Journal of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Barlic-Dicen is an Assistant Professor at Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma. She had an adjunct appointment at the Department of Cell Biology. Her primary appointment is as the Assistant Member at Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.She obtained her B.S. in 1995 from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She pursued her graduate studies at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada and obtained Ph.D. from Microbiology and Immunology in 2001. As a post-doctoral fellow at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (2001-2007), she investigated how the chemokine system regulates development of atherosclerotic plaques. She joined the Cardiovascular Biology Research Program at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation as an Assistant Member in 2008.

• Identify mechanisms that support atherosclerotic plaque regression
• Determine how the chemokine system regulates energy expenditure, inflammatory responses and homeostasis of adipose tissue