Current Research Fellows
Peiyong Zhai, MD, Ph.D
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2007-present          Assistant Professor, UMDNJ
2006-2007              Instructor,  UMDNJ
2003-2006              Research Associate, UMDNJ

Research interests:  Angiotensin II signaling in cardiac hypertrophy
Shinichi Oka Ph.D
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2007-2011   Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2007   Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Michigan Medical School,
USA
2002-2005   Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology, Japan
2001-2006   Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto
University, Japan
1998-2001   PhD, Himeji institute of Technology, Japan
Research Interests: Redox signaling regulating metabolic pathway
Yasuhiro Maejima MD, Ph.D
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2008-present     Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2008         Assistant Professor, TMDU
2006-2005         Postdoctoral Fellow, TMDU
2005-2001         Ph.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
1999-2001         Clinical Fellow, Jichi Medical School Omiya Medical
Center, Japan
1997-1999         Medical Resident, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996         M.D., Shinshu University, Japan
Research Interests: Foxo1 signaling, Autophagy, Atrophy
Dominic Del Re Ph.D
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2011-present   Assistant Professor
2008-2011       Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2002-2008       Ph.D, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Research Interests: Regulation of Mst in the heart
Sebastiano Sciarretta MD
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2009-present        Research Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2009            Fellow of Cardiology, University of "Sapienza" of Rome
2006                     MD, University of "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy
Takanobu Yamamoto MD, Ph.D
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2010-present     Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2005-2010         Ph.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1996-2005         Resident and Fellow, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996         M.D., Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Research Interests: myocardial metabolism
Shouji Matsushima MD, Ph.D
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2010-present     Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2009-2010         Clinical Fellow, Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan
2007-2009         Clinical Fellow, Hakodate General Central Hospital, Japan
2003-2007         Ph,D., Kyushu Univ. Graduate School of Medical Science
2001-2003         Medical Resident, Kyushu Univ.Hospital
1995-2001         M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: Oxidative stress, NAD(P)H oxidase, Thioredoxin
Yoshiya Monden MD, Ph.D
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2010-present  Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2007-2010      Clinical Fellow, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital &
Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Japan
2003-2007      Ph.D., Kyushu University
2001-2003      Medical Resident, Kyushu Univ. Hospital
1995-2001      M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of autophagy in regulating
cardiac remodeling
Masamitsu Iwasa MD, Ph.D  
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2011-present Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2010-2011 Clinical Fellow, Takayama Red Cross Hospital, Japan
2005-2010 Ph.D., Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2000-2005 Medical Resident & Clinical Fellow, Nagoya Medical Center, Japan
2000 MD., Kinki University, Japan

Research Interests :
Autophagy, Protection of Ischemic Heart, Clinical Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Michinari Nakamura, M.D.
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2011-present  Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2009
-2011      Research Fellow, University of California, San Diego, USA
2006
-2009      Clinical Fellow, The Cardiovascular Institute Hospital, Japan
2004
-2006      Clinical Resident, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
1998
-2004       M.D., Kyushu University, Japan

Research Interests: apoptotic signaling, GSK3, oxidative stress