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Elliot Jacob Howard
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
 Current Address: 4514 Cleveland Ave, Apt. # 1 San Diego, CA 92116
 Phone Number:
(559) – 760 – 1923
 Email Address:
ehoward@ucsd.edu
Education
 Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
(2011)
 M.S.
University of California, San Diego
(2008)
 B.S. (Magna Cum Laude)
University of California, San Diego
(2006)
Dissertation
Electro-mechanical dyssynchrony and its influence on regional and global function
in the dyssynchronous heart.
Research Projects
1. Endocardial and epicardial biventricular pacing in normal and failing
dyssychronous hearts.
2. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of fiber relengthening strain and the
underlying implications on impaired left ventricular filling.
3. Determination of the minimal data set necessary to reproduce in-vivo regional
strains in an animal specific model of cardiac electromechanics.
4. Can animal-specific models of failing dog hearts predict the hemodynamic
optimal pacing site?
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Professional Activities and Awards
Member: American Heart Association, Biomedical Engineering Society
Biomedical Engineering Society Student Travel Award, 2010
Howard Hughes Med-Into-Grad Fellowship, UCSD, 2009
Graduate Student Research Fellowship, UCSD, 2006
Latin Honors (Magna Cum Laude), UCSD, 2006.
Outstanding Research Award, Bioengineering, UCSD, 2006.
Chancellor’s Research Scholarship, UCSD, 2006.
Richard L and Fern W. Erion Academic Scholarship, UCSD, 2006.
Provost Honors (Warren College), UCSD, 2004 – 2006
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Bioengineering, UCSD
 Bioengineering Statics and Dynamics, 2008
 Bioengineering Senior Design Course, 2008
 Bioengineering Lab, 2007 – 2008
Guest Lecturer, Bioengineering, UCSD
 Biomechanics, 2010
 Freshman Seminar in Cardiac Bioengineering, 2010
 Freshman Seminar in Cardiac Bioengineering, 2008
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Publications
I. Journal Articles
1. Campbell SG, Howard EJ, Aguado-Sierra J, Coppola BA, Omens JH, Mulligan
LJ, McCulloch AD, Kerckhoffs RCP (2009) Effect of transmurally
heterogeneous myocyte excitation-contraction coupling on canine left
ventricular electromechanics. Experimental Physiology 2009; 94(5):541-552.
II. Invited Articles, Book Chapters, etc.
1. Howard EJ and Omens JH. Distributions of myocyte stress, strain, and work in
normal and infarcted ventricles. In: Kohl P, Sachs F, Franz MR, ed. Cardiac
Mechno-Electric Feedback and Arrhythmias, 2nd edition. (Book Chapter) Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2011.
III. Abstracts
A1. Howard EJ, Coppola BA, Kerckhoffs RC, Omens JO, McCulloch AD, and
Covell JW: Spatial heterogeneity of fiber relengthening underlies impaired LV
filling in the dyssynchronous left ventricle. (Oral Presentation). Circulation
122 (Meeting Abstracts). November, 2010 A21317.
A2. Howard EJ, Covell JW, Mulligan LJ, McCulloch AD, Omens JH, Kerckhoffs
RC: Left Ventricular Wall Mechanics Improve During Endocardial Pacing In
the Dyssynchronous Canine Heart. (Oral Presentation). Annual Meeting of the
Biomedical Engineering Society. October, 2010. 1418.
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A3. Howard EJ, Covell JW, Mulligan LJ, Omens JH, McCulloch AD, Kerckhoffs
RCP: The functional differences between biventricular endocardial and
epicardial pacing in a dyssynchronous left ventricle are dependent on
atrioventricular delay. (Poster). Experimental Biology 2010; 782.7.
A4. Aguado-Sierra J, Campbell SG, Howard EJ, Omens JH, McCulloch AD,
Kerckhoffs RCP: A transmurally and regionally heterogeneous fully coupled
computational electromechanics model of the canine left ventricle. (Poster).
Experimental Biology 2010; 1060.5.
A5. Howard EJ, Covell JW, Mulligan LJ, Omens JH, McCulloch AD, Kerckhoffs
RCP: Comparison of endo/epicardial pacing in late activated regions of a
dyssynchronous left ventricle. (Poster). Annual Meeting of the Biomedical
Engineering Society. October 2009.
A6. Howard EJ, Campbell SG, Mulligan LJ, Omens JH, McCulloch AD,
Kerckhoffs RCP: Transmuralheterogeneity of myofiber twitch dynamics
results in uniform systolic myofiber strain: a model study. (Poster/Oral
Presentation) 3rd Annual Frontiers in Biomedical Devices, ASME. June, 2008.
A7. Jacot JG, Howard EJ, McCulloch AD, Omens JH. Effect of substrate elasticity
on development of contractile function and calcium transients in neonatal rat
cardiomyocytes. (Poster). Biophysical Society Meeting 2007.
A8. Jacot JG, Campbell S, Howard EJ, McCulloch AD, Omens JH. Effect
generation and sarcomeric organization in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes.
(Poster) Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. December, 2006.
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A9. Jacot JG, Howard EJ, McCulloch AD, Omens JH. Substrate rigidity affects
neonatal rat cardiac myocyte sarcomere structure and force generation. (Poster).
Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. October, 2006.
Undergraduate Student Trainees
Bioengineering Independent Research (BENG 199) Projects:
 Alvin Cabrera, 2010 - 2011
 Evaline Wang, 2010 - 2011
 Daniel Lee, 2010 - 2011
 Joseph Lee, 2009 – 2010
 Phillip Pham, 2008 - 2009
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU):
 Ryan Luevenos, 2009
Medical Science Training Program (MSTP):
 Melissa Cruz-Acuna, 2009