Biography

Thomas Gillette, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of the Division of Cardiology.

Originally from Islip, New York, Dr. Gillette holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Manhattanville Collee in Purchase, New York. He completed his postdoctorate education in biochemistry at the New York University Medical Center Sackler Institute. He went on to do postdoctoral fellowships under Drs. Errol Friedberg and Stephen Johnston at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Gillette joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2004 as an Instructor of Physiology. He was promoted to Assistant Professor of Physiology in 2005, then Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine in 2009. He has been an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine since 2016.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Gillette has co-mentored numerous trainees in coordination with Dr. Joseph Hill.

Dr. Gillette's research interests include heart failure, regulating cardiac function, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and cardiac hypertrophy. His findings have resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications, reviews, book chapters, lectures, and editorials.

Dr. Gillette is a member of the American Heart Association's Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences.

Education

Undergraduate
Manhattanville College (1986), Biology
Graduate School
New York University (1998), Biology

Research Interest

  • Autophagy
  • Cardiac Hypertrophy
  • Cardiac remodeling
  • epigenetics
  • Heart Failure
  • Ischemia/Repurfusion Injury
  • Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Epigenetic regulation in heart failure.
Kim SY, Morales CR, Gillette TG, Hill JA Curr. Opin. Cardiol. 2016 Mar
Pharmacological priming of adipose-derived stem cells promotes myocardial repair.
Burchfield JS, Paul AL, Lanka V, Tan W, Kong Y, McCallister C, Rothermel BA, Schneider JW, Gillette TG, Hill JA J. Investig. Med. 2016 Jan 64 1 50-62

Honors & Awards

  • American Heart Association Council On Basic Cardiovascular Sciences
    (2015)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Heart Association Council On Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (2015)