Darren Woodside, Ph.D., is an Associate Director of the Molecular Cardiology Research Laboratories at THI. Previous positions included Associate Director of Drug Discovery at Encysive Pharmaceuticals. He was awarded his Ph.D. from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Immunology and was a post-doctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. Show full bio
Dr. Woodside’s research centers around the role that cell adhesion plays in cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and the development of novel means to identify and treat these diseases. He has authored numerous publications, served on Editorial Review Boards, and currently chairs the NIH Innovative Immunology Study Section.
Texas Heart Institute Positions
- Associate Director, Molecular Cardiology Research
Interests
- Inflammation
- Non-invasive diagnostic imaging technologies
Education
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Undergraduate:
Queen's University at Kingston
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Postgraduate:
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Fellowships:
The Scripps Research Institute
Honors, Awards and Memberships
Publications
Recent News
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