Name: Josh Edavettal
Program Entry: Summer 2021
Department: Physiology
Mentor: Dr. Jason Gardner
Hometown: NA / a bit of everywhere (military brat)
Education: M.S. Pharmacology, Tulane University; B.S. Chemistry, Louisiana Tech
Past Research Experience: My graduate research at Tulane was on lentiviral vectors, while my undergraduate research at Louisiana Tech was on neurophysiology and sleep deprivation.
Publications:
Edavettal JM, Gardner JD. New insight into the regression of cardiac fibrosis Heart and Circ. AJP 2022 June 24
Johnson NM, Alvarado AF, Moffatt TN, Edavettal JM, Swaminathan TA, Braun SE. HIV-based lentiviral vectors: origin and sequence differences. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2021 Mar 27; 21:451-465.
Current Research Interest: alcoholic cardiomyopathy and cardiac fibrosis and inflammation
Current Medical Interest: I’m fascinated by cardiology and ortho surgery.
Career Goal: My plan is to be involved in translational research focusing on pharmaceutical or prosthetic development, while treating patients.
What makes you unique? I picked up kendo this year.