Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering | Director, iPS Cell Core | Assistant Professor, Genetics - GIDP | Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Jared Churko, PhD, joined the University of Arizona Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine in April 2018 following his position as an Instructor within Stanford University's Cardiovascular Institute. His lab is located within the Sarver Heart Center, where he studies heart development and cardiovascular disease. Specifically, his lab combines systems biology, stem cell biology, cardiac biology, genetic engineering, and bioinformatics to understand the mechanisms leading to heart disease. He is appointed as the Director of the University of Arizona iPSC Core funded by BIO5 and the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science.