- Akinnola I, Rossi DR, et al. “Engineering functional vasculature in decellularized lungs depends on comprehensive endothelial cell tropism”. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2021)
Godin LM, Sandri BJ, Meyer CM, Price AP, Akinnola I, Panoskaltsis-Mortari I, et al. “Decreased Laminin Expression by Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts Cultured in Acellular Lung Scaffolds from Aged Mice”. PloS One. (2016)
Iffy joined the Physical Medicine and Rehab residency program at Northwestern University.
Education
M.D., University of Minnesota Medical School, 2023
Ph.D., Physiology, University of Minnesota, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, 2021
Thesis: Reconstitution of vascular endothelium within decellularized lung scaffolds.
Advisor: Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Ph.D.
B.S., University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2015
Awards & Recognition
MSTP Leadership in Diversity Fellowship, 2021