SURIP Director

The Director of SURIP is Dr. Sarah Bronson.  Dr. Bronson directs a research program that uses genetically altered embryonic stem cells and mice to understand osteogenesis and diabetic retinopathy.  Dr. Bronson is an Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and is actively involved in graduate education.  Her research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The members of the SURIP Advisory Board are:

• Dr. Susan Hafenstein
• Dr. Gregory Holmes
• Dr. Leslie Parent
• Dr. Lisa Shantz
• Dr. Chris Siedlecki

For more information contact Kathy Simon at kzs2@psu.edu

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AHA-SURF Director

The Director of the American Heart Association SURF program is Dr. Sean D. Stocker.  Dr. Stocker's laboratory employs molecular,  neurophysiological, and systems physiology to understand how the central nervous system contributes to cardiovascular disease such as obesity and salt-sensitive hypertension.  His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association.

Members of the AHA-SURF Advisory Board:

• Sean Stocker, Ph.D., Director, Cellular & Molecular Physiology
• Charles Lang, Ph.D., Co-Director, Cellular & Molecular Physiology
• Chet Ray, Ph.D., Cardiology
• Christopher Yengo, Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular Physiology
• Lawrence Sinoway, M.D.,Cardiology