{"id":1359,"date":"2018-07-10T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:14:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mission<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The WCVI&#8217;s mission is to advance the field of cardiovascular research and science. Investigators in the WCVI conduct and coordinate research and training related to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The WCVI combines and integrates basic science, clinical investigation, and population science with the ultimate goal of advancing patient care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/busm-wci\/files\/2020\/07\/Naomi-Hamburg-1-150x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" class=\" wp-image-2244 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2020\/07\/Naomi-Hamburg-1-150x150-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/files\/2020\/07\/Naomi-Hamburg-1-150x150-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/profile\/naomi-hamburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Naomi Hamburg, MD, MS<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joseph A. Vita Professor of Medicine<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mission The WCVI&#8217;s mission is to advance the field of cardiovascular research and science. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14041,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2934,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}