Dr. Mansoureh Eghbali is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UCLA. She is also the Director of the Physician-Scientist Training Program and Director of the Basic Science Training Environment in the department. She received her Ph.D. degree from the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in 1999 followed by postdoctoral training at
UCLA (1999–2002). Her lab studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of heart disease (heart failure, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, and cardiac arrest induced by anesthetic overdose), and lung disease (pulmonary hypertension and acute lung injury), and develops novel therapeutics such as micro-RNAs for heart disease and lung disease. Her lab also studies sex differences in cardiovascular disease in particular the role of estrogen, estrogen receptors, and more recently the role of sex chromosomes.
