We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]
Article: Plasticity of cerebral microvascular structure and mechanics during hypertension and following recovery of arterial pressure Authors: Rasna Sabharwal, Mark W Chapleau, Thomas D Gerhold, Gary L Baumbach, Frank M Faraci Journal: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 Dec 1;323(6):H1108-H1117 Abstract: Changes in vascular structure contribute to vascular events and loss of brain health. […]
Jared McLendon, PhD, associate in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, has received a three-year, $231,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award. In previous years, McLendon has earned an Alzheimer’s Association Research Foundation Award and an AHA postdoctoral fellowship award. With this new funding, McLendon will continue his work examining the Sorbs2 gene, which he […]
The following is a joint statement from Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, Interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, and Manish Suneja, MD, Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. The Department of Internal Medicine celebrates the incoming class of interns for the 2023–24 academic year. It is almost three years […]
Welcome to our incoming residents for 2023–24!
Gourav Bhardwaj, MSc, PhD, research assistant professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, received a three-year, $231,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award (CDA) for the project titled: Role of FoxO3 in Ca2+ handling and diastolic dysfunction in diabetic cardiomyopathy. Bhardwaj joined the department late last year. He received his PhD in Functional Genomics from the […]
Jin-Young Yoon, PhD, research assistant professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, received a three-year, $231,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Career Development Award (CDA). With this funding, Yoon will explore the protective role of SIRTUIN5 in the heart. SIRT5 is a member of Sirtuins (SIRTs), a family of NAD+-dependent protein deACYLases. SIRT5 has been reported to affect cardiac […]
Ravinder Reddy Gaddam, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Vikram Lab, received a three-year, $231,000 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). Gaddam’s application was in < 1 percentile. He previously earned AHA Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2018 and 2021. With this new AHA funding, Gaddam will uncover the therapeutic potential of novel […]
The Department of Internal Medicine is pleased to announce that Collin Just, MBA, will become Division Administrator for the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, effective March 20. Just joins an already thriving division, as he takes the administrative reins from Danielle Allen, MBA. Directed by Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, the division is annually ranked at […]
We are pleased to present the next in our weekly series introducing you to Internal Medicine’s Advanced Practice Providers. In addition to sharing information about where they work in the department, we asked them each to tell us a little bit about their “Why” (the sustaining pull for their work) and what relaxes them. (Read […]