2008 CVI Seed Grants Recipients
In 2008, seed grant awards went to eight broad interdisciplinary research teams.
John Cooke, MD, PhD
Collaborators: James Byrne, Ron Dalman, James Swartz, Paul Wender, Joseph Wu, Phillip Yang
Nuclear reprogramming for Vascular Regeneration in Critical Limb Ischemia
Daria Mochly-Rosen, PhD
Collaborators: Stephen Galli, Euan Ashley, Suresh Palanayandi
The role of PKC isozymes βII and ε in mast cell activity and in hypertension induced heart failure
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Collaborators: Irv Weissman, Sam Gambhir, Robert Robbins, Tom Quertermous, Mark Kay, Andrew Connolly
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes for Cardiac Therapy
Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD
Collaborators: Phil Tsao, Fahim Abbasi, Tim Assimes, Tom Quertermous, Gerald Reaven
Genome Wide Association Study of Variation in Insulin Mediated Glucose Uptake
Phil Tsao, PhD
Collaborators: Ron Dalman, David Stevenson, Ronald Wong, Junya Azuma
Effect of Statin Therapy upon AAA Disease: Role of Heme Oxygenase
Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE
Collaborators: Aravind Swaminathan, Kim Butts Pauly, John M. Pauly, David H. Liang, Euan A. Ashley, Viola Rieke
Noninvasive MRI-Guided Myocardial Ablation of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
Collaborators: V. Mohan Reddy, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Ellen Kuhl, William F. Fearon, Curtis W. Frank, Thomas Kleisli, Serdar Goktepe
Computationally Guided Design of Biodegradable Drug Eluting Stents for the Treatment and Reversal of Vascular Stenoses in Children with Congenital Heart Defects
Charles A. Taylor, PhD
Collaborators: William F. Fearon, Geoffrey D Rubin
Predicting Outcomes of Treatments for Coronary Artery Disease