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Casey Gifford is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Cardiology and Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine. They are actively involved in research and teaching, with affiliations to multiple institutes including the Bio-X, Cardiovascular Institute, and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
- PhD in Stem Cell Biology and Epigenomics from Harvard Medical School (2013)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Heart Development at Gladstone Institutes, UCSF (2019)
Their research focuses on genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in cardiovascular development and disease, particularly congenital heart defects and gene regulatory networks. They use human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) models, single-cell multiomic analysis, and CRISPR technology to investigate molecular pathways in cardiac development, fibroblast activation, and stress response.
Recent publications highlight work on:
- Interferon signaling in thymic epithelial cell differentiation
- Mitochondrial variant pathogenicity in multisystem dysfunction
- Gene network convergence in valvular interstitial cells
- Mitochondrial-Nuclear incompatibility in hybrid species
- Transcription factor interactions (ISL1-NKX2.5) in cardiomyocyte fate
They mentor graduate students in Genetics, Pediatric Cardiology, and Stem Cell Biology programs, and lead courses including Advanced Genetics and Stem Cell Intensive. Their lab contributes to the GREGoR Consortium for rare disease genomics and uses single-cell datasets to explore regulatory mechanisms in cardiac and craniofacial development.
