Dr Graham Chakafana

CHI research group: Cardiac Disease in Maternity
CHI membership: Affiliate member

Graham Chakafana is a protein biochemist by training who is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute at Stanford University, California. Before joining Stanford, Graham was a Postdoctoral Researcher under the mentorship of Prof. Karen Sliwa. His personal research interests include heart failure proteomics, protein structure and function, signaling pathways and drug design. Graham is a member of multiple international societies including the American Herat Association and the European Society of Cardiology. He also currently serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences journal. 

Research engagements:

• Cardiac Disease in Maternity
• Heart failure
• Protein-protein interactions
• Translational cardiovascular research
• Drug design