{"id":2894,"date":"2026-06-17T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/?page_id=2894"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:25:36","slug":"whitaker-cardiovascular-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/whitaker-cardiovascular-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Featured Research Project<\/strong><\/h2>\n<section class=\"featured-research\">\n<article class=\"research-card\">\n<h3><strong>\u201cCancer-Associated Thromboembolism as Affected by Health Disparities (CAT-HD)\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"researcher\"><strong>Katya Ravid, DSc<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"description\">Dr. Ravid is an investigator at the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, where her research focuses on blood stem cells, cardiovascular biology, and cell cycle regulation. She leads an American Heart Association (AHA)-funded research center dedicated to investigating the connections between cancer including blood cancers and cardiovascular disease, with a particular emphasis on understanding and reducing health disparities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/black-cancer-patients-at-higher-risk-for-blood-clots\/\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-links\">\n<h3>Websites<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Katya.Ravid\">BU Profile<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/wci-training-programs\/mentors\/katya-ravid-d-sc-ph-d\/\">Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Training Program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ravidlab\/\">Ravid Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Research Project \u201cCancer-Associated Thromboembolism as Affected by Health Disparities (CAT-HD)\u201d Katya Ravid, DSc Dr. Ravid is an investigator at the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, where her research focuses on blood stem cells, cardiovascular biology, and cell cycle regulation. She leads an American Heart Association (AHA)-funded research center dedicated to investigating the connections between cancer including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10364,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2896,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions\/2896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/cancercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}