Paul A. Iaizzo, PhD
Professor, Visible Heart Laboratory
Contact Info
Fellowship, Postdoctoral NIH research Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN; Postdoctoral Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Research, Department of Neurology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
PhD, University of Minnesota, Physiology (Neurophysiology)
M.S., Physiology, University of Minnesota, Duluth
B.S., Biology, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Post-doc, Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic (NIH fellowship)
Post-doc, Neurophysiology, Technical University of Munich
Summary
To view Dr. Iaizzo's curriculum vitae, please visit his Visible Heart Laboratory web profile.
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Translational Systems Physiology
- Physiology of skeletal and cardiac muscle (in vivo, in situ and in vitro); Medical device design.
- Cardiac Anatomy: http://www.vhlab.umn.edu/atlas
- Pathophysiology of human skeletal muscle. Effects of anesthetic agents on the function of extrafusal and intrafusal skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle.
- Development of novel instrumentation and biomedical devices for physiological monitoring, clinical evaluation and/or therapeutic use.
- Role of elevated intracellular [Ca2+] in: 1) cell signaling; 2) dystrophic processes within skeletal muscle; and 3) cell toxicity.
- Physiological and pathological oscillations of the musculoskeletal system (e.g., tremor, shiver and clonus).
- Physiology of thermoregulation and biomedical applications of heat transfer in humans.
- Non-invasive and invasive correlates of wound formation, status, healing and prevention: development of animal models, and the design of biomedical instrumentation.
- Cervical and lumbar spinal cord biomechanics and management of back pain.