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Castro Lab

Advancing understanding in vascular health and disease

Under the direction of Rita Castro, the Castro Lab seeks to advance scientific knowledge in vascular health and disease. The lab focuses on unraveling the intricate mechanisms underlying vascular homeostasis and dysfunction. Their studies are grounded in strong scientific ethics and discipline to produce research that can contribute to the knowledge of a greater tomorrow and values conversations, questions, ideas, critiques, inclusion, and opportunity.

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Explore how diet and metabolism shape vascular health as an undergraduate researcher in our lab. Students gain hands-on experience with molecular and metabolic techniques while developing the technical and critical thinking skills valued in nutritional sciences research.