| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | V-VI |
| Journal | Current opinion in hematology |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2020 |
Funding
After completing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral training, Dr Iruela-Arispe joined Harvard Medical School as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology. In 1998, she was recruited to UCLA where she ascended through the professorial ranks culminating in Distinguished Professor in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology. At UCLA she became the first women to direct the prestigious Molecular Biology Institute and also chaired the Interdepartmental Molecular Biology Graduate program, the main graduate program in biosciences with over 150 graduate students. She taught Cell Biology to undergraduate students for 20 years and built an internationally recognized research group in angiogenesis and vascular regeneration that was continuously funded by the NIH. She was the founding director of the Vascular Biology Training Program at UCLA that under her leadership was supported by a T32 for 20 years. Her research efforts amount to approximately 200 published peer review research articles and reviews with substantial contributions to the field of vascular biology. She was president of the North American Vascular Biology Organization and contributed in several leadership forms to other organizations and societies such as AHA, AACR, and ASCB. In the Fall of 2019, Dr Iruela-Arispe was recruited to Northwestern to Chair the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and continue to make breakthroughs in her research area. Currently, she is also a member of the NHLBI Council to the Director and the NCI Intramural Advisory Board.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Hematology