John Ahrens and Joseph C. Wu

John Ahrens is a recent graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Biomechanical Engineering. His research has focused in the application of induced pluripotent stem cells as models for drug discovery and disease modelling.

Joseph C. Wu is Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and Professor in the Department of Medicine (Cardiology) and Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His lab works on biological mechanisms of patient-specific and disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The main goals are to (i) understand basic cardiovascular disease mechanisms, (ii) accelerate drug discovery and screening, and (iii) develop personalized medicine and “clinical trial in a dish” platforms. His lab uses a combination of genomics, stem cells, cellular & molecular biology, physiological testing, and molecular imaging technologies to better understand molecular and pathophysiological processes. His clinical interests as a cardiologist involve cardiovascular imaging and adult congenital heart disease.