Education:
Post Doctoral Fellow: Dr. David G. Harrison's Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ph.D, Physiology, University of Minnesota, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, 2014
Thesis: Role of the Renal Nerves in Hypertension
Advisor: John Osborn, Ph.D.
B.S., University of Minnesota (Biology), 2009
Awards & Recognition
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2013-14
Publications
- Do high-salt microenvironments drive hypertensive inflammation? Foss JD, Kirabo A, Harrison DG. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2017 Jan 1
- Resting Afferent Renal Nerve Discharge and Renal Inflammation: Elucidating the Role of Afferent and Efferent Renal Nerves in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate Salt Hypertension. Banek CT, Knuepfer MM, Foss JD, Fiege JK, Asirvatham-Jeyaraj N, Van Helden D, Shimizu Y, Osborn JW. Hypertension. 2016 Dec
- CD70 Exacerbates Blood Pressure Elevation and Renal Damage in Response to Repeated Hypertensive Stimuli. Itani HA, Xiao L, Saleh MA, Wu J, Pilkinton MA, Dale BL, Barbaro NR, Foss JD, Kirabo A, Montaniel KR, Norlander AE, Chen W, Sato R, Navar LG, Mallal SA, Madhur MS, Bernstein KE, Harrison DG. Circ Res. 2016 Apr 15;118(8):1233-43. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.308111. Epub 2016 Mar 17.
- Differential role of afferent and efferent renal nerves in the maintenance of early- and late-phase Dahl S hypertension. Foss JD, Fink GD, Osborn JW. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2016 Feb 1;310(3):R262-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00408.2015. Epub 2015 Dec 9.
- Renal Denervation Prevents Immune Cell Activation and Renal Inflammation in Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension. Xiao L, Kirabo A, Wu J, Saleh MA, Zhu L, Wang F, Takahashi T, Loperena R, Foss JD, Mernaugh RL, Chen W, Roberts J 2nd, Osborn JW, Itani HA, Harrison DG. Circ Res. 2015 Aug 28;117(6):547-57. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.115.306010. Epub 2015 Jul 8.
- A novel method of selective ablation of afferent renal nerves by periaxonal application of capsaicin. Foss JD, Wainford RD, Engeland WC, Fink GD, Osborn JW. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2015 Jan 15;308(2):R112-22. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00427.2014. Epub 2014 Nov 19.
- Reversal of genetic salt-sensitive hypertension by targeted sympathetic ablation. Foss JD, Fink GD, Osborn JW. Hypertension. 2013 Apr;61(4):806-11. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00474. Epub 2013 Feb 4.