Dr. Mann is the Don W. Chapman Chair and Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and the Texas Heart Institute, and Director of the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research. His research interests have focused on the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to cardiac decompensation, including the role that inflammatory mediators play in regulating cardiac structure and function. Dr. Mann is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of University Cardiologists, the Heart Failure Society of America, the International Cytokine Society, the International Society for Heart Failure Research and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as the American College of Chest Physicians. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Circulation, The Journal of Cardiac Failure, Heart and Vessels, Heart Failure Reviews, Heart Failure Monitor and Cardiology Today. Dr. Mann has published numerous articles peer reviewed articles on the role on inflammatory mediators in heart failure, and the molecular and cellular basis for cardiac dysfunction and remodeling. He has received numerous awards including the Alfred Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence from the American College of Chest Physicians, the Michael E. Debakey award for Excellence in research.