Junior Faculty Members
Peiyong Zhai, MD, PhD
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2013-present Associate Professor, Rutgers NJMS
2007-2013 Assistant Professor, UMDNJ
2006-2007 Instructor, UMDNJ
2003-2006 Research Associate, UMDN
Research interests: Angiotensin II signaling in cardiac hypertrophy
Yasuhiro Maejima MD, PhD
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2015-present Junior Associate Professor, TMDU, JAPAN
2013-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS
2012-2014 Assistant Professor, TMDU, JAPAN
2012-2013 Assistant Professor, UMDNJ
2008-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2008 Assistant Professor, TMDU, JAPAN
2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, TMDU, JAPAN
2005-2001 PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan
1999-2001 Clinical Fellow, Jichi Medical School Omiya Medical Center, Japan
1997-1999 Medical Resident, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1997-1999 Medical Resident, Toranomon Hospital, Japan
1990-1996 MD, Shinshu University, Japan
Research Interests: FoxO1 signaling, Autophagy, Atrophy
Shinichi Oka, PhD
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2012-present Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS
2007-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, UMDNJ
2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Michigan Medical School, USA
2002-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Adv. Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
2001-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Inst. for Virus Research, Kyoto Uni., Japan
1998-2001 PhD, Himeji institute of Technology, Japan
Research Interests: Redox signaling regulating metabolic pathway
Sebastiano Sciarretta, MD, PhD
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2019-Present Associate Professor, University of Rome “Sapienza”
2015-2019 Assisatnt Professor, University of Rome “Sapienza”
2013-present Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS
2009-2013 Research Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
2006-2009 Fellow of Cardiology, University of Rome “Sapienza”
2006 MD, University of Rome “Sapienza” Italy
Michinari Nakamura, MD, PhD
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2017-present Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS
2011-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers NJMS
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