Goncharova A. Elena PhD

Dr. Elena Goncharova is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Moscow State University, PhD from the Russian Academy of Science, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She has been a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

She has a long-standing interest in basic and translational pulmonary vascular research and she serves as a Director of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program. Dr. Goncharova’s research interests have focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with a specific focus on the role of mTOR, HIPPO, and GATA6 signaling networks and cancer-like smooth muscle remodeling in PAH as well as on identifying novel molecular targets to reverse established pulmonary vascular disease.