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photo Jason R. Becker, MD

Cardiology

Associate Professor of Medicine

Email: beckerj@pitt.edu

Contact
 
E-mail: beckerj@pitt.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Anna Marie Rompala
Address: E1240 BST
Email: rompalaam@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-648-2358
Education and Training
Education
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2002
Training
Residency, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2005
Clinical Fellowship in Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2010
Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2010
Research Interest
Dr. Becker studies the molecular processes central to inherited and acquired cardiomyopathies.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Cell State Specific modifiers of pathological cardiac remodeling
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: R01 HL136824
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2022
Title: Cell State Specific modifiers of pathological cardiac remodeling
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: R01 HL136824
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2022