Affiliation: Brown University

Dr. Chris Mantsounga earned his PhD in Cardiovascular Pathology from the University of Paris V Descartes, France. He subsequently completed postdoctoral research in vascular biology at Rhode Island Hospital, USA. Dr. Mantsounga is a research assistant professor of medicine at Brown University and a research biologist at the Ocean State Research Institute at the Providence VA Medical Center.

His research focuses on the mechanisms of immune-mediated vascular remodeling, with particular emphasis on the role of macrophages in directing biological processes such as angiogenesis, arteriogenesis, and vascular calcification in the context of diabetes mellitus and age-related vascular dysfunction.