Khalid El Saafien, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
About Khalid El Saafien
Khalid El Saafien, Ph.D., is an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow. He conducted his graduate training at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; where he investigated the interplay between the autonomic nervous system and the immune system in the regulation of cardiovascular physiology. Following his Ph.D., Khalid moved to Gainesville in fall 2019 to join the laboratory of Dr. Eric Krause as a Postdoctoral Associate.
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Research Profile
My research focuses on probing neural circuitry controlling and regulating blood pressure in cardiovascular disease. My research utilizes an integrative state-of-the-art approach that combines Cre-LoxP technology, virally-mediated gene transfer, in vivo optogenetics, in vivo calcium imagining, cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology to decipher neural circuity involved in the moment-to-moment control and regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular physiology.
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Hypertension
- Integrative neuroscience
- Systems Neurophysiology
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Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 392-9236
- Business:
- khalid.elsaafien@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100487
GAINESVILLE FL 32610