William C. Sessa, PhD
Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology); Vice Chairman, Pharmacology; Director, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and PhysiologyDevelopmental Therapeutics
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Pharmacology
Internal Medicine: (Liver Center) | Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Developmental Therapeutics
Research Interests
Vascular endothelium and inflammation; MiRNAs; Vascular development and angiogenesis; Lipid domains and signaling; Atherosclerosis
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Education
- Ph.D., New York Medical College, 1988
Selected Publication
- Harrison, K.D., Miao, R.Q., Fernandez-Hernando, C., Suarez, Y., Davalos, A. and Sessa, W.C. Nogo-B receptor stabilizes Nieman Pick Type C2 protein and regulate intracellular cholesterol trafficking. Cell Metabolism, 10: 208-218 (2009).
Articles
May/June 2011
Leader in blood vessel biology and disease is appointed as Alfred Gilman Professor
William C. Sessa, Ph.D., a leading researcher on blood vessel function and vascular disease, has been designated as the...
Jan/Feb 2009
Pushing the envelope
In 2006, self-styled endurance artist David Blaine, equipped with a breathing tube, had himself sealed inside a...
Nov/Dec 2007
New building is ‘a place for great science’
“This is the future,” declared Yale President Richard C. Levin at the October 5 ribbon cutting for the medical school’s...
Nov/Dec 2007
An Akt against heart disease
As blood courses through the 100,000 miles of vessels in an adult’s circulatory system, cholesterol, fats and other...
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