Rachel Drake, Ph.D.
Current Program Year: MS 4
Graduate, Physiology and Pharmacology Graduate Program, School of Medicine
M.D./Ph.D. Program Students, School of Medicine
Biography
Dissertation Title: Myocardial Fatty Acid Metabolism in Normal Ovine Development and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Research Interests: Cardiomyocyte lipid metabolism, metabolic maturation, intrauterine growth restriction, prematurity and molecular nutrition. A study of the switch from glycolysis to fatty acid utilization by fetal cardiomyocytes from gestation to newborns
Education and training
B.S., 2014, University of Minnesota
B.A., 2014, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 2021, Oregon Health & Science University
Honors and awards
F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellowship
Publications
Selected publications
Lindgren, I.M., Drake, R.R., Chattergoon, N.N., and Thornburg, K.L. Down-regulation of MEIS1 promotes the maturation of oxidative phosphorylation in perinatal cardiomyocytes. FASEB J. 2019 Jun;33(6):7417-7426. doi: 10.1096/fj.201801330RR. Epub 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 30884246; PMCID: PMC6529342.
Thornburg,. K.L., Kolahi, K., Pierce, M., Valent, A., Drake, R., and Louey, S. Biological features of placental programming. Placenta. (2016). Dec;48 Suppl 1:S47-S53.