Peter F. Davies
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Peter F. Davies is affiliated to Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Peter F. Davies is currently providing services as Professor. Dr. Peter F. Davies authored and co-authored multiple Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, particularly arterial biology and pathology (atherosclerosis). Mechanisms of interaction of hemodynamic forces with the vascular endothelium and vascular cell-cell interactions. Systems biology of the endothelium. Experimental approaches ranging from cell and molecular biology, membrane biophysics, to biomechanics, computational fluid dynamics, endocardial endothelium and 4D-flow MRI..
Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, particularly arterial biology and pathology (atherosclerosis). Mechanisms of interaction of hemodynamic forces with the vascular endothelium and vascular cell-cell interactions. Systems biology of the endothelium. Experimental approaches ranging from cell and molecular biology, membrane biophysics, to biomechanics, computational fluid dynamics, endocardial endothelium and 4D-flow MRI.
Publications
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Davies PF, Manduchi E, Stoeckert CJ, Jiménez JM, Jiang Y-Z (2017) Biofluids, Cell Mechanics and Epigenetics: Flow-induced Epigenetic Mechanisms of endothelial gene expression. Journal of Biomechanics 50: 3-10.
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McCormick ME, Manduchi E, Witschey WRT, Gorman RC, Davies PF, et al. (2017) Spatial phenotyping of the endocardial endothelium as a function of intracardiac hemodynamic shear stress Journal of Biomechanics 50: 11-19.