The FitzGerald Lab

Garret A. FitzGerald, MD, FRS
 garret@upenn.edu
 215-898-1185

Dr. FitzGerald's research has been characterized by an integrative approach to elucidating the mechanisms of drug action, drawing on work in cells, model organisms and humans. His work contributed substantially to the development of low-dose aspirin for cardioprotection. FitzGerald's lab was the first to predict and then mechanistically explain the cardiovascular hazard from NSAIDs. He has also discovered many products of lipid peroxidation and established their utility as indices of oxidant stress in vivo. His laboratory was the first to discover a molecular clock in the cardiovascular system and has studied the importance of peripheral clocks in the regulation of cardiovascular and metabolic function.

Emanuela Ricciotti, PharmD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
 emanuela@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 215-898-9391

Research Expertise: Genomic, proteomic and metabolomics analysis of inflammatory pathways in vascular cells.

LaVenia Banas
Clinical Research Nurse
 banas@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Robin Joshi
Research Investigator, Senior
 Robin.Joshi@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Single cell proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics in circadian rhythms using mass spectrometery 

Sean Kelch
Research Specialist
 Sean.Kelch@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: circadian rhythms, metabolism, and biological imaging

Ryan McConnell
Research Specialist A
 ryan.mcconnell@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: The interplay between immune-checkpoint inhibition and eicosanoid modulation on the immune
response in atherosclerosis

Georgios K. Paschos, PhD
Research Investigator, Senior
 gpaschos@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 215-898-8360

Research Expertise: Circadian regulation of metabolism

Carsten C. Skarke, MD
Research Investigator, Senior
 cskarke@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
 215-662-7186

Research Expertise: Human Clock Biology and Human Phenomics

Sarah Teegarden
Associate Director / Lab Manager
 sarahtee@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Circadian rhythms, fitness, and metabolism

Takae Tanosaki
Research Specialist
 Takae.Tanosaki@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Respiratory Medicine, Allergy, COX2 and lipid metabolism

Weili Yan
Research Specialist C
 weiliyan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Small animal surgical models

Soon Yew Tang
Research Investigator, Senior
 tangsoon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: The role of prostaglandins in cardiometabolic function

Kayla Barekat
Postdoc Researcher
 kbarekat@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: NSAID-microbiome interactions and gastroenteropathy

Ujjalkumar Das
Postdoc Researcher
 Ujjalkumar.Das@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Biological role of low abundance lipids and proteomic perturbations in chronobiology using Mass Spectrometry

Soumita Ghosh
Research Associate
 soumita@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Interindividual variability of NSAID pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Liz Hennessy
Research Associate
 ehenn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Long non-coding RNAs as regulators of cardiovascular disease and inflammation

Nadim El Jamal
Postdoc Researcher
 nadim.eljamal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research interests: Circadian rhythms, cardiovascular disease, aging

Ronan Lordan
Postdoc Researcher
 ronan.lordan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Interests: Circadian dysfunction, aging, and metabolism