Vicky Garcia-Hernandez

Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine

University of Michigan

Vicky Garcia-Hernandez

Dr. Vicky Garcia-Hernandez received her PhD degree in Cellular and Molecular Physiology from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV, Mexico) where she studied the regulation of claudins in the epithelia and she was an instructor in the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico City. Dr. Garcia-Hernandez is currently the lab manager and a Research Lab Specialist in the Parkos and Nusrat group. Her professional interests focus on the epithelia function and regulation, cellular signaling and physiopathology during inflammatory conditions. Her current projects include: A) role of stem cell factor (SCF) in regulation of intestinal mucosal homeostasis and repair after inflammation, and B) regulation of intercellular junctional proteins in the context of epithelial biology, barrier function and pathogenesis of mucosal inflammation in the gut.

Publications

Systematisk scoringsanalyse for tarmbetændelse i en Murine Dextran Natrium sulfat-induceret colitismodel

1Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, 2Department of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 3Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Linköping University, 4Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV), Linköping University

JoVE 62135

 Immunology and Infection