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The Department of Physiology & Biophysics consists of world-class scientists and teachers. We are dedicated to excellence in research, training and education as we push the frontiers of scientific discovery. Join us in the joy of discovery.
We take pride in training medical, nursing and graduate students who will implement and fulfill that future. Our department provides a warm, collegial, and welcoming environment for budding scientists and established investigators alike. We work side by side investigating the physiological processes that underlie both normal and pathological human body functions.
Our internationally recognized research applies innovative experimental approaches to define fundamental molecular mechanisms within these processes as both putative points of pathological failure and potential targets for new therapeutic interventions.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute awarded Xun Ai, MD, associate professor, physiology and biophysics, Rush Medical College, a five-year, $2.4 million grant to research the link between atrial fibrillation and thrombogenesis. Xun Ai, MD, associate professor, physiology and biophysics, Rush Medical College, and her team seek to establish a previously unrecognized crosstalk between heart and platelets and uncover the role of cardiac JNK2 in the development of both atrial fibrillation and thrombogenesis. Researchers will use results of the study, Heart-platelet Crosstalk: JNK, AF, and Thrombogenesis, to form a foundation toward developing novel therapies to treat and prevent atrial fibrillation and stroke.