Zhiyu Dai, PhD

Washington University in St. Louis (WU)

My research aims to understand the lung vascular homeostasis and the pathogenesis of cardiopulmonary diseases using novel animal models, integrated pharmacological approaches, genome editing and single cell RNA-sequencing and spatial transcriptomics. In addition, I investigate delineation the molecular and cellular mechanisms of right heart failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and identification of therapeutic targets for the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases patients.