Education
Ph.D., Physiology, University of Minnesota, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, 2024
Thesis: Interaction of afferent renal nerve activity and IL-1R signaling in hypertension
Advisor: John Osborn, PhD
B.S., Biology, Boston College, 2013
Awards/Presentations
- Allan Hemingway Scholarship, University of Minnesota, IBP, 2018
- Oral Abstract Presentation at AHA Hypertension 2022 Scientific Ses-sions: Afferent Renal Denervation And IL-1 Receptor Blockade Atten-uate The Pathogenesis Of Hypertension In DOCA-salt Mice
- Oral Abstract Presentation at Experimental Biology 2022: Afferent renal denervation attenuates DOCA-salt hypertension in the mouse: Potential role of an IL-1β afferent renal nerve interaction
Publications
- Baumann D, …Vulchanova L, Osborn JW. Evidence for IL-1 receptor mediated activation of renal sensory nerves in the pathogenesis of neurogenic hyperten-sion in the DOCA-salt mouse. 2024, Manuscript accepted in Hypertension pending revision
- Drawz P, Baumann D, Dayton A. Renal denervation: recent developments in clinical and preclinical research. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2023;32(5):404-411. doi:10.1097/MNH.0000000000000908
- Wong A, Akhaphong B, Baumann D, Alejandro EU. Genetic Ablation of the Nutri-ent Sensor Ogt in Endocrine Progenitors Is Dispensable for ββ-Cell Development but Essential for Maintenance of ββ-Cell Mass. Biomedicines. 2022;11(1):105. Published 2022 Dec 30. doi:10.3390/biomedicines11010105
- Akhaphong B, Baumann D, Beetch M, Lockridge AD, Jo S,…,Alejandro EU. “Placental mTOR complex 1 regulates fetal programming of obesity and insulin resistance in mice”. JCI Insight. 2021 Jul 8;6(13):e149271.
- Baumann D, Wong A, Akhaphong B, Jo S, Pritchard S, Mohan R, ,…,Alejandro EU. “Role of nutrient-driven O-GlcNAc-post-translational modification in pan-creatic exocrine and endocrine islet development.” Development. 2020;147(7):dev186643