Dr. Hernandez received her BS in Biological Sciences from Mount Saint Mary’s University and her PhD in Biomedical Science from UC Riverside. Her dissertation research focused on the effects of paternal high cholesterol diet on offspring cardiometabolic health and the “sperm code”. She joined the Reue lab in 2024 as a Postdoctoral Scholar.  

BS – Biological Sciences, Mount Saint Mary’s University

PhD – Biomedical Science, University of California at Riverside

Recent advances in understanding the role of IKKβ in cardiometabolic diseases. Hernandez, R. and Zhou, C. Front Cardiovasc Med (2021), Doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.752337

PANDORA-seq unveils the hidden small non-coding RNA landscape in atherosclerosis of LDL receptor-deficient mice. Hernandez, R., Shi, J., Liu, J., Li, X., Wu, J., Zhao, L., Zhou, T., Chen, Q., Zhou C. J Lipid Res (2023), Doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100352

Paternal hypercholesterolemia elicits sex-specific exacerbation of atherosclerosis in adult offspring of LDL receptor-deficient mice. Hernandez R., Li X., Shi J., Dave TR., Zhou T., Chen Q., Zhou C. JCI Insight (2024), Doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.179291.