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Cardiovascular Research

 
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Adamo Cardiac Immunology Lab

The Adamo Cardiac Immunology Lab seeks a deeper understanding of the relationship between the immune system and cardiac function, with the goal of developing novel therapeutic options for patients with heart disease.

 
 

Research Cardiac-Immunology

Over the last few decades, a growing body of evidence has shown that the immune system is intimately connected with cardiac development, function and adaptation to injury. However, there is still much to learn and currently there are no immunomodulatory treatments to prevent or treat heart dysfunction.
 
The Adamo Lab aims to study applied immunology in the context of cardiac function and dysfunction, to both elucidate fundamental properties of the immune systems and to develop novel therapeutic options for the rapidly growing number of patients living with heart disease.
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Our Expert Luigi Adamo, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Adamo is the director for Cardiac Immunology in the Johns Hopkins University Division of Cardiology. Born and raised in the south of Italy, after completing medical school, Dr. Adamo moved to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D in Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School. He then went to Washington University School of Medicine where he completed post-graduate training in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and advanced heart failure/cardiac transplant. He finally returned to basic science to complete post-doctoral training under the mentorship of Douglas Mann, one of the fathers of cardiac immunology. He was recruited to Johns Hopkins in 2020.

A father of 4, Dr. Adamo has a passion for entrepreneurship and has been involved with the launch of 3 start-up companies. He holds a weekly clinic and attends on the inpatient heart failure service within the Hopkins system.

Meet Dr. Adamo
Luigi Adamo, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Team

Fabiana Pani

Fabiana Pani, M.D.

Fabiana Pani is physician-scientist with a passion for immunology and discovery. Born and raised in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), Fabiana obtained her MD and post graduate training in endocrinology at the Universities of Pisa and Cagliari. During her fellowship, Fabiana developed an interest in autoimmune diseases and endocrinopathies and published several clinical papers. In 2017 Fabiana moved to Johns-Hopkins University to add a basic-science dimension to her work. In Maryland Fabiana completed a first post-doctoral fellowship under the mentorship of Prof. Patrizio Caturegli where she studied autoimmune thyroiditis. In September 2020 she joined the Adamo Lab to expand her post-doctoral training to B cell biology and apply her knowledge of autoimmune disease to the emerging field of cardiac immunology.
 

Selected Publications

Full list of publications on Google Scholar
 
 
 
Join Our Team

Let's Do This Together!

If you are interested in the relationship between the immune system and the heart… we have something in common, and we would like to hear from you! Our team is growing. We have open positions for post-docs, staff scientists, technicians, graduate students and undergraduate students. In addition, we are open to any form of collaboration, in both the clinical and laboratory setting.

Luigi Adamo, M.D., Ph.D.
720 Rutland Ave - Ross 809 Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel. 410-502-2857
Fax. 410-367-2149
ladamo2@jhmi.edu

 
 
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