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
January 2019: Shinobu Matssura DVM, PhD
January 29, 2019 1K010D025290-01A1 Shinobu Matsuura DVM, PhD Project Title: The Bone Marrow Extracellular Matrix: Scaffold of Hematopoiesis Project period: 02/01/2019 – 01/31/2024
November 2018: Alissa Frame
November 7, 2018 Congratulations to Alissa Frame (MD, PhD candidate, from the Wainford lab) ! She won the Third Place Basic Research Award in the 2018 Evans Department of Medicine Research Days, Oral Presentations Session on October 11, 2018. “Renal and Neural Mechanisms of Salt Sensitivity in Age-Related Hypertension”
WCVI Pilot Grant Early Career Awardees Announced
Congratulations WCVI Pilot Grant Early Career Awardees for Summer 2018 July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Rosa Breton-Romero, PhD; Postdoctoral Associate *Photo pending* Beatriz Ferran Perez, PhD; Postdoctoral Associate Jessica L. Fetterman, PhD Assistant Professor Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD; Assistant Professor Ivan Luptak, M.D. PhD; Assistant Professor María Valero-Muñoz, PhD; Postdoctoral Associate
June 2018: Naomi Hamburg, MD
Naomi Hamburg, MD Installed as Joseph A. Vita, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. See full article here.
WCVI Pilot Grant
The Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute (WCVI) seeks pilot projects from Early Career Investigators from the WCVI. For more information about the pilot and how to apply click here: WCVI pilot grant announcement Key Dates Application Deadline: June 4, 2018 at 5:00pm Funding Decision Date: June 18, 2018 Funding Start Date: July 1, 2018 For questions contact Nancy Clinton at nclinton@bu.edu
News for February 2018
Flora Sam, MD, Appointed Interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Article Link