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Brenda J. Rongish, PhD

Brenda Rongish portrait
Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology

Assoc. Director, MD-PhD Physician Scientist Training Program

brongish@kumc.edu

Professional Background

Dr. Brenda Rongish is a Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Associate Director of the KU-SOM Medical Scientist Training Program.

Dr.Rongish received her PhD from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and completed postdoctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC and at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Dr. Rongish is involved in medical and graduate student education, and serves as the Block Director for Respiration and Circulation for first year medical students. She is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators and the American Association of Anatomists.

Education and Training
  • BS, Biology, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kansas
  • BS, Secondary Education, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, Kansas
  • PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Reproductive biology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Professional Affiliations
  • American Association for Anatomy, Program Committee, Member, 2018 - 2022
  • American Association for Anatomy, Member, 2010 - 2013

Publications
  • Zamir, E., A, Czirók, A, Rongish, B., J, Little, C., D. 2005. A digital image-based method for computational tissue fate mapping during early avian morphogenesis.. Annals of biomedical engineering, 33 (6), 854-65
  • Aleksandrova, A, Rongish, B., J, Little, C., D, Czirók, A. 2015. Active cell and ECM movements during development.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1189, 123-32
  • Aleksandrova, A, Filla, M., B, Kosa, E, Little, C., D, Petersen, A, Rongish, B., J. 2018. Altered VEGF Signaling Leads to Defects in Heart Tube Elongation and Omphalomesenteric Vein Fusion in Quail Embryos.. Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
  • Aleksandrova, A, Czirók, A, Szabó, A, Filla, M., B, Hossain, M., J, Whelan, P., F, Lansford, R, Rongish, B., J. 2012. Convective tissue movements play a major role in avian endocardial morphogenesis.. Developmental biology, 363 (2), 348-61
  • Sato, Y, Poynter, G, Huss, D, Filla, M., B, Czirok, A, Rongish, B., J, Little, C., D, Fraser, S., E, Lansford, R. 2010. Dynamic analysis of vascular morphogenesis using transgenic quail embryos.. PloS one, 5 (9), e12674
  • Filla, M., B, Czirók, A, Zamir, E., A, Little, C., D, Cheuvront, T., J, Rongish, B., J. 2004. Dynamic imaging of cell, extracellular matrix, and tissue movements during avian vertebral axis patterning.. Birth defects research. Part C, Embryo today : reviews, 72 (3), 267-76
  • Cui, C, Cheuvront, T., J, Lansford, R., D, Moreno-Rodriguez, R., A, Schultheiss, T., M, Rongish, B., J. 2009. Dynamic positional fate map of the primary heart-forming region.. Developmental biology, 332 (2), 212-22
  • Aleksandrova, A, Czirok, A, Kosa, E, Galkin, O, Cheuvront, T., J, Rongish, B., J. 2015. The endoderm and myocardium join forces to drive early heart tube assembly.. Developmental biology, 404 (1), 40-54
  • Loganathan, R, Rongish, B., J, Smith, C., M, Filla, M., B, Czirok, A, Bénazéraf, B, Little, C., D. 2016. Extracellular matrix motion and early morphogenesis.. Development (Cambridge, England), 143 (12), 2056-65
  • Zamir, E., A, Rongish, B., J, Little, C., D. 2008. The ECM moves during primitive streak formation--computation of ECM versus cellular motion.. PLoS biology, 6 (10), e247