Merry L. Lindsey

Heart Failure & Transplant

Meharry Medical College

About

Merry L. Lindsey works in Heart Failure & Transplant affiliated with Meharry Medical College.

Merry L. Lindsey is the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Meharry Medical College. She also serves as a Research Health Scientist at the Nashville VA Medical Center. Her research investigates mechanisms of cardiac inflammation and extracellular matrix remodeling following myocardial infarction to develop strategies for preventing heart failure.

Research focus

Cardiac Fibrosis and RemodelingMatrix Metalloproteinases in Cardiovascular DiseaseMacrophage Biology in Myocardial InfarctionInflammation in Left Ventricular RemodelingProteomics in Cardiac Repair

Impact

408 pubs · 19,343 cites · h-index 77

Training

PhD in Cardiovascular Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
1999
BA in Biology
Boston University
1992

Affiliations

Work Experience

Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research

Meharry Medical College · 2022 - Present

Research Health Scientist

Nashville VA Medical Center · 2022 - Present

Chair of the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology

University of Nebraska Medical Center · 2019 - 2022

Professor of Physiology and Biophysics

University of Mississippi Medical Center · 2013 - 2019

Professor

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · 2005 - 2013