Physician Investigator (Cl) Metabolism, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Physician Metabolism, Massachusetts General Hospital

MD Harvard Medical School 2004

A.B. Harvard College 1999

atherosclerosis; atherosclerotic inflammation; chronic heart failure; disease prevention; hiv infections; lipids; macrophage activation; menopause; obesity; plaque atherosclerotic; sex differences; women's health Dr. Markella Zanni leads an NIH-funded translational research program focused on understanding immune and hormonal processes which predispose aging women to myocardial infarction and heart failure. She is also an expert on sex-differences in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Zanni’s work is geared toward identifying rational, sex-specific strategies to prevent cardiovascular diseases among special populations of women, including women with HIV.