Dr. Steven Jones leads a cardiovascular research program in the Center for Cardiometabolic Science. His laboratory focuses on heart failure with specific attention to the relationship between ventricular composition and function. At the mechanistic level, his group identifies relationships among inflammation, metabolism, and cardiac physiology. All his graduate students have earned competitive national fellowships for their dissertation work. Dr. Jones is a regular grant reviewer for NIH, AHA, and other international agencies. Likewise, he serves on the editorial board for top journals in the cardiovascular field. His laboratory has been natiionally funded for over 20 years. Dr. Jones is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research.