Our Team

The CPRi is embedded within the Cardiovascular Division as the translational arm of the Center for Cardiovascular Research at Washington University School of Medicine.

Kory Lavine, MD, PhD

Kory Lavine, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Developmental Biology, Immunology and Pathology

  • Director of CPRi
  • Biobank and Single Cell and Spatial Omics

Michael J. Greenberg, PhD

Michael J. Greenberg, PhD

Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

  • Co-Director, CPRi
  • Contractility, Biophysics, and Engineered Heart Tissues

Clair Crewe, PhD

Clair Crewe, PhD

Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated signaling in metabolism and metabolic disease

Robert Gropler, MD

Professor of Radiology, Senior Vice Chair and Division Director, Radiological Sciences

Nuclear Medicine, Cardiac Imaging

Melissa Hector-Greene, MD, PhD

Melissa Hector-Greene, MD, PhD

Instructor in Anesthesiology

Cardiac Anesthesia

Laminopathies

Nate Huebsch, PhD

Nate Huebsch, PhD

Associate Professor, McKelvey School of Engineering

Stem Cell Mechanobiology

Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD

Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

lipid metabolism and autophagy in heart failure

cardiac radiation

anthracycline cardiomyopathy

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Pathology & Immunology

Transplant Immunology

Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD

Chieh-Yu Lin, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology and Section Head, Autopsy

Cardiothoracic Pathology

Yongjian Liu, PhD

Professor of Radiology

molecular imaging, radiopharmaceutical chemistry, nanomedicine

Joshua Mitchell, MD

Joshua Mitchell, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Section of Cardio-oncology

Jon Silva, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Engineering

Electrophysiology, molecular modeling

Jessica Wagenseil, D.Sc.

Jessica Wagenseil, D.Sc.

Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science