Email

freddyjose.romerovasquez@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Statement

My research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism by which cells maintain the proteostasis network and how aging and environmental factors can significantly impact the proteome and trigger fibrotic disorders. I am particularly interested in the protein quality control mechanism that operates in the cytosol, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and how they affect cellular function, metabolism and viability during stress and aging. My lab’s goal is the discovery of a novel therapeutics approach to pharmacologically restore the proteostasis network to control or delay progression of lung fibrosis.