Laboratory Personnel (current):

Principal Investigator

Matt Springer
Assistant Professor of Medicine
(415) 502-8404
matt.springer@ucsf.edu

CV

Rich Sievers
Research Specialist
(415) 476-2409
sievers@medicine.ucsf.edu

Cell and gene therapies for cardiac disease, ultrasound-guided intramyocardial injection, studies of vascular reactivity

Xiaoyin Wang
Associate Research Specialist
(415) 476-2409
xwang@medicine.ucsf.edu

Therapeutic cell implantation as treatment for myocardial infarction

Carola Grinninger
Postdoctoral Fellow
(currently a visiting fellow in Munich)
cgrinninger@medicine.ucsf.edu

Cardiac function, therapeutic angiogenesis in the heart

Qiumei Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow
(415) 502-7184
qchen@medicine.ucsf.edu

Endothelial progenitor cell function, nitric oxide synthase, effects of second hand cigarette smoke on endothelial function

Shereen Saini
Staff Research Associate
(415) 502-4837
shereen.saini@ucsf.edu

Analysis of myocardial infarction models, vascular reactivity, and therapeutic interventions; lab research support

Katy Knize
Staff Research Associate
Clinical Research Coordinator
(415) 502-1307
knizek@medicine.ucsf.edu

Clinical recruitment and support, endothelial progenitor cell function

Brian Clifford
Staff Research Associate
(415) 515-6835
btclifford@gmail.com

Analysis of myocardial infarction models and therapeutic interventions; lab research support

Micah Fong
Research Volunteer
(415) 867-4292
fongm@uci.edu

Angiogenesis project support

Associated Faculty

William Grossman
Meyer Friedman Professor of Medicine