Danuta Szczesna-Cordary, PhD
General Information

Contact
- Fax: 305-243-4555
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Languages
- English
- English, Polish
Roles
- Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
Research Interests
• General areas of interest: Biochemistry, biophysics and physiology of striated muscle contraction.
• Specific areas of interest: The role of myosin, and myosin light chains, regulatory (RLC) and essential (ELC) in the heart in health and disease.
Visit our laboratory webpage for specific research projects:
http://lab.szczesna-cordary.miami
Awards
Invited to NIH/SMEP study section - 2012-2018
Center for Scientific Review – 2010 Appreciation of Service Award (NIH/CCHF study section member - 2006-2010)
Robert J. Boucek, MD Research Award – 2005 American Heart Association
Education
1993-1994 Postdoctoral
Florida State University
1990-1993 Postdoctoral
Boston Biomedical Research Institute
1989 PhD
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
1976 M.Sc.
University of Warsaw
Publications
Biography
Academic:
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Research Associate/Adjunct (1983-1990)
- Institute of Cytology Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Visiting Research Fellow (1984-1985)
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Salzburg, Austria
Visiting Research Fellow (1986-1987)
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow (1990-1992)
- Florida State University, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Tallahassee, FL
Postdoctoral Associate (1993-1994)
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (MCP), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
- Sr. Postdoctoral Associate (1994-1995)
- Instructor (1995-1997)
- Research Assistant Professor (1997-2003)
- Research Associate Professor (2003-2006)
- Associate Professor Tenure track (2006-2012), tenured (June 2010)
- Professor with tenure (2012-present)
Director, Training Program in Cardiovascular Signaling (2011-2013)
Member of the Vascular Biology Institute (2012-present)
Member, Scientific Awards Committee (2011-2014)
Member, Graduate Program Committee (2009-present)
Member, Graduate Faculty (2003-present)