WCVI News & Announcements
DOM/Evans Days 2020 Award Winners
CONGRATULATIONS to the following award recipients: Citizenship Award Mike Kirber, PhD – Research Implementation Research Mentoring Award Katya Ravid, DSc – Cardiovascular Medicine Evans Center IBR Research Collaborator of the Year Award Jessica Fetterman, PhD – Vascular Biology Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD – Computational Biomedicine
Employment Opportunity
Postdoctoral Associate Position: The Boston University School of Medicine seeks recent Ph.D. graduates with a metabolic or immunologic research background to join the Pharmacology and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute as Post-doctoral Research Associates. The interests of the research group are focused on understanding the metabolic regulation of hematopoiesis, systemic inflammation related to obesity, fatty... More
Whitaker Cardiovascular Pilot Grant Announcement
To: WCVI member FROM: Naomi Hamburg, MD RE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: WCVI pilot grant announcement for post docs. Please see the attached document for details. WCVI pilot grant announcement
Nearly $17M Invested to Fast-track Studies on Health Impacts of Vaping, Nicotine on Youth
The American Heart Association is investing nearly $17 million to fund a two-year research initiative, ENACT (End Nicotine Addiction in Children and Teens) led by scientists from Boston University School of Medicine, the Ohio State University and Yale University focusing on the health impacts of e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery... More
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