<strong>Research: </strong>Maria Giraldo is an international students from Medellin, Colombia, currently in her junior year and a member of the Cardiovascular Matrix Remodeling Laboratory. Her project aims to understand the role of inflammation in the appearance of calcification within cardiovascular tissues. She hypothesizes that calcification is an endpoint to inflammation. This study will seek to establish methods that controllably reduce inflammation and promote tissue regeneration without calcification.

<strong>Mentor: </strong>Dr. Joshua Hutcheson