VMI/HVI Innovator Awards
VMI/HVI Innovator Awards feature collaborations between VMI and HVI faculty members. The projects below represent cutting-edge science and highlight how the synergy between VMI and HVI faculty opens new and exciting areas of research. Below is a list of recently-funded projects:
INVESTIGATORS |
PROJECT TITLE |
Partha Dutta, DVM, PhD Catalin Toma, MD |
Role of visceral adipose tissue macrophage apoptosis in insulin resistance after myocardial |
Stephen Chan, MD, PhD Cecilia Lo, PhD |
Investigating hereditary TBX5 haploinsufficiency as a genetic cause of PH in congenital heart disease |
Enrico Novelli, MD, MS Liza Villanueva, MD |
Novel imaging strategies of cerebrovascular dysfunction in sickle cell disease |
Adam Straub, PhD Prem Soman, MD |
A Pilot Study to Assess the Prevalence and Determinants of Global Myocardial Flow Reserve Abnormalities, and Its Association with Impaired Vasoreactivity and the Cyb5R3 T117S Gene variant In African –American Women with Chest Pain Referred for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging |
Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD Thomas Gleason, MD |
Role Of Mechanical Stress In Ectonucleotidase Activity And Adenosine Receptor Signaling In Calcific Aortic Valve Disease |
Iain Scott, PhD Charles McTiernan, PhD |
Adropin: A Potential Treatment for Mitochondrial Metabolic Dysfunction in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy |
John Pacella, MD, MS Patrick Pagano, PhD François Yu, PhD |
Sonoreperfusion for Microvascular Obstruction: Effects of Nox Inhibition |
Dennis Bruemmer, MD Marc Simon, MD |
Endothelial Cell Telomerase Function in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension |
Beth Roman, PhD Stephen Cook, MD |
ALK1 signaling in development of superior cavopulmonary anastomosis-associated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations |
Sruti Shiva, PhD David Schwartzman, MD |
Relationships between atrial fibrillation and the platelet mitochondrial bioenergetic profile |
Marc Simon, MD Imad al Ghouleh, PhD |
The role of EBP50 in right heart hypertrophy and dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension-induced pressure overload |
Jeffrey Isenberg, MD, MPH Guy Salama, PhD |
Novel Pathways of Aberrant Ca2+ Dynamics in Heart Failure |
Adam Straub, PhD David Schwartzman, MD |
Atrial Fibrillation from an Endothelial Perspective |
Joao Cavalcante, MD Greg Kato, MD |
Sleep Disorders, Diastolic Function, and Metabolic Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease |
John Gorcsan, MD Elena Goncharova, PhD |
Quantitative Echocardiography in a Rat Model of Pulmonary Hypertension |
Kang Kim, PhD Edith Tzeng, MD |
Ultrasensitive Thermal Strain Imaging to Prevent Unnecessary Carotid Intervention and Strokes |
Guy Salama, PhD David Schwartzman, MD Ana Mora, MD |
Relaxin: A transformative therapy for atrial fibrillation |
Marc Simon, MD Sruti Shiva, PhD |
Mitochondrial function in RV failure |
Matthew Muldoon, MD J. Richard Jennings, PhD Adam Straub, PhD |
The role of hemopressin in reversing essential hypertension |
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