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Neuronal Injury Program (NIP) Laboratory

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Paco Herson, PhD
Principle Investigator
Email: Paco.Herson@UCDenver.edu

UCD Anschutz Medical Campus
RC-1 North Tower, P18-8116
Tel (303)724-66285 

 

 


Guiying (Ying) Deng, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Guiying.Deng@UCDenver.edu

Utilizes the mouse cardiac arrest and CPR model to study the role of adenosine 2B receptors and CaMKII in ischemic neuronal injury

 

 

 



 

Himmat Grewal, MD
Volunteer
Email: Himmat.Grewal@UCDenver.edu 

 

 

 

  



James Orfila, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: James.Orfila@UCDenver.edu

Studies the effects of global cerebral ischemia on hippocampal synaptic function

 

 

 



Nidia Quillinan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Nidia.Quillinan@UCDenver.edu

Studies the effects of global cerebral ischemia on cerebellar Purkinje cell physiology

 

 

 



Kaori Shimizu, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Kaori.Shimizu@UCDenver.edu

Studies the role of TRPM2 nonselective cation channels in ischemic neuronal injury following CA/CPR-induced global cerebral ischemia

 

 

 

 



Takeru Shimizu, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Takeru.Shimizu@UCDenver.edu

Studies the role of TRPM2 nonselective cation channels in ischemic injury following experimental stroke and the role of stroke-induced immunosuppression in long-term outcome following stroke

 

 

 

 




Rebekah Vest, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Rebekah.Vest@UCDenver.edu

Studies the calcium dynamics and protein trafficking in neurons following ischemia

 

 

 

 

Lindsay Weitzel, PhD
Instructor
Email: Lindsay.Weitzel@UCDenver.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 



Joan Yonchek
Director, NIP Histology Laboratory
Email: Joan.Yonchek@UCDenver.edu