MCRI Vascular Function Core Lab
The mission of the MCRI Vascular Function Core Laboratory at Tufts Medical Center is to uncover novel vascular physiological mechanisms that contribute to cardiovascular disease onset and progression in a variety of healthy and disease states. Our approach is translational in that our techniques allow vascular function assessment from rodent models up to clinical human studies.
MCRI Vascular Function Core Lab

The vascular function core is equipped with two 4-channel DMT wire myograph systems and 3 Living Systems pressure myograph system for the assessment of arterial function. Additionally, the clinical vascular function laboratory is equipped with a Moor Instruments Laser Doppler Flowmetry system with intradermal microdialysis for the assessment of human skin blood flow, an index of microvascular function and a Sphygmocor System for the assessment of vascular stiffness via pulse wave velocity and pulse wave analysis.
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Leadership

The Vascular Function Core is directed by Jennifer DuPont, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and Investigator in the MCRI. Dr. DuPont has extensive experience in the assessment of vascular function in both rodent models and humans.
 

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