Virginia M. Miller, Ph.D.
Current Position:
Professor, Surgery and Physiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Research Interests/Grant support:
Our laboratory focuses on effects of sex steroid hormones on vascular function and thrombosis and the contribution of calcifying nanoparticles in development of atherosclerosis.
Grant Support: Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), Kronos Longevity Research Institute; Estrogen, Platelets and Atherosclerosis, NIH R01 HL090639; Nanoparticles and Arterial Disease, NIH R21HL088988.
Relevant Experience:
Leadership Positions: Director, Office of Women's Health, Mayo Clinic (2001-2005); President, Mayo Chapter Sigma Xi (200-2001); American Physiological Society: Council (2002-2005), Chair, Committee on Committees (2004-2005), Chair, Animal Care and Experimentation Committee (1990-1992), Publications Committee (1996-1999), Strategic Planning Committee (2005), Cardiovascular Section Steering Committee (2005-2008), Chair NIH Liaison subcommittee (2005-2008); Representative to Association of American Medical Colleges (2005-2007), Conference Committee (2007-present); Member, Board of Trustees, National Anesthesia Research Trust, Wales (2005-present).
Editorships and Editorial Boards: American Journal of Physiology, Heart and Circulation (1987-present); Associate Editor, Journal Applied Physiology (1999-2002); Stroke (1994-present); Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology (1991-present); Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental therapeutics, Editorial Advisory Board (2008-present); Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (2000-2005).
Peer Review: Member Experimental Cardiovascular Study Section, NIH (1993-1997); ad hoc member various NIH study sections and special emphasis panels (1997-present); member, Grant-in-Aid Review Panel and Abstract Grader, American Heart Association (1989-present); Advisory Board Member, Society of Women's Heart Research (2008-present); National Science Foundation (1983-1990); Wellcome Trust, UK.
