Faculty Profiles
Kevin R. King
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Jacobs School of Engineering
Cardiology and bioengineering
The King Lab studies diseases in which the immune system becomes activated even though there is no infection, such as heart attacks, metabolic disease, autoimmunity, or cancer. He combines conventional biological methods with novel bioengineering techniques to develop therapies that limit organ dysfunction and promote healing, repair and regeneration.
Capsule Bio:
King was a cardiology fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital before joining Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2017. He earned his Ph.D. from MIT and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He shared an appointment with the Department of Cardiology at the Â鶹´«Ã½ School of Medicine. lyaiol
Email:
krking@ucsd.edu