2011 ASH Program Book - American Society of Hypertension

Young Scholar Award*
Monday, May 23, 2011, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM • East Ballroom • Third Floor
Michael J. Ryan, PhD
Dr. Ryan is an Associate Professor of
Physiology & Biophysics at the University
of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson,
MS. He earned his doctorate from the
State University of New York at Buffalo
in 1999 and received his post-doctoral
training at the University of Iowa from
1999-2004. In 2004, he was recruited as
an Assistant Professor of Physiology &
Biophysics at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center where he rose to his current
rank of Associate Professor in 2009.
Dr. Ryan’s research focuses on the
mechanistic role that chronic inflammation has in the development of
hypertension. In order to examine this link, he studies an animal model
that develops the chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE). Hypertension is prevalent and cardiovascular
disease is a leading cause of death in individuals with SLE. Dr. Ryan is
specifically interested in the effect of immune and inflammatory mediators
on renal function, renal injury and vascular physiology as it pertains to
the development of hypertension. His work has been continuously funded
by the American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Ryan currently sits on the editorial board of Hypertension, the American
Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology,
the Journal of Hypertension and Frontiers in Vascular Physiology.
He is an active member of the American Heart Association peer review
system serving as a co-chair of the Vascular Biology & Blood Pressure
II peer review committee. Dr. Ryan is a Fellow of the American Heart
Association and serves on the Leadership Committee of the Council
for High Blood Pressure as well as on the Greater Southeast Affiliate
Research Committee. Ryan is also an active member of the American
Physiological Society. He has served on the Porter Physiology Development
Committee and currently serves on the Education Committee of
the American Physiological Society where he actively contributes to the
educational missions of the society.
*Supported by an educational grant from SERVIER.
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