Jin O-Uchi
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Credentials
MD, PhD, FAHA, FCVS
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: Esther Almeida
Email: ealmeida@umn.edu
Mail: 2231 6th Street SE
4-132
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Jin O-Uchi MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lillehei Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division at the University of Minnesota. Dr. O-Uchi received the MD and PhD degree from Jikei University School of Medicine in Japan. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Rochester and worked as an Instructor and a Research Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University. Prior to his position with the U of MN, , he was at Cardiovascular Research Center at Brown University and Rhode island Hospital as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. His research potential has been recognized at a national level by grant awards from NIH/NHLBI, NIH/NIGMS, American Heart Association (AHA) and American Physiological Society (APS). He serves on several editorial boards for publications including Frontiers in Physiology; Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine; Frontiers in Genetics; Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology; World Journal of Cardiology; Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research; and JSM Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. O-Uchi is a Fellow of Cardiovascular Section of American Physiological Society (FCVS), and a Trustee (elected) of Japanese Physiological Society (JPS). He is a member of the and the American Heart Association (AHA), International Society for Heart Research (ISHR), American Physiological Society (APS), Biophysical Society (BPS), and Cardiac Muscle Society, among others. His research interests include cardiac excitation-contarction/metabolism coupling, heart failure, sudden cardiac death, cardiac channelopathies, and cardiac mitochondrial biology. Come work with us! Visit https://med.umn.edu/lhi/about/jobs to see open positions in the O-Uchi lab.
Research Summary
Arrhythmia Heart Failure Adrenergic Signaling Ion Channels Mitochondria
Clinical Summary
Arrhythmia; Heart Failure