MEET THE TEAM

Maria Giovanna Trivieri, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

Maria G. Trivieri, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, and of Radiology, and is Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Mount Sinai. The Trivieri Lab focuses on investigating key molecular mechanisms responsible for the onset and progression of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) using state of the art techniques of stem cell biology and tissue engineering. Current research programs are centered on elucidating the role of Phospholamban in the pathophysiology of inherited cardiomyopathy as well cutting-edge technologies to model PH using adult stem cells derived smooth muscle and endothelial cells.

Dr. Trivieri obtained her MD and PhD from the University of Pisa and the University of Toronto. Initially, she studied the effects of taurine supplementation and calcium channel blockers in the setting of iron overload cardiomyopathy. Subsequently, she was involved in characterizing a cardiac specific transgenic mouse overexpressing an enzyme involved in the metabolism of thyroid hormone. The research that she conducted resulted in peer-reviewed publications and allowed her to gain expertise in various fields, from integrated physiology in rodents (Echocardiogram, Invasive Hemodynamics, Histopathology, Langhendorff preparation, Telemetry), to calcium imaging and finally molecular biology (Cell cultures, Western/Northern Blotting, Real-time PCR). In 2007, she resumed her clinical training and obtained Canadian and American Board Certifications in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. In 2014, she relocated to Mount Sinai to receive further training in advanced HF and Transplantation. Her clinical research centered on the infiltrative cardiomyopathies and in collaboration with the Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute directed by Dr. Z. Fayad’s lab, she was involved in landmark studies on the use of PET/MR for the assessment of cardiac amyloidosis, sarcoidosis and mitral valve diseases, recently becoming the Lead PI on an a large (~10M), related NIH grant.

Dr Trivieri’s work has been consistently founded throughout the years, with awards from the T32 Training Grant, the KL2 Training Grant, the Career Development Award from the American Heart Association (AHA), the Bayer Pulmonary Hypertension Accelerated Award, The United Therapeutic Investigator Award, the Department of Defense (DOD) and the NIH.

In addition to her vast research portfolio, Dr. Trivieri has a strong track record of mentoring trainees toward independence. This includes more than 8 post-doctoral fellows, 2 PhD students, 3 Master students and several cardiology fellows. All of her mentees have been able to write paper as lead author, present at scientific conferences and receive funding support from the Adult Congenital Heart Association and the AHA.

Antonio Ribeiro

Dr. Antonio Ribeiro Júnior, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Antonio Ribeiro earned a BSc in Biology from Universidade Paulista (2013) and then completed his master’s (2018) and doctorate (2023) in Genetics at Universidade de Sao Paulo. He spent nearly seven years as an adjunct professor at Universidade Paulista and two years as a Preclinical researcher at Lizarbio Therapeutics. In 2023, he joined Trivieri’s laboratory and was awarded an AHA postdoctoral fellowship in 2025. His research centers on cellular models for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Pulmonary Hypertension.

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Anshika Srivastava, MS

Associate Researcher

Anshika is an Associate Researcher at the Trivieri Lab, where she works alongside Dr. Antonio on research investigating Pulmonary Hypertension. She is currently working on the lab’s Artery-on-a-Chip project, helping model endothelial–smooth muscle interactions to better understand vascular disease progression. Anshika holds an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and a B.Tech in Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University. Before joining Mount Sinai, she was involved in cancer mechanobiology and microfluidic device projects at NYU Langone and NYU Tandon. She is passionate about making research more accessible and organized.

Jia Song

Jia Song, MD, MS

Associate Researcher I

Dr. Jia Song earned her MD and MS from Jiangsu University and completed internal medicine residency training in China. Her clinical training fostered an interest in translational cardiovascular research focused on cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial disease. She completed postdoctoral research training at Baylor College of Medicine, where she studied inflammatory and metabolic contributors to atrial fibrillation using functional cardiac assessments. In 2025, she joined the Mount Sinai Cardiology Department in the Trivieri Lab, where she contributes to translational cardiovascular research spanning clinically oriented studies and laboratory-based investigations, including iPSC-based disease modeling of phospholamban (PLN)–associated cardiomyopathy.

Volunteer & Student Interns

  • Jia Song, Clinical volunteer (2025-present)
  • Alexandra Lund, High school volunteer (2025)

 

Past members

  • Dr. Anichavezhi Devendran, Postdoctoral Fellow (2022-2025)
  • Dr. Rafael Dariolli, Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)
  • Rasheed Bailey, Associate Researcher