Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering/Director, Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Lab
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Dr. Renita E. Horton is an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Houston where she is the director of the Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Laboratory. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences with emphasis in Biomedical Engineering from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston.
Her work focused on the role of microenvironmental cues in heart development and disease. She also investigated the effect of extracellular matrix presentation and oxygen levels on cardiogenesis in human embryonic stem cells. Currently, her team focuses on designing organs-on-chip models to investigate cardiovascular related disease mechanisms,congenital diseases, lupus, and sickle cell disease. She is a member of BMES, NSBE, AIChE, ASCB, and AHA. Dr. Horton is a recipient of the NSF CAREER and Empowering Lupus Research Career Development Awards.
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