Associate Professor
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Full Member
Kathryn Howe
Location
UHN-Toronto General Hospital
Research Interests
Cardiovascular Systems, Molecular & Cell Biology
Research Themes
Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Musculoskeletal
Accepting
MSc, PhD
Administrative Assistant: Karima Bandali, Karima.Bandali@uhn.ca
Research Synopsis
Many people have atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries but only some cause strokes - the problem is we don’t know which ones. Our laboratory is trying to understand how cells within blood vessels communicate with one another in diseases such as atherosclerosis using secreted vesicles containing genetic code. The main goal of this research is to better understand these cellular communication signals in order to identify and treat plaques that are going to cause a problem so that we can prevent a stroke.