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Medical Scientist Training Program
Mina Ghobrial

Mina Ghobrial

G3 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Pablo Nakagawa, PhD, and Curt Sigmund PhD, Physiology

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BS, Clinical Psychology; Biology, Tufts University, 2021

Research Interests

Hypertension, immunology, and neuroscience

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2023-Present
Advisors: Pablo Nakagawa, PhD & Curt Sigmund PhD
Project: Exploring the role of beta-arrestin signaling in hypertension

Tufts University, 2017-2021
Advisors: David Kaplan, Jonathan Grasman
Project: Development of skeletal muscle and neuro-muscular co-cultures in collagen gel structures 

Publications

Fekete ÉM, Gomez J, Ghobrial M, Kaminski K, Muskus PC, Boychuk CR, Hantke Guixa A, Vazirabad I, Xie M, Ganiyu A, Golosova D, Mathieu NM, Wang YB, Lu KT, Wackman KK, Brozoski DT, Mouradian GC, Hodges MR, Segar JL, Grobe JL, Sigmund CD, Nakagawa P. Definitive Evidence for the Identification and Function of Renin-Expressing Cholinergic Neurons in the Nucleus Ambiguus. Hypertension. 2025 Feb;82(2):282-292. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23740. Epub 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39618396; PMCID: PMC11735315.

Ghobrial M, Kuwera E. A case of bilateral horizontal gaze palsy and concurrent esotropia. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2023 Oct 26;32:101947. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101947. PMID: 37954058; PMCID: PMC10637873.

Meeting Abstracts

Ghobrial M, Brozoski D, Guixa AH, Wackman K, Sigmund CD, Nakagawa P. Deletion of AT1Rs in Cholinergic Neurons Alters Cardiac Function and Remodeling During Chronic Angiotensin II Infusion in Male Mice. AHA Special Session on Hypertension, Baltimore, MD. Sept 2025

Ghobrial M, Guixa AH, Vazirabad I, Kaminski K, Fekete E, Sigmund CD, Nakagawa P. A Preliminary Spatial Transcriptomics Map of Renin-Angiotensin System Genes in the Mouse Nucleus Ambiguus. American Physiology Society 3rd Annual Summit, Baltimore, MD. April 2025. [Poster]

Ghobrial M, Sigmund CD Curt, Nakagawa P. A Role of T-Lymphocyte β-Arrestins in the Development of Hypertension. AHA Special Session on Hypertension, Chicago, IL. September 2024 [Talk]

Ghobrial M, Sigmund CD Curt, Nakagawa P. A Role of T-Lymphocyte β-Arrestins in the Development of Hypertension. American Physiology Society 2nd Annual Summit, Long Beach, CA. April 2024. [Poster]

General Interests

Reading, playing chess, and experimenting in the kitchen

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