Fitz-Roy E. Curry, Ph.D.
Clinical Interests
As Associate Dean for Research, Fitz-Roy E. Curry has primary responsibility for maintaining and
enhancing the research stature of the School of Medicine and serves as an advocate for research
activities in the school, the health system and the Davis campus. In consultation with the dean, he
allocates research resources, including space and support dollars. He facilitates inter-departmental
research, collaborative research initiatives and resource sharing with other schools and colleges. He
also helps link basic science investigation with clinical research. Curry's research interests include
microcirculation; capillary transport; biomedical engineering; and theoretical aspects of capillary
permeability; quantitative measurement of intracellular calcium; and video imaging and
fluorescence microscopy.
Title
Specialty
Department
Center/Program Affiliation
Professor
Cancer, Human Physiology
Physiology and Membrane Biology
Clinical and Translational Science Center
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Education
Fellowships
Professional Memberships
B.E., University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 1969
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 1975-77
American Heart Association
American Physiological Society
Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
The Microcirculatory Society
Select Recent Publications
Adamson RH, Lui B, Nilson-Fry G, Rubin LL, Curry FE. Microvascular permeability and number of
tight junctions are modulated by cAMP. American Journal of Physiology 1998;274:H1885-H1894.
Curry FE. Invited Editorial on “Gadolinium prevents high airway pressure- induced permeability
increases in isolated rat lungs.” Journal of Applied Physiology 1998; 1111-1112.
Fu B, Adamson RH, Curry FE. Test of a two pathway model for small solute exchange across
capillary wall. American Journal of Physiology 1998;274:H2062-H2073.
He P, Zeng M, Curry FE. Cyclic GMP modulated basal and activated microvessel permeability
independently of [Ca2+]i. American Journal of Physiology 1998;274:H1865-H1874.
Kajimura M, O’Donnell ME, Curry FE. Effect of cell shrinkage on permeability of cultured bovine
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aortic endothelia and frog mesenteric capillaries. Journal of Physiology 1997;503:413-425.
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