Professional Activities:

Professional Society Membership

1983 to date Sociedad Argentina de Investigación Clínica
1989 Member of the Executive Committee
1994 Member of the Executive Committee
1993-1998 Appointed Chairman of Sessions
2002 - Appointed Chairman of Sessions

1994 to date Sociedad Argentina de Farmacología Experimental, General Member

1984-1987 British Association for Psychopharmacology, General Member

1999 to date Society for Neurosciences, General Member

2009 to date American Heart Association, Professional Member

Honors And Awards
1980           Dr. Victor Miatello Award, National Academy of Medicine, Argentina
2014           Fellow of the American Heart Association

Editorial Boards
Research in Hypertension
F1000Research
Hypertension Research
PLOS One

Teaching Service:
2012-present Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, University of Maryland, School of Medicine.

2009-2012 Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, Center for Molecular Physiology Research, Children’s Research Institute.

2004-2009     Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Georgetown University

1999-2004     Research training and supervision of graduate students at Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research and post-doctoral fellows, NIMH, NIH.

Member of the Thesis Committee of Fengmin Li, Department of Physiology, Georgetown University, 2010-2011

Member of the Thesis Committee of Aruna Natarajan, MD, PhD, Department of Physiology, Georgetown University, 2008

PhD Thesis Supervised
Jorge Aguirre 1992-1995, Universidad de Buenos Aires Juan Del Compare 1998-1999, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Masters Thesis Supervised
Juan Del Compare 1996-1997, Universidad de Buenos Aires Andrea Carranza 1997-1998, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Post Doctoral Researchers Supervision
Dr. Jorge Aguirre, CONICET (National Research Council, Argentina), 1996-1997

2012-present Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, University of Maryland, School of Medicine.

2009-2012 Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, Center for Molecular Physiology Research, Children’s Research Institute.

2004-2009     Research training and supervision of graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral students, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Georgetown University

1999-2004     Research training and supervision of graduate students at Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research and post-doctoral fellows, NIMH, NIH.

Member of the Thesis Committee of Fengmin Li, Department of Physiology, Georgetown University, 2010-2011

Member of the Thesis Committee of Aruna Natarajan, MD, PhD, Department of Physiology, Georgetown University, 2008

PhD Thesis Supervised
Jorge Aguirre 1992-1995, Universidad de Buenos Aires Juan Del Compare 1998-1999, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Masters Thesis Supervised
Juan Del Compare 1996-1997, Universidad de Buenos Aires Andrea Carranza 1997-1998, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Post Doctoral Researchers Supervision
Dr. Jorge Aguirre, CONICET (National Research Council, Argentina), 1996-1997

Active Grants:

09/30/11 – 09/30/12	PI (60%) Role of dopamine D2 receptors on renal inflammation NIH/NIDDK 1R01DK09091 8-01A1 Annual Direct Costs: $ 217,500 Total Direct Costs : $1,087,500
04/08/14-03/31/18	Co-PI (20%) GRK4 and development of salt sensitivity NIH-NHLBI 2R0 1 HL092 196-06 Annual Direct Costs: $ 250,000 Total Direct Costs :$ 1,000,000