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AHA Career Development Award for MHI Research Associate Li Wang

June 17, 2018
Li Wang, PhD, Research Associate in the Qian lab at McAllister Heart Institute has received a Career Development Award from AHA with 3 years funding of $231,000 to support her research project 鈥淩ole of Autophagy in Direct Cardiac Reprogramming.鈥 Read more about Dr. Wang and her research.

MHI research featured on cover of the Journal of Personalized Medicine

June 5, 2018
“Applicability of Precision Medicine Approaches to Managing Hypertension in Rural Populations,” with Dr. Jonathan Schisler, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and McAllister Heart Institute, leading a multidisciplinary team, has been selected for the cover of the June issue of the Journal of Personalized Medicine. This research examines the...

AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for Matthew Combs of Taylor Lab

May 14, 2018
Matthew Combs of Taylor Lab has received an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled 鈥淎 role for GRAF1 in mitochondrial clearance and perinatal metabolic reprogramming.鈥

New genomic research on cardiovascular health in rural North Carolina

May 10, 2018
Two genomic-based studies from the Heart Healthy Lenoir study were published in the last month. Heart Healthy Lenoir was a multidisciplinary research project that aimed to reduce cardiovascular disease in Lenoir County, North Carolina by developing new approaches to care, from prevention to treatment. The lead investigator of the Heart...

New research in the Journal of the American Heart Association

May 3, 2018
A multidisciplinary team from 黑料网鈥檚 Departments of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Pathology, and the McAllister Heart Institute have published new findings on genetics and metabolism in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The paper, 鈥淢odeling the Transition from Decompensated to Pathological Hypertrophy,鈥 is a collaboration by Florencia Pascual (Nutrition), Jonathan C....

March of Dimes funding for Giudice Lab

April 9, 2018
Jimena Giudice, PhD has received a Basil O鈥機onnor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation. The mission of the March of Dimes Foundation is to prevent birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The Basil O鈥機onnor Starter Scholar Research Awards support junior scientists embarking on their independent...

MHI research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine鈥 Genetic test may improve post-stent treatment, outcome

April 5, 2018
Dr. Craig Lee and Dr. Rick Stouffer lead research looking at genetic testing to inform which blood thinner to use following stent placement. Summary with links to the full article here.

MHI Co-Director Dr. Rick Stouffer is Appointed Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor

March 7, 2018
George (Rick) Stouffer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiology, has been awarded the Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Read more here.

Award for Liu Lab research

March 5, 2018
Nicole Fleming, a PhD candidate in Liu Lab, has received a Congenital Heart Defect Research Award from the American Heart Association and the Children鈥檚 Heart Foundation for her work on defective ventricular growth in embryos. Her research aims to better understand pharmacological treatments that may improve heart function. Read more.

MHI Co-Director Victoria Bautch, PhD, receives NIH Outstanding Investigator Award

February 15, 2018
Victoria Bautch, PhD, has been awarded $6.5 million from the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute. The award will enable the Bautch Lab to study the molecular and cellular control of angiogenesis, a naturally occurring process responsible for the formation and growth of blood...