Renita Horton

• Aug. 2014 – Present, Assistant Research Professor in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
• Aug. 2014 - Feb. 2016, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA
• May 2014 – Aug. 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA

Cardiovascular disease modeling, mechanotransduction, microdevices, organs on chip

• Sickle cell disease
  • Understanding the underlying mechanisms that lead to vaso-occlusions
  • Understanding the cardiovascular consequences of sickle cell disease
• Heart disease
  • Structure function relationship between cells and the whole organ in development and disease
  • Improving our understanding of role of extracellular matrix cues in disease and development

• Horton, RE, Yadid, M, McCain, ML, Sheehy, SP, Pasqualini, FS, Park, SJ, Cho, A, Campbell, P, Parker, KK. Angiotensin II Induced Cardiac Dysfunction on a Chip. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146415.
• Horton, RE, Auguste, DA. Synergistic effects of hypoxia and extracellular matrix cues in cardiomyogenesis. Biomaterials. 2012 Sep 33 (27): 6313-9.
• Horton, RE, Millman, JR, Colton, CK, Auguste, DA. Engineering microenvironments for embryonic stem cell differentiation to cardiomyocytes. Regenerative Medicine. 2009 Sep 4 (5):721-32.
• Abkarian M, Faivre M, Horton R, Smistrup K, Best-Popescu CA, Stone HA (2008). Cellular-scale hydrodynamics. Biomedical Materials. 2008 Mar 3(3):034011.

• 2016, Harvard CNS Fellowship
• 2011, Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship
• 2010, First Place Harvard Stem Cell Institute Imaging Contest
• 2006-2008, National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Fellow (GEM)
• 2002-2010, Gates Fellow
• 2001-2007, Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Scholar

• American Heart Association (AHA)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Society of Hematoogy (ASH)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Diversity Committee Member
• Society of Biological Engineers (SBE)
• Tau Beta Pi