Melissa G. Farb PhD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
72 East Concord Street | (617) 414-1567melissa.farb@bmc.org
mfarb@bu.edu
Sections
Cardiovascular Medicine
Centers
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
Biography
Melissa Farb, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. For her research, she has received two grants and since 2011 she has been a member of both the American Heart Association and the Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center. Throughout her career, she has trained research assistants, mentored graduate students, and taught courses. She has received the Warren Palmer Award for Outstanding PhD student in College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, multiple travel grants, and was a finalist for the Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award.
Websites
Education
Nutrition/Food Science, PhD, University of Illinois
Nutrition/Food Science, BSc, University of Vermont
Publications
Fisher N, Xue L, Smith KK, Tao B, Cunha JA, Ladenheim S, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Milstone ZJ, Zhebrun A, Zhang X, Jun GR, Stein TD, Ang TFA, Farrer LA, Farb MG, Padera RF, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Gopal DM, Isaac RS, Lenburg ME, Choi SH, Fetterman JL. Mitochondrial genetic variation across tissues of the human body. Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 May 20; 54(10). PMID: 42179041.
Published on 11/11/2025Ahmed B, Farb MG, Chen K, Pernar L, Carmine B, Hess DT, Schlezinger J, Gokce N. Anti-angiogenic effects of p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) in the human microvasculature. Toxicol In Vitro. 2026 Mar; 111:106174. PMID: 41232628.
Published on 10/1/2025Ahmed B, Farb MG, D'Alessandro S, Pernar L, Carmine B, Hess DT, Walsh K, Gokce N. CaMKII Antagonism Improves Vascular Dysfunction in the Visceral Adipose Microvasculature of Obese Subjects. Microcirculation. 2025 Oct; 32(7):e70033. PMID: 41126647.
Published on 8/25/2025Okazaki RA, Rizvi SH, Bretón-Romero R, Zhou Y, Weisbrod RM, Li Z, Farb MG, Farber A, Hamburg NM. Novel microRNA pathways of impaired angiogenesis in human peripheral artery disease adipose tissue. Vasc Med. 2025 Oct; 30(5):537-544. PMID: 40855713.
Published on 7/30/2024Ahmed B, Farb MG, Gokce N. Cardiometabolic implications of adipose tissue aging. Obes Rev. 2024 Nov; 25(11):e13806. PMID: 39076025.
Published on 10/18/2023Ahmed B, Farb MG, Karki S, D'Alessandro S, Edwards NM, Gokce N. Pericardial Adipose Tissue Thrombospondin-1 Associates With Antiangiogenesis in Ischemic Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2024 Jan 01; 210:201-207. PMID: 37863116.
Published on 6/10/2023Li Y, Gray A, Xue L, Farb MG, Ayalon N, Andersson C, Ko D, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Rong J, Xanthakis V, Liu C, Fetterman JL, Gopal DM. Metabolomic Profiles, Ideal Cardiovascular Health, and Risk of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jun 20; 12(12):e028022. PMID: 37301766.
Published on 11/2/2022Moreira JD, Gower AC, Xue L, Alekseyev Y, Smith KK, Choi SH, Ayalon N, Farb MG, Tenan K, LeClerc A, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Lenburg ME, Mitchell RN, Padera RF, Fetterman JL, Gopal DM. Systematic dissection, preservation, and multiomics in whole human and bovine hearts. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2023; 63:107495. PMID: 36334690.
Published on 7/1/2021Gokce N, Karki S, Dobyns A, Zizza E, Sroczynski E, Palmisano JN, Mazzotta C, Hamburg NM, Pernar LI, Carmine B, Carter CO, LaValley M, Hess DT, Apovian CM, Farb MG. Association of Bariatric Surgery With Vascular Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2115267. PMID: 34251443.
Published on 1/28/2021Mazzotta C, Basu S, Gower AC, Karki S, Farb MG, Sroczynski E, Zizza E, Sarhan A, Pande AN, Walsh K, Dobrilovic N, Gokce N. Perivascular Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Ischemic Heart Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 03; 41(3):1239-1250. PMID: 33504180.