Cammi Valdez, PhD
- Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Diabetes Research Member
Biography
The Valdez Lab takes a four-pronged approach to studying diabetic retinopathy, the eye disease in diabetes. (1) Vascular research: Our lab utilizes diabetic mouse models to study pericyte and endothelial cell interactions in the retinal microvasculature. (2) Tool development: Through computational projects, we are committed to improving and generating new tools to automate microvascular image analysis. (3) Community needs: To better understand the needs of the diabetic community, we are launching a human subjects research project. (4) STEM education: Our lab aims to provide STEM education and outreach on our projects by creating accessible models of the microvasculature.
Additional Websites
- Graduate School
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PhD, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard University
Boston, MA
- Undergraduate School
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Bachelor Degree
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK
- Vascular biology
- Diabetes
- Endothelial Cell-Pericyte interactions
- Pathology and physiology
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Mouse models
- Community needs
- Accessibility
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Crystal structure of di- chlorido-(4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra-aza-bicyclo-[6.6.2]hexa-deca-ne)iron(III)hexa-fluorido-phosphate
2015
Acta Crystallographica E Crystallographic Communications.
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From Pathobiology to the Targeting of Pericytes for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy
2015
Current Diabetes Report
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Retinal microangiopathy in a mouse model of inducible mural cell loss
2014
American Journal of Pathology.
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Heme regulates exocrine peptidase precursor genes in zebrafish
2007
Experimental Biology and Medicine.