FACULTY
Michael E. Rosenfeld, PhD, MS
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences (primary department)
Professor, Pathology
Dr. Rosenfeld's primary research emphasis focuses on the effects of environmental factors on the turnover of arterial macrophages and on the stability of advanced atherosclerotic lesions in transgenic hyperlipidemic mouse models. These studies include effects of nutritional factors such as pro-and anti-oxidants and high dietary methionine (leading to hyperhomocysteinemia) and the effects of exogenous hormones such as estrogen and progestins. In collaboration with faculty members in Pathobiology and with colleagues at UCLA, we are also studying the effects of infectious agents such as Influenza virus A and Chlamydia pneumoniae on the death of macrophages and the stability of advanced atherosclerotic lesions.
Contact Information
Box 358050319 Brotman Building (815 Mercer St)
Seattle, WA
Tel: 206-543-1738
Tel: 206-543-1730
Fax: 206-616-1245
ssmjm@u.washington.edu
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Research Interests
Mechanisms of atherogenisis and macrophage gene expression.
Education
PhD, Nutritional Science, University of Wisconsin 1981
MS, Cell Biology, University of Vermont 1978
