Timothy A. Mccaffrey
Senior Investigator
Genomics
St. Laurent Institute
Russian Federation
Biography
Timothy A. McCaffrey, Ph.D. received his B.A. from St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, and his Master’s and Doctorate from Purdue University. He founded the Genomics Core Facility at Weill/Cornell Medical School. In 2001, he relocated his laboratory to The George Washington University Medical Center where he founded the Genomics Core Facility. He was recently awarded a prestigious MERIT Award from the NIH for his work on vascular aging. He recently finished his tenure as the Chair of the Biology of Aging Study Section for the National Institutes on Aging (NIA). In 2004, he was named Director of The Catherine Birch McCormick Genomics Center at GWU and Vice-Chair of The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Dr. McCaffrey's research is focused on the molecular defects in the cells that compose the atherosclerotic lesion. His current work employs genomics to identity candidate systems for drug interventions, and novel biomarkers of atherosclerosis for diagnostics. He has ongoing projects in the adult stem cell therapy for myocardial infarction.
Research Interest
vascular aging, Genomics
