Postdoctoral Research Associate - Rosas Lab

Position Summary: The University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy is recruiting for a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacy Practice with Dr. Paola Rosas' laboratory supported by NIH and AHA funding. Dr. Rosas' laboratory investigates the mechanisms underlying heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), with a particular focus on the gut–heart axis, and cardiometabolic disease. Using integrated molecular, physiological, and translational approaches, the lab studies how intestinal barrier dysfunction, inflammation, microbiota-derived metabolites, and cardiac signaling pathways contribute to HFpEF pathogenesis and evaluates novel therapeutic strategies to improve cardiovascular outcomes. Duties Responsibilities: Design, perform, analyze, and interpret experiments aimed at studying the pathways that lead to heart failure due to stressors such as aging, obesity. Support pre-clinical studies in murine models of heart failure and obesity. Conduct Animal experiments and include echocardiography, pressure - volume measurements, skinned fiber measurements, metabolic phenotyping, biochemistry studies, among others. Communicate research results via scientific publications or presentations at national and international conferences. Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge or research principles, concepts, and practices and methods. Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.