Expertise

Dr. Bell’s research interests have focused on cardiovascular pathophysiology. He has conducted and published his research on functional vascular abnormalities in hypertension, including the pathophysiology related to special circulations, vascular smooth muscle, and the vascular endothelium. He has also published works in cardiac and coronary arterial fluid mechanics. His most recent studies focused on modulation of coronary vascular smooth muscle and endothelial NO function by estrogens and natural polyphenolics. His work also addressed how these compounds protect coronary arteries from oxygen radical mediated injury.

Research:

  • Cardiovascular pathophysiology. Vascular abnormalities associate with hypertension. Modulation of vascular and endothelial function in coronary arteries by sex steroids and plant polyphenolics.

Research:

  • Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (past)

Course Director of Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (past)

Co-Course Director of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (past)

Communities
Human Anatomy, Cell Biology
Degrees
PhD, University of Michigan, Physiology and Biophysics, 1983
MS, Michigan State University, Physiology, 1977
BS, Michigan State University, Physiology and Biology, 1974
Keywords
livestock & animal science medical education cardiovascular system biomedical research (multidisciplinary) pharmacy & pharmacology cardiovascular diseases hypertension antioxidants biological markers & sensor mechanisms biomedical research resources, other computing resources cardiology cell physiology