc.edu

Research Interests:

1. Biomechanics of heart failure
2. Cardiac transplantation
3. Coronary disease in patients with heart failure

Paul Janssen, PhD
310 Hamilton Hall
janssen.10@osu.edu

Research Interests:

1. Frequency-dependent contractile activation in the heart
2. The role of cell junction proteins in the heart
3. Cardiac pathology in pulmonary artery banding in rabbits
4. Cardiac pathology in skeletal muscular dystrophy
5. Myofilament properties of healthy and failing myocardium

Jill Rafael-Fortney, PhD
410A Hamilton Hall
rafael-fortney.1@osu.edu

Research Interests:

1. The role of cell junction proteins in cardiomyopathy and heart failure
2. Treatment strategies for cardiomyopathy in muscular dystrophy

Mark Ziolo, PhD
304 Hamilton Hall
ziolo.1@osu.edu

Research Interests:

1. Excitation-contraction coupling in the heart
2. Effects of nitric oxide and/or cyclic GMP on cardiac myocyte function
3. Beta-adrenergic signaling and human heart failure