{"id":528,"date":"2017-11-13T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T18:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2021-07-12T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T19:23:12","slug":"dr-herrera-and-dr-ruiz-opazo-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/labs\/dr-herrera-and-dr-ruiz-opazo-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Herrera and Ruiz-Opazo Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-wci\/files\/2017\/10\/Vherrera-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"185\" class=\" wp-image-790 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2017\/10\/Vherrera-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2017\/10\/Vherrera.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Victoria.Herrera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Victoria L. M. Herrera, MD<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Professor of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute and Department of Medicine, BUSM; Associate Director for Medicine at BU Nanotechnology Innovation Center <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Research interests in t<\/b><b>ranslational <\/b><b>m<\/b><b>edicine:<\/b> integrating clinical and basic sciences into molecular medicine and nanomedicine approaches towards solving clinical unmet needs<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Education and Training:<\/b> MD, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Visiting International Fellow, Harvard University GSAS; Pediatrics: U Mass Med Center and Boston Children\u2019s\u2019 Hospital (BCH), Harvard Medical School (HMS); Pediatric &amp; Molecular Cardiology, BCH, HMS; Molecular Genetics in Cardiovascular Disease, BUSM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Service: <\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b>member National Academy of Inventors; NIH reviewer: Cardiovascular-A study section (1994-1998), Cancer Biotherapeutics and Development <i>\u2013 ad hoc<\/i> current; founding scientific adviser for the PGH-Child Protection Unit and Child Protection Network, Philippines<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-wci\/files\/2021\/06\/nelson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2021\/06\/nelson.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2021\/06\/nelson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2021\/06\/nelson-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Nelson.RuizOpazo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Nelson Ruiz-Opazo, PhD\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Professor of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Research interests in integrated <\/b><b>b<\/b><b>iology: <\/b>\u00a0applying basic science tools towards an integrated approach to advance discoveries towards novel therapies with mechanism-based efficacy and safety optimized to disease-specific contexts<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Education and Training: <\/b>PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; post-doctoral fellowship in Molecular Cardiology, Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Service: <\/b>member National Academy of Inventors; <i>ad hoc<\/i> reviewer for National Institutes of Health, Medical Research Council UK, Israel Science Foundation, Royal Irish Academy, <i>ad hoc <\/i>reviewer for peer reviewed journals.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Victoria L. 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