Maria Alicia Carrillo Sepulveda

Maria Alicia Carrillo Sepulveda

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Biomedical Sciences

Campus: Long Island

Area(s) of Expertise: Vascular Biology, Vascular Complications in Diabetes

Education Credentials: B.S.N., Ph.D.

Joined New York Tech: 2014


Maria Alicia Carrillo Sepulveda specializes in vasculo-metabolic physiology. Sepulveda received her B.S. in Nursing from the University State of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil), and her Specialization in Cardiology from the Heart Institute at the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). After four years in clinical practice, Sepulveda transitioned to a scientific career and received her Ph.D. from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) where she investigated the mechanisms by which thyroid hormones regulate vascular function. Sepulveda obtained a total of five years of post-doctoral training in hypertension from Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa (USA) and in vascular physiology from the Medical College of Georgia (USA), where she developed expertise in vascular physiology and pharmacology.

While transitioning to Assistant Professor at NYITCOM in 2015, Sepulveda established an independent research program in vascular physiology and metabolism. Sepulveda’s lab focuses on understanding mechanisms by which metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes alter key molecular mediators that are essential for maintaining vascular integrity. Sepulveda’s group has recently identified that lysine acetylation, a posttranslational modification (PTM), is linked to metabolic disorders-induced vascular dysfunction. Moreover, in collaboration with a research group under the leadership of Martin Gerdes, Ph.D., her lab has investigated how thyroid hormones can directly alter vascular function.

Sepulveda’s laboratory uses cutting-edge integrative approaches (in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo) and state-of-the-art approaches like pre-clinical mice models of obesity and diabetes and genetically engineering mutant mice. Trainees in the lab receive extensive training ranging from molecular and cellular biology to integrated cardiovascular physiology.

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