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Located in the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. De Maio and his staff are studying the molecular and genetic bases of the response to injury. Traumatic injury is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States, particularly among children. Dr. De Maio's laboratory has found that the response to injury is modulated by several confounding factors including genetic background, sex, age, diet, and environment. In addition, Dr. De Maio's laboratory is studying the role of heat shock proteins in the response to stress.
The De Maio Laboratory is actively engaged in the training of basic scientists, future academic pediatric surgeons, and students at the undergraduate, graduate, and medical school levels. For more information on their research, please click here.
Dr. De Maio is Associate Professor and Research Director for the Division of Pediatric Surgery. He also holds a secondary appointment as Associate Professor of Physiology. A graduate of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Dr. De Maio received his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Cell Biology, Cell Stress Society International, International Endotoxin Society, Panamerican Trauma Society, Shock Society, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, and Society of Critical Care Medicine. At Hopkins, he serves on the policy committee for the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and acts as coordinator for first-year student rotations. Dr. De Maio also leads the Committee for the Recruitment of Unrepresented Minorities to Graduate Programs and the Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP).
Please click here to download Dr. De Maio's curriculum vitae.
Check It Out! Dr. De Maio was featured in the March 2005 issue of The Johns Hopkins Cutting Edge. Click here to read "Is Genetics the Secret to Healing After Injury?"(page 3)
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Laboratory Members and Collaborators
Current Members
- Antonio De Maio, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Surgery & Physiology
- David T. Efron, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery
- Samuel M. Alaish, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
- Virginia L. Vega, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Tiffany A. Frey, Graduate Student, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- William B. Fulton, M.S., Laboratory Manager
- Michael Kalcevic, Laboratory Technician
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Hopkins Collaborators
- Mark A. Talamini, M.D., Professor of Surgery
- Roger H. Reeves, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
- Subroto Chatterjee, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics
- Pierre Coulombe, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry
- Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics
- Daniel Raben, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
- Gerald Hart, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Biological Chemistry
Outside Collaborators
- Nelson Arispe, Ph.D., Research Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- M. Alejandro Barbieri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, Florida International University
- Gabriele Multhoff, Ph.D., Department of Hematology, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany
Research in the Division of Pediatric Surgery
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REGISTER TODAY!
5th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Stress Responses
March 21-26, 2006
Concepcion, Chile
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/labs/workshop.html
Dr. De Maio is serving as head of the organizing committee for the 5th International Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Stress Responses, a biannual conference sponsored by the Cell Stress Society International. This exciting scientific conference will be held March 21-26, 2006 in Concepcion, Chile. Click here to learn more.
For questions, reprint requests or inquiries about research opportunities, please contact Dr. De Maio at:
Antonio De Maio, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Surgery
720 S. Rutland Avenue, Ross 746
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
Tel 410.614.2414
FAX 410.502.5093
ademaio@jhmi.edu
