Simon J. Conway, PhD is a Professor of Pediatrics, holds secondary appointments in Departments of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Medical & Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, is a member of the IU Simon Cancer Center and has been elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association. He is a geneticist and developmental biologist who uses transgenic mouse models to understand congenital and acquired birth defects and ameliorate cardiopulmonary neonatal and postnatal responses to heart and lung injury. His research has been continually funded via NIH and is internationally acclaimed.