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Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D. July 1, 2014 President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine Director of the Division of Medical Genetics Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX Primary Research: Research in the Milewicz laboratory has three components. The first component…

Manfred Boehm, M.D. June 1, 2014 Laboratory of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD Front Row (l to r): Cynthia St. Hilaire, Guibin Chen,Zhen Yu,Dan Yang,Fang Fang,Robin Schwartzbeck Back Row (l to r): Avram Walts, Jan Lanzer, Jean-Michel Davaine, Alejandra Negro, Manfred…

Francesco Ramirez, Ph.D. May 1, 2014 Department of Pharmacology & Systems Therapeutics Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY Primary Research: A major focus of our research program is the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cardiovascular homeostasis and disease. We are pursuing our studies using mouse models of Marfan syndrome (MFS), a…

Jonathan H. Jaggar, Ph.D. April 1, 2014 Department of Physiology University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN From left to right: Jonathan Jaggar, Xue (Roger) Zhai, Andrelina Noronha, Sarah Burris, Michael Kidd, Brent Williams, Dennis Leo, Qian Wang, Kirk Evanson, Simon Bulley. Not pictured – John Bannister Primary Research: My research program studies physiological…

Courtney Griffin, Ph.D. March 1, 2014 Cardiovascular Biology Research Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, OK From left to right: Dr. Mandi Wiley, Kyle Ingram, Dr. Patrick Crosswhite, Dr. Courtney Griffin, Dr. E-Ching Ong and Vijay Muthukumar Primary Research: Our lab is interested in the transcriptional regulation of genes that impact vascular development and…

Madhulika Dixit, Ph.D. February 1, 2014 Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Tamilnadu, India From left to right back row: Abhriam, Sumedha, Uma Rani, Avaneesh, Rushendhiran, Shivam, Maneka, Abel, Rathnakumar, Hemant.  From left to right front row: Madhulika Dixit, Anuradha, Swapna, Monalisa, Soumi Primary Research: The primary objective of the lab…

Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Ph.D. January 1, 2014 Department of Pathology and Immunology Division of Immunobiology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO From L to R, back row. Jesse Williams, Bernd Zinselmeyer, Gwen Randolph, Peter Wang, Stoyan Ivanov, Andrew Elvington Front L to R: Shashi Bala, Catherine Martel Primary Research: Our research integrates the…

Roy L. Silverstein, M.D. December 1, 2013 John and Linda Mellowes Professor and Chair Department of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin Senior Investigator Blood Research Institute Blood Center of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI Primary Research: The goal of my research is to bridge bench to bedside to gain understanding of mechanisms responsible for athero-thrombotic and other…

Colleen Brophy, M.D., Joyce Cheung-Flynn, Ph.D. and Padmini Komalavilas, Ph.D. November 1, 2013 VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Surgery Primary Research: Our lab is focused on the mechanisms of injury associated with harvest, preparation, and preservation of human saphenous vein grafts. We are also interested in calcium independent smooth…

Holger Gerhardt, Ph.D. October 1, 2013 Vascular Biology Laboratory, London Research Institute- Cancer Research UK, London, UK Vascular Patterning Laboratory, VRC, VIB, Leuven, Belgium From left to right: Veronique Gebala, Filipa Neto, Irene Aspalter, Li-Kun Phng, Fabio Stanchi, Russell Collins, Holger Gerhardt, Anne-Clemence Vion, Anan Ragab, Ilse Geudens, Pavel Nedvetsky, Thomas Mathivet, Martin Jones, Marly…