Faculty and Staff
Director, Molecular
Genetics Program, Adult Medical genetics Program, Institute Faculty Researcher
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Dr. Mestroni was recruited in 1998 to head the Institute’s Molecular Genetics Program. Her Research team seeks to identify the genetic cause of dilated cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of heart failure, which is primarily inherited and runs in families. Her team studies adult and child patients, conducting clinical trials that track the appearance and progress of familial cardiomyopathy within family populations. A primary asset of the CU-CVI is Dr. Mestroni’s Human Genome Project, which contains one of the largest human tissue collections in the world, from explanted human and experimental animal hearts. Data from the Project has produced discoveries by institute scientists that have resulted in new diagnostic techniques and improvements in the way physicians and researchers worldwide approach and treat heart failure. |