- Additional Titles:Director, Cytoskeleton & Signaling Lab
- Education:BS, Chemistry, College of Mt. St. Joseph
PhD, Pharmacology, University of Cincinnati - Website or Lab: Cytoskeleton & Signaling Laboratory
- Email:kmorgan@bu.edu
Scholarly Interests
Interactions between signaling proteins and cytoskeletal proteins, the differentiated smooth muscle cell; mechanisms of trafficking of signaling molecules; stroke, hypertension, pre-term labor.
Selected Publications
Lists of published works: Google Scholar
Partial Bibliography at PubMed
Research Funding
2017-2022 | NIH R01 AG053274, Principal Investigator “Actin and focal adhesion remodeling as therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease” |
2016-2017 | NIH R56 AG053274, Principal Investigator “Actin and focal adhesion remodeling as therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease” |
2015-2017 | NIH R21 AG050599, Principal Investigator “The Role of the Cytoskeleton in Vascular Aging” |
2007-2012 | NIH 1P01 HL86655 (1-5), Pincipal Investigator of P01, Project 1 and Core A “Dynamics of the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cytoskeleton” |
2006-2011 | NIH 1R01 HL080003(1-5), Principal Investigator “Subcellular Organization of Signaling in Smooth Muscle” |
2005-2010 | NIH 2R01 HL31704 (21-25), Principal Investigator “Regulation of Contraction and Growth of Blood Vessels” |
2003-2009 | NIH 1 R01 HD043054 (1-6), Principal Investigator “Signaling and Uterine Contractility during Pregnancy” |
Editorial Responsibilities
2002- | Editorial Board of American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology |
2005- | Editorial Board of Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
2008- | Guest Editor for Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
2008- | Editorial Board of Cell Health and Cytoskeleton |
Awards and Honors
1975-1976 | Ryan Fellow |
1984-1989 | American Heart Association Established Investigator |
1992-1993 | Wellcome Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences |
1998- | Fellow, Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society |
2006-2011 | Honorary Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
- Departments
- Health Sciences and Human Physiology
- Positions
- Tenure-track/Tenured
- Focus
- Research