Committees and Councils

Claudia Kasserra, PhD

Dr. Kasserra received her B.Sc. from the University of Guelph in 1984, Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of British Columbia in 1993, and completed postdoctoral training in cardiac metabolism using novel imaging techniques at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the NIH. She was recruited by Galileo Laboratories, CA, in 1996 as associate scientist for preclinical pharmacology in cardiovascular diseases, and joined Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals (Canada) in 1997 to direct inflammation/immunology programs, becoming Director of Pharmacology in 2002. She joined the Early Clinical Research & Experimental Medicine Division at Schering-Plough Research Institute in 2005. Dr. Kasserra is an active member of the American Physiological Society and the Inflammation Research Association. She has served as reviewer for Circulation, Cardiovascular Research, and Arthritis and Rheumatism.

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