Mary Kearns-Jonker's Biography

Mary Kearns-Jonker, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Dr. Kearns-Jonker is as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy at Loma Linda University School of Medicine where she is Co-Director of the Cancer, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Program. She completed her graduate training at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and her postdoctoral training at the National Institutes of Health. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, she utilized her training to focus on developing alternative solutions for patients with end-stage organ failure, including xenotransplantation and stem cell transplantation. After accepting a position at Loma Linda University, she expanded the scope of her team’s research to include studies focused on neonatal cardiovascular stem cells and their potential for cardiovascular repair in vivo and utilization of the International Space Station as a platform to study the impact of microgravity on human cardiovascular progenitors.