Craig January
Cardiac arrhythmia, ion channels, hERG potassium channel, drug-induced and inherited long QT syndrome, safety pharmacology
Professor, medicine and physiology School of Medicine and Public Health experts@uc.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Long QT syndrome: more than 20 years experience in basic investigation of cellular and ion channel mechanisms
- hERG potassium channel: developed mammalian expression models used world-wide; extensive safety experience interacting with pharmaceutical industry
- Cardiac arrhythmias: developed the University of Wisconsin Inherited Arrhythmias Clinic
Achievements
- Member, multiple national science organizations related to cardiology and cardiac arrhythmias. Past-president Cardiac Electrophysiology Society
- Developed hERG-expressing mammalian cell line used worldwide