Radu Iliescu, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Physiology & Biophysics

PHONE:  (601) 984-2899
FAX:  (601) 984-1817

Biographical Sketch (pdf)

Areas of Expertise

General: Regulation of blood pressure and mechanisms of hypertension. Hypertensive renal and cardiac injury. Role of sex hormones in the cardiovascular system.

Specific: Role of baroreflexes and renal autoregulation in cardiovascular dynamics in health and disease.

Techniques

Chronic physiological assessment of cardiovascular - renal parameters in rodents and large mammals. Analysis of spontaneous fluctuations of blood pressure, heart rate and renal blood flow. Steady-state and dynamic techniques for assessment of baroreflex and renal autoregulatory function. Quantitative modeling of dynamic physiological processes. Determinations of gene expression at mRNA and protein level. Biochemical measurement of reactive species and oxidative stress.