Investigator

Shyamala Dakshinamurti

MD MSc

  • Accepting Students: Yes
  • Research Category: Childhood Diseases

Contact

Current Positions

Professor, Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

MSc (Physiology), University of Manitoba
Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship, University of Manitoba
Pediatrics Residency, University of Chicago
MD, University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Neonatal Pulmonary Biology
I study the physiology and pharmacology of the pulmonary circulation, and of neonatal circulatory transition.

Research Interests

- Smooth muscle cell biology, cell signaling and pharmacology
- Pulmonary circulation hemodynamics