Dr. Kathryn Sandberg is Director of the NIH TL1-funded training program in Translational Biomedical Science for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science. She is also Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Sex Differences in health, aging and disease at Georgetown University. Dr. Sandberg’s laboratory focuses on mechanisms underlying the pathological consequences of blood pressure dysregulation in hypertension, renal disease, anorexia nervosa, aging and in cognitive impairment and dementia. Her laboratory is particularly interested in the role of gonadal steroids, physical activity and the immune and renin angiotensin systems in these pathological mechanisms. Multi-disciplinary approaches to address these questions include studies of angiotensin II metabolism and angiotensin receptor translation, signaling and trafficking using biochemical and molecular techniques and confocal microscopy. The immune system is investigated by flow cytometry in bone marrow transplant and adoptive transfer experiments. Cognitive function is assessed in behavioral studies of rodents and computer tests in humans. Physical activity is measured in rodents using free running wheels and by commercial activity trackers in human participants.
PhD Degree: Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore 1987
Postdoctoral Training: Intramural Research Training Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 1987-1990