Tag: Dr. Alex Dopico

‘You Do Your Best,’ Outstanding Scientist/Mentor Says of 50-Year Career

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Portrait of Dr. Kafait Malik in his lab

Sitting back in a chair in his sparsely decorated office in the Translational Science Research Building, Kafait Malik, DSc, PhD, ponders his 50 years at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Of course, he is proud that his research, focusing on neurohormonal factors underlying the development and progression of hypertension and associated cardiovascular and… Read More

Longtime Brain Researcher ‘Driven by Curiosity’

Written by Peggy Reisser

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Alex Dopico, MD, PhD, received his first chemistry set from his parents when he was 7 years old. Four years later, they gave him a magazine about the lives of great scientists. He remembers reading about 19th century British chemist John Dalton and his ideas about atoms and molecules. “With the ingenuity of a child, I… Read More