Daynene M. Vykoukal, PhD

Daynene Vykoukal, PhD, joined The Texas Heart Institute in 2014 and serves as the Assistant Director of Education. In this role, she supports The Institute’s educational programs and outreach activities, including Continuing Medical Education, The School of Perfusion Technology, The Texas Heart Institute Journal, the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program, Undergraduate Medical Education, and the Center for Women’s Heart & Vascular Health. Show full bio

In her most recent position as the Assistant Director of Communications and Publications, she highlighted the research findings, academic activities, educational involvement, and community outreach efforts of The Institute’s employees, trainees, and Academic Professional Staff. She previously served as Manager for the Office of Development, where she supported fundraising initiatives and philanthropic stewardship responsibilities. Before that, she assisted research efforts as a Senior Scientific Grant Writer/Editor in the Scientific Publications group, where she helped investigators apply for grants from federal, state, and private funding sources.

She received a BS in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University in 1994 and a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Baylor College of Medicine in 2001, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.  She has specialized in cardiovascular research, publication, and educational support since 2009.

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Education

  • Undergraduate:

    Texas A&M University

  • Graduate:

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Fellowships:

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Publications

Vykoukal, D. and Davies, M. G. (2012). Biology of metabolic syndrome in a vascular patient. Vascular 20, 156–165. https://doi.org/10.1258/vasc.2011.201201.
Masud, F., Zainab, A., Ratnani, I. et al. (2011). Updates on critical care management of cardiovascular patients. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 7, 28–32
Masud, F., Larson-Pollock, K., Leveque, C. et al. (2011). Establishing a culture of blood management through education: a quality initiative study of postoperative blood use in CABG patients at Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. Am J Med Qual 26, 349–356. https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860611398532.
Vykoukal, D. and Davies, M. G. (2011). Vascular biology of metabolic syndrome. J Vasc Surg 54, 819–831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2011.01.003.
Fernandez-Moure, J. S., Vykoukal, D. and Davies, M. G. (2011). Biology of aortic aneurysms and dissections. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 7, 2–7
Masud, F. and Vykoukal, D. (2011). Preventing healthcare-associated infections in cardiac surgical patients as a hallmark of excellence. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 7, 48–50
Alt, E., Yan, Y., Gehmert, S. et al. (2011). Fibroblasts share mesenchymal phenotypes with stem cells, but lack their differentiation and colony-forming potential. Biol Cell 103, 197–208. https://doi.org/10.1042/BC20100117.
Vykoukal, D. and Davies, M. G. (2010). Metabolic syndrome and outcomes after renal intervention. Cardiol Res Pract 2011, 781035. https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/781035.
Bai, X., Yan, Y., Song, Y.-H. et al. (2010). Both cultured and freshly isolated adipose tissue-derived stem cells enhance cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 31, 489–501. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp568.
Vykoukal, D. M., Gascoyne, P. R. C. and Vykoukal, J. (2009). Dielectric characterization of complete mononuclear and polymorphonuclear blood cell subpopulations for label-free discrimination. Integr Biol (Camb) 1, 477–484. https://doi.org/10.1039/b906137a.