José Eduardo Krieger


	José Eduardo Krieger is provost for research at USP, where he is full professor at the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Cardiopulmonology and director of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Cardiology of the faculty's Institute of Heart. He graduated from USP's Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto in 1984 and holds a Ph.D. in physiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1988). His post-doctorate period in molecular biology was spent at Harvard Medical School (1989-1990) and at the Stanford University School of Medicine (1990-1992). He became a lecturer of USP in 1990. Professor Krieger is a regular member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and president of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo. His research activities are focused on the identification of molecular markers associated with the genesis of cardiovascular diseases and the development of new therapeutic approaches for cardiac regeneration.

José Eduardo Krieger is provost for research at USP, where he is full professor at the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Cardiopulmonology and director of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Cardiology of the faculty's Institute of Heart. He graduated from USP's Faculty of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto in 1984 and holds a Ph.D. in physiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin (1988). His post-doctorate period in molecular biology was spent at Harvard Medical School (1989-1990) and at the Stanford University School of Medicine (1990-1992). He became a lecturer of USP in 1990. Professor Krieger is a regular member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and president of the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo. His research activities are focused on the identification of molecular markers associated with the genesis of cardiovascular diseases and the development of new therapeutic approaches for cardiac regeneration.