WCVI News & Announcements
February 2020: Grant Announcement
Principle Investigator Jingyan Han awarded new RO1 grant. More
January 2020: Grant Announcement
January 2, 2020 Grant number: AHA SFRN35120118 Principle Investigator: Naomi Hamburg, MD Project title: Restoring vascular and endothelial health in patients with diabetes mellitus Project Period: 1/1/2020 – 12/31/2023
November 2019: News
November 25, 2019 Thank you to all who come and wished Dr. Sam farewell as she moves onto a new and exciting chapter in her career! Below is a copy of the wonderful speech she gave at the farewell celebration. As I bid Adieu November 24, 2019 Evans Day Junior Faculty Mentoring Award for 2019... More
August 2019: Grant Announcement
August 15, 2019 Grant number: 1R01HL142650-01A1 Principal Investigator: Noyan Gokce Project title: Wnt signaling control of vascular phenotype in obesity Project Period: 8/16/2019 – 7/31/2024
June 2019: Grant Announcements
June 14, 2019 Grant Number: 1R01HL145985-01A1 Principal Investigator(s): Flora Sam, MD Project Title: Mechanistic underpinnings of increased adipose tissue in HFpEF Project Period: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023 June 14, 2019 Grant Number: 1R21AA026922-01A1 Principal Investigator(s):JINGYAN HAN, PHD Project Title: Alcohol-induced dysregulation of thiol homeostasis and endothelial function Project Period: 05/15/2019 – 04/30/2021
WCVI 2019 Pilot Grant Announcement
WCVI 2019 Pilot Grant Announcement Congratulations to David Pimentel, MD and Markus Bachschmid, PhD (who submitted a combined proposal) and Frank Naya, PhD (on the Charles River Campus) for having been awarded the 2019 WCVI Pilot awards. Each Award is worth $25,000 for one year. “C-Terminal BNP as a novel marker of... More
Franco Puleo wins American Physiological Society’s Porter Fellowship
May 20, 2019 Franco Puleo, a PhD student in the Wainford Lab, has been awarded an American Physiological Society's Porter Fellowship that includes a full year stipend. Project title: "Sympathetic nervous system regulation of the NCC in salt sensitive hypertension" American Physiological Society's Porter Fellowship.
Pilot Grant Announcement 2019
WCVI Pilot Grant The Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute (WCVI) seeks pilot projects from Investigators from the WCVI. For more information about the pilot and how to apply, click here: WCVI pilot grant announcement 2019 Key Dates Full Application Receipt Deadline: May 1, 2019 Funding Decision Date: June 1, 2019 Funding Start Date: July 1, 2019 For questions contact Nancy Clinton at nclinton@bu.edu
April 2019: Grant Announcement
April 1, 2019 Grant Number: KO1HL143142-01A1 Principal Investigator: Jessica Fetterman, PhD Project Title: Relations of Mitochondrial genetic variation and function with atrial fibrillation Project Period: 4/1/2019 – 3/31/2024
March 2019: Jessica Fetterman, PhD
Grant Number: 1K01HL143142-01A1 FAIN: K01HL143142 Principal Investigator: Jessica Leann Fetterman, PhD Project Title: Relations of Mitochondrial Genetic Variation and Function with Atrial Fibrillation