
Linda Demer
PROFESSOR
BIOENGINEERING
Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Bioengineering
Executive Vice Chair of Medicine
Executive Director of the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program
17-052 CHS
Email:Phone: (310) 206-2677
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- vascular biology
- biomineralization
- vascular calcification
- mesenchymal stem cells
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
- B.S., University of Arizona, 1977
- M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1983
- Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1983
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, 1984-85
- Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Texas School of Medicine, 1985-88
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Elected Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Atherosclerosis, 2009
- Fifth Annual Stewart-Niewiarowski Award for Women in Vascular Biology, 2007
- Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award of the American Heart Association for Basic Science and Clinical Research, 2003
- Franklin D. Murphy Research Prize, UCLA, 2002
- UCLA Chancellor’s Award for Academic Border Crossing, 2002
- Davidson Memorial Endowed Lectureship, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2001
- Stein/Oppenheimer Award for Biomedical Research, 1993