Mark Mercola, MD, PhD

Dr. Mark Mercola is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University and formerly a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego, the Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, and Harvard Medical School. He laid the groundwork for the efficient production of heart cells from pluripotent stem cells and has done foundational work on the creation of iPSC models of heart disease. He is known for his work using iPSC models for early-stage therapeutic target and drug development. He is a recipient of an NIH MERIT award, and his research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the PLN Foundation and the Fondation Leducq.