Lila LaGrange
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
lagrange@uiwtx.edu

Dr. LaGrange joins the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. LaGrange graduated with a B.S. degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX in 1994.  In 2002, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas Health Science at San Antonio.  Her thesis work involved development of a model of angiotensin II-hypertension in which she then studied the effect of hypertension on the sympathetic nervous system’s response to plasma volume expansion.

Following completion of her doctoral work, Dr. LaGrange began a Post-Doctoral Fellowship where she was supported by a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (2002-2004) and an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2004-2006).  She conducted her research in the Department of Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.  Throughout her research, Dr. LaGrange has used several models and methodologies to study modulation of cardiovascular parameters as well as signaling pathways that may contribute to the development of hypertension.  Her ultimate research goal is to further our understanding of blood pressure regulation in renal and cardiovascular diseases.

Dr. LaGrange is a member of several professional organizations that include the American Physiological Society, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the American Heart Association.