Our Team

Donald Welsh

VITAL Co-Director

Research Interests / Specializations: Ascertaining how Ca 2+ channels on the plasma membrane (L- and T-type) and the sarcoplasmic reticulum (ryanodine and IP3 -receptors) govern arterial constriction.
Teaching: Professor; Department of Physiology & Pharmacology

Geoffrey Pickering

VITAL Co-Director

Research Interests / Specializations: Identification of pathways by which cells of the artery wall contribute to vascular disease
Teaching: Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Medical Biophysics

Chris Ellis

VITAL Co-Director

Research Interests / Specializations: Microcirculation & Cellular Biophysics (Vascular Biology)
Teaching: Professor; Department of Medical Biophysics

Suzanne Brett Welsh

VITAL Manager

Stephanie Milkovich

Technical Manager