About Us

Our  Multidisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovasuclar Research is now in its 38th year, and it remains to be very strong and successful. This program is unique, as it offers multidisciplinary state-of-the-art resources, advanced expertise of leading experts in the field, and professional guidance to a highly qualified and motivated group of postdoctoral fellows who want to pursue successful carriers in cardiovascular science.

The program involves more than 40 expert investigators from seven basic science and four clinical divisions and departments.  This center has developed a highly interactive research and training environment with successful collaborative initiatives which represent major fields of cardiovascular biology. Research projects in the following fields are offered by our program

Accepted trainees hold M.D. or Ph.D. degree, come from different scientific and educational backgrounds (including minorities), and commit to 2 – 3 years of multidisciplinary training to help them reach their full potential and successfully achieve their professional and career goals.

The strength of our program is in the vertical integration of basic and clinical research programs, which enrich the training experience, permitting the trainee to identify clinically relevant basic research questions, become familiar with multiple disciplines, and eventually acquire the skills to succeed in discovering and applying basic insights into pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. The total annual research funding of the Mentors/PIs within our program over the past several years has typically been >$20,000,000 per year. In addition to outstanding Mentors, our training program is further strengthened by it’s close affiliation with the Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, advanced Core Facilities, by The Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (http://ctsi.bu.edu/), and by the outstanding environment of the Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, providing a perfect research environment for postdoctoral training

Our program offers the following activities for each trainee:

  • An advanced research project under the mentorship and direction of an established NIH-funded investigator
  • Regular presentations of their “Work-in-Progress” in a seminar series to help them gauge their research project, develop presentation skills, provide them with guidance, and allow for interaction between the trainees
  • A new, highly-praised, “Advanced Career Development” curriculum, which builds a clear understanding of responsibilities and career opportunities, and offers insights into ways to optimize a career in the biomedical sciences
  • Unique “Affinity Research Collaborative” (ARC) programs, which provide trainees with an integrative multidisciplinary approach to research and allows interaction between the different laboratories
  • A mentorship program that includes both formal (documented) and informal assessment of a trainees’ progress
  • Postdoctoral workshops through a newly created Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, which helps to prepare trainees for a career in the biomedical sciences

The image below helps to exemplify growing success of the program in the last 10 years

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