URMC / Cardiovascular Research Institute / Research / Small Lab / Lab Members Lab Members Principal InvestigatorEric M. Small, Ph.D.Phone: (585) 276-9795Email EricResearch Interest: Transcriptional regulation of fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosisFacultyRyan Burke, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorEmail RyanPearl Quijada, Ph.D.Research Assistant ProfessorEmail PearlPostdoctoral ScholarsAlan Brooks, M.D., Ph.DPostdoctoral AssociateResearch StaffChristine ChristieMicrosurgery Core Technical AssociateRonald DirkxTechnical AssociateGraduate StudentsKimberly Burgos Villar, M.S.PWD Cell Biology of Disease Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Scar formation and inflammatory signaling after a myocardial infarctionAdwiteeya "Aditi" MisraMSTP Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)MD Medical Education (M.D.)BME Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. ProgramResearch Interest: Influence of Cytokines on the Regenerative Potential of the Epicardium. Extracted and incubated hearts from embryos mice in cytokines