Student Profiles

Sinibaldo was born and raised in Venezuela. He pursued his college studies in the US at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. There, he double majored in Zoology and Biotechnology. During his undergraduate studies, he worked with Dr. Peggy Biga to study teleost fish growth paradigms (determinate vs. indeterminate). He also pursued a summer internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, under the mentorship of Drs. David Breault and Diana Carlone, characterizing how mTert-expressing cell populations in bone are affected during aging.

After graduating from college, he joined Dr. Virginia Shapiro's laboratory at the Mayo Clinic as a Research Assistant to study the development and activation of T cells. He then joined the Mayo Clinic's Post-Baccalaureate Research Program under the mentorship of Drs. Atta Behfar and Andre Terzic, optimizing a stem cell platform using human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells and microencapsulated-modified-messenger RNA to improve remodeling and function in myocardial ischemic injury. 

Sinibaldo began his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in 2020. After completing his first preclinical training, he joined the University of Oxford to pursue his DPhil. He is mentored by Dr. Michael Sack (NHLBI), Dr. Laura Coates (Oxford), and Dr. Alexander Clarke (Oxford). His project will investigate changes in metabolism and the immune system of patients with psoriasis. After completing his DPhil, Sini will complete his medical training at the University of Minnesota and aims to join a Physician Scientist Training Program during residency.