Professor and Dept Chair
Integrative biology of cardiovascular function
Research Type
IBP PhD Graduate Program
UMN Medical School Bio
Joseph M. Metzger, Ph.D., is the Maurice Visscher Land-Grant Chair of Physiology and Professor and Head of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Research Summary
We seek mechanistic insights into normal and diseased cardiac muscle function. Our overarching goal is to translate basic science discoveries into potential therapeutic strategies to combat inherited and acquired forms of heart disease.