Lauren Drowley
Year started program: 2005
Program name: Cellular And Molecular Pathology
2005 - B.S. , Northwestern University

The interdisciplinary nature of the program here at the University of Pittsburgh was what first caught my eye. You have the opportunity to interact with scientists from many different disciplines in an innovative environment. I decided to come here for my graduate work because of the strong regenerative medicine

I'm currently a 4th year student in the Cellular and Molecular Pathology program. I work with skeletal muscle-derived stem cells for cardiac repair after injury. In particular, I am focusing on the effect of donor cell and host sex and age on myocardial regeneration after ischemic injury in a mouse model. In addition, I am examining methods to improve transplantation, including mechanically preconditioning the cells and pretreatment with antioxidants prior to injection.

Peer-reviewed publications:

Zheng B, Cao B, Crisan M, Sun B, Li G, Logar A, Yap S, Pollett JB, Drowley L, Cassino T, Gharaibeh B, Deasy BM, Huard J, Peault B. “Prospective identification of myogenic endothelial cells in human skeletal muscle. Nature Biotechnology. 2007 Sep;25(9):1025-34.

Podium presentations: Experimental Biology 2008, BGSA symposium 2008, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society 2008

Poster presentations: TERMIS 2007, McGowan Retreat 2007-2008, ISSCR 2008, OSSD 2008, TERMIS 2008

View All Featured Students