Sara S. Nunes De Vasconcelos PhD

Dr. Sara Nunes Vasconcelos is a Scientist at the University Health Network in the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. She holds an Assistant Professor appointment at the Institute of Biomaterials Biomedical Engineering and a cross-appointment at the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology at the University of Toronto.

Her translational research program aims to develop regenerative medicine strategies, and use bioengineering approaches to study cardiovascular diseases and for drug testing. Dr. Nunes obtained her PhD from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and completed postdoctoral training under Dr. James Hoying, PhD at the University of Louisville and later with Prof. Milica Radisic, PhD at the University of Toronto.