Han Zhu, M.D. | Moss Heart Center Seminar

About this event

"The Heart of Immunity: Unraveling T Cell Responses in Myocarditis and Cancer"

Speaker:

Han Zhu, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Director, Stanford Translational Cardio-Oncology

Stanford University

About Han Zhu:

Dr. Zhu holds a bachelor's degree in biological engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency training at Stanford University, where she also obtained fellowship training in cardiovascular medicine.

Dr. Zhu's clinical and research interests include cardio-oncology and cardio-immunology. She specializes in the cardiovascular care of patients undergoing therapies for cancer, with a particular focus on the effects of immunotherapies on the heart. Dr. Zhu’s laboratory focuses on myocarditis, cardiac inflammation, and the effects of cancer therapeutics on the cardiovascular system. Her current research employs clinical data, bio-banked samples, and in vivo/in vitro preclinical models in combination with single-cell technologies to study immune-based toxicities in the heart. Dr. Zhu's clinic sees cardio-oncology and cardio-immunology patients and her lab focuses on devising new methods for minimizing cardiovascular complications in the cancer and autoimmune patient populations.