Director


Tzung K. Hsiai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering, MCIP and Medicine (Cardiology)

Office: CHS 
37-100G

Dr. Hsiai is the Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Bioengineering. He received his undergraduate education from Columbia University and his MD from the University of Chicago. He completed his internship, residency and NIH-funded cardiovascular fellowship at UCLA School of Medicine, where he pursued interdisciplinary research in BioMEMS and vascular biology. His group’s research focuses on flexible sensors to study mechano-signal transduction of cardiovascular diseases. His group has developed the quantitative approach to monitor intravascular shear stress and vascular oxidative stress to assess unstable plaque. His transdisciplinary research program has been enriched by collaboration with UCLA Wireless Health Institute, Medical Imaging Informatics, Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Cardiovascular Research Lab, Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, and UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. He is the Chair of the American Physiological Society Joint Meeting with Biomedical Engineering Society, Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Member of National Institutes of Health Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Surgical Science Study Section, Fellow of American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the recipient of an American Heart Association John J. Simpson Outstanding Research Achievement Award and UCLA SEAS Distinguished Young Alumnus Award.


Email: THsiai@mednet.ucla.edu


Current Members | Past Members | Perspective Members | Lab Photos

Project Scientist and Adjunct Professors

Rene Packard, M.D, Ph.D
Email: RPackard@mednet.ucla.edu

Assistant Professor at UCLA Medical School

UCLA School of Medicine Specialty Training And Advanced Research (STAR) fellow

Ph.D, Molecular, Celluler & Integrative Physiology, UCLA
M.D, University of Geneva, Switzerland
B.S, College Voltaire Geneve, Switzerland


Research Topic: Cardiac Imaging and Regeneration



Rongsong Li Ph.D
Email: rongsongli@mednet.ucla.edu

Professor at Shenzhen Technology University

Ph.D, Biochemistry, Tuft University
M.S, Biochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Biochemisty, Chinese Academic of Science

B.S, Biochemistry, Wuhan University, China

He is currently interested in understanding the roles and mechanisms of action of various atherosclerosis risk factors such as particular matter in air pollution, oxidized lipids, oxidized lipoprotein and shear stress using combined in vitro and in vivo models. Our group focuses on risk factor-induced vascular oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory response, mitochondrial dysfunction and HDL dysfunction that lead to the development of atherosclerosis. We also study the implication of atherosclerotic risk factors in vascular calcification.

Graduate Students and Post-doctorals


Yunfei Deng, Ph.D
Visting Scolar, 
Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University



Email: dengyunfei_1988@sjtu.edu.cn




Hamed Bourenane, Ph.D
Cardiology resident in Rennes, France






Yunpeng Zhang, Ph.D
Assitant Professor in China

Ph.D, Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University, China
B.S, 
Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University, China
 


Research Topic: Single mRNA sequencing




Jeff Hsu
UCLA School of Medicine Specialty Training And Advanced Research (STAR) fellow


Ph.D, in Molecular, Celluler & Integrative Physiology, UCLA
M.D, UCLA
M.S, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
B.S, Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Research Topic: Cardiac valve formation

Email: JJHsu@mednet.ucla.edu


Juhyun Lee, Ph.D
Assistant Professor at UT Arlinton

Nelson Jen, Ph.D
Research Director in Biotech



Tyler Bebee, Ph.D

Biosense Webster, Johnson & Johnson


Jianguo Ma, Ph.D

Associate Professor


Mechanical Engineering
Beihang University , China



Peng Fei, Ph.D

Professor
School of Optical and Electrical Information
Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China


Hung Cao, Ph.D

Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering, University of Washington


Jie Gu, M.S

Google


Angelica Cobo, M.S

PhD Student 
Biomedical Engnieering, University of Southern California


Katherine Quigley J.D., M.S

Intellectual Property Attorney
Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP


Fei Yu, Ph.D

Medtronics



Lisong Ai, Ph.D

Edwards science


Wakako Takabe, Ph.D

Assistant Professor 
Doshisha University, Japan



Hongyu Yu, Ph.D

Assistant Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Electrical Engineering

Arizona State University



Mahsa Rouhanizadeh, Ph.D

Biosensor Technologies at Pharmaco-Kinesis Corporation




Undergrad Students


Cynthia Chen
Research Scientist in Genetech

B.S, Biongineering, UCLA

Email: cynthiachen@ucla.edu
 




Junjie Chen
PhD Student in 
Bioengineering

M.S, Bioengineering, UCLA
B.S, Biongineering, UCLA




Jennifer Wang
Medical student in UCLA

Email: jennifer.wang24@gmail.com





Jeffrey Lam
Research intern in Bioengineering

Email: jlam343@gmail.com

 




Jintian Lyu
Department of Pharmacy, Peking University



Hilary Yen

Johnson & Johnson


David Mittelstein

M.D., Ph.D Program at USC & Caltech




Karen Fang

M.D,. M.S Program at Case Western University & Cleveland Clinic




Visiting Scholars

HONGLI LI
Visting Scolar, 
Department of Cardiology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, College of Medicine







Lan Wu
Visiting Scholar
Associate Cheif Physician, Xinjiang Medical University, China

Major: Endocrinology, Internal Medicine