R John SolaroR. John Solaro is a distinguished university professor and head of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1975-1976, as a British-American Heart Fellow, he studied with Professor . V. Perry in Birmingham, England. In 1977, he joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, where he was supported by an NIH Research Career Development Award and was offered an AHA Established Investigator award. In 1987, he was a Fogarty International Fellow at University College, London. He is the past director and founder of the UIC Center for Cardiovascular Research. At UIC, Dr. Solaro has received the University Scholar Award, the Faculty of the Year Award, and the Mentor of the Year Award. Dr. Solaro's major research interest is in the general area of cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling the contraction of the heart and how these mechanisms are altered in pathological conditions and by pharmacological interventions. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. Read More Read Less