2018 CVI Seed Grants Recipients

Research Funded by the MCHRI

Multiparametric imaging to study cellular dynamics in Duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated dilated cardiomyopathy

PI: Helen Blau, PhD

THE DONALD E. AND DELIA B. BAXTER FOUNDATION PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, BAXTER LABORATORY FOR STEM CELL BIOLOGY

Co-I: Marlene Rabinovich, MD

DWIGHT AND VERA DUNLEVIE PROFESSOR IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY

PI: Yu Xin Wang, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Co-I: Mingxia Gu, MD, PhD

INSTRUCTOR, PEDIATRICS - CARDIOLOGY

Identification of metabolic markers during early pregnancy associated with the risk of congenital heart defects in the offspring

PI: Michael Snyder, PhD

STANFORD W. ASCHERMAN, MD, FACS, PROFESSOR IN GENETICS

PI: Mads Melbye, MD

VISITING PROFESSOR, MEDICINE - PRIMARY CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH

Co-I: Liang Liang, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, GENETICS

Functional Characterization of Distinct Bone Marrow Sub-Fractions for Treatment of Myocardial Infarction

PI: Charles KF Chan, MD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY (PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY)

Co-I: Andrew Lee

GRADUATE STUDENT

PI: Irving Weissman, MD

DIRECTOR, STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL BIOLOGY AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VIRGINIA & D.K. LUDWIG PROFESSOR FOR CLINICAL INVESTIGATION IN CANCER RESEARCH, PROF OF DEV BIO

PI: Patricia K. Nguyen, MD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE) AT THE PALO ALTO VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Novel Intravascular Ultrasound Array Catheter for Quantitative Imaging of Vulnerable Plaque

PI: Jeremy Dahl, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RADIOLOGY (PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY)

Co-I: Carl Herickhoff, PhD

RESEARCH ENGINEER, RAD/PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

PI: Matthew Lungren, MD, MPH

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RADIOLOGY (PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY) AT THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Co-I: Arsenii Telichko, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, RADIOLOGY

Anesthetics induced myocardial depression through TRPA1 signaling pathway

PI: Detlef Obal, MD, PhD

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ANESTHESIOLOGY, PERIOPERATIVE AND PAIN MEDICINE

Co-I: Ian Ying-Li Chen, MD, PhD

STAFF, CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OPERATIONS
RESIDENT, HS-MEDICINE-SHC

Genome-scale CRISPR Interference Approach to Investigate Statin-induced Myotoxicity

PI: June-Wha Rhee, MD

CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR, MEDICINE - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

PI: Stanley Qi, MD, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOENGINEERING

Co-I: Masataka Nishiga, MD, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE

Influence of e-cigarette vapor on experimental aortic aneurysm

PI: Philip Tsao, PhD

PROFESSOR (RESEARCH) OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)

Co-I: Ronglih Liao, PhD

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)

Co-I: Joshua M. Spin MD, PhD

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MEDICINE - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Co-I: Juyong Brian Kim, MD

INSTRUCTOR, MEDICINE - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Co-I: Nicholas J. Leeper, MD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY (VASCULAR SURGERY) AND MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)

Characterization of the Gut Microbiome-Host Metabolome Interactions in Heart Failure-Related Insulin Resistance

PI: Michael Fowler, MB, FRCP

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR)

Co-I: Thomas Quertermous, MD

WILLIAM G. IRWIN PROFESSOR IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

PI: Petra Mamic, MD

FELLOW IN MEDICINE - CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

Co-I: Michael Snyder, PhD

STANFORD W. ASCHERMAN, MD, FACS, PROFESSOR IN GENETICS

A bioabsorbable external mesh to prevent vein graft failure after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

PI: Alison Marsden, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS (CARDIOLOGY) AND OF BIOENGINEERING

Co-I: Muhammad Owais Khan, PhD

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW, CARDIOLOGY

PI: Jack Boyd, MD

CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Co-I: Alexa Wnorowski, MS

PHD STUDENT

Co-I: Hanjay Wang, MD

RESIDENT IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Does enhancing coronary artery development promote recovery from cardiac injury?

PI: Kristy Red-Horse, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

Co-I: Daniel Bernstein, MD

ALFRED WOODLEY SALTER AND MABEL SMITH SALTER ENDOWED PROFESSOR IN PEDIATRICS

Evaluation of orphan G-protein-coupled receptor GPR151 as a novel obesity drug target

PI: Erik Ingelsson MD, PhD, FAHA

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE) AND, BY COURTESY, OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND POLICY (EPIDEMIOLOGY)

Co-I: Mark Mercola, PhD

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR)