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Julie Phillippi, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Dr. Phillippi is the UPMC Pellegrini Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery with Tenure at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She serves as the Vice Chair for Cardiac Research and Director of Postdoctoral Research in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Bioengineering in the Swanson School of Engineering, and is member faculty with the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Phillippi leads a research team of vasa vasorum enthusiasts with the goal of leveraging basic science discoveries in cell and matrix pathophysiology to develop less invasive and preventative treatments for cardiopulmonary diseases. Most of her team’s work leverages a human vascular tissue and cell bank comprised of over 1,000 unique patient specimens amassed through collaborative partnerships with cardiothoracic surgeons. Dr. Phillippi is contact PI on an active NIH R01 award, a completed R01 (pending renewal), a completed R56 award (2015-2016), and Co-I on an R01 award from NHLBI (2012-2018 and 2020-2025). She is PI on an active award from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Commonwealth Universal Research Enrichment Program (2021-2025). Dr. Phillippi has authored or co-authored 48 peer-reviewed original research articles and 4 review articles and 4 perspectives and commentaries. Her publications have garnered >4000 citations with an h-index of 34. Dr. Phillippi’s work in developing vascular extracellular matrix hydrogels led to issued patents in the United States (#11,406,736), Europe (#3402876), and Australia (#2017207015). She is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology. Dr. Phillippi is also an Associate Editor for Science Advances, of the Science family of journals published by AAAS.

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