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Robert Wirka, M.D. Publishes In The Journal Circulation

February 8, 2022
Congratulations to Robert Wirka, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, Division of Cardiology, for publishing a paper, titled “ZEB2 Shapes the Epigenetic Landscape of Atherosclerosis”, in the journal Circulation. This co-first author paper was based off of some of the work Dr. Wirka did as a...

ºÚÁÏÍø MHI & Cardiology Virtual Faculty Seminar With Guest Speaker: Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin)

February 8, 2022

The Bahnson Research Group Publishes In Biomaterials Science, A Journal Of The Royal Society Of Chemistry

February 8, 2022
Congratulations to the Lab of Edward Moreira Bahnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology, for publishing paper, titled “Antioxidant Response Activating nanoParticles (ARAPas) localize to atherosclerotic plaque and locally activate the Nrf2 pathway” in Biomaterials Science, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In this...

The Bautch Lab Publishes In The Journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

January 25, 2022
Congratulations to the Lab of Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, ºÚÁÏÍø McAllister Heart Institute, for publishing their exciting review of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in blood vessels in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. The work from Dr. Bautch’s Lab was...

The Polacheck Lab Publishes A New Microfluidic Platform For Vascular Biology In Biofabrication

January 25, 2022
Congratulations to the Lab of William Polacheck, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum, ºÚÁÏÍø Medicine; Member, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU, for publishing a new microfluidic platform for vascular biology in Biofabrication. Dr. Gi-Hun Lee and colleagues in the lab addressed...

Jonathan Schisler, M.S., Ph.D., In Collaboration With Matthew Wolfgang, Ph.D., Selected As Finalists For The 2022 Creativity Hub Award

January 25, 2022
Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, in collaboration with Matthew Wolfgang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, for being selected as finalists for the 2022 Creativity Hub Award. Their research creativity hub, CTSB-RID (Center for Therapeutic Systems Biology of Respiratory Infections Diseases), seeking...

Brian C. Jensen M.D., In Collaboration With Current and Former McAllister Heart Institute Members, Publishes In The Journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

January 25, 2022
Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in collaboration with current and former MHI members, Silvio Antoniak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, also a member of the ºÚÁÏÍø Blood Research Center, and Zhaokang Cheng, Ph.D., former postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Taylor’s...

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sophie Maiocchi, Receives K99/R00 Pathway To Independence Award From The National Institutes Of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI)

January 10, 2022
Congratulations to Sophie Maiocchi, a postdoctoral fellow in the Bahnson Research Group, for recently receiving a K99/R00 pathway to independence award from the NIH’s NHLBI. Sophie’s project is titled “Targeted Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease and Its Clinical Complications”.  

Graduate Student, Kirsten Giesbrecht, Receives Predoctoral Fellowship From American Heart Association (AHA)

January 10, 2022
Congratulations to Kirsten Giesbrecht, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics, advised by and in the lab of Boyce Griffith, Ph.D., for recently receiving a predoctoral fellowship from AHA. Her project, which will be joint with the lab of Michael Bressan, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of...

The Griffith Lab, In Collaboration With Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., John P. Vavalle, M.D., And Alisa Wolberg, Ph.D., And In Partnership With The University Of California-Irvine And The University Of Utah, Awarded R01 Grant From The National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

January 10, 2022
Congratulations to the Lab of Boyce Griffith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied Physical Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, in collaboration with Thomas G. Caranasos, M.D., Director, Adult Cardiac Surgery; Assistant Professor of Surgery, John P. Vavalle, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, ºÚÁÏÍø Structural Heart...