Manasa Nayak, PhD, research assistant professor in Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, was a finalist for the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) Kenneth M. Brinkhous Early Career Investigator Prize in Thrombosis. The AHA recognized Nayak, a member of the Chauhan Lab, as one of four young investigators performing fundamental and significant research in thrombosis. Nayak […]
Arul Mani, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, received a three-year, $231,000 career development award from the American Heart Association (AHA) for his project, microRNA-6236 regulation of post-ischemic skeletal muscle angiogenesis. Mani’s research interest is in peripheral artery disease (PAD), a narrowing of vessels that carry blood from the heart […]
In spring 2023, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Frank Faraci, PhD, and Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Eng Lo, PhD, sat down with Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association (AHA) Journal Circulation Research, Jane E. Freedman, MD, to discuss a possible new compendium for the journal. Now, a […]
Azaj Ahmed, MSc, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Sanjana Dayal, PhD, FAHA, has received a two-year, $147,292 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship award to pursue his research. He is studying mechanisms of obesity and prediabetes-induced thrombosis using mouse models and clinical samples for his project, in which he is investigating how […]
Rakesh B. Patel, PhD, a postdoctoral research scholar in the lab of Anil Chauhan, MTech, PhD, received a two-year, $155,952 American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project “Role of von Willebrand factor in linking respiratory tract infection and onset of stroke.” Approximately 25 to 30% of patients with ischemic stroke report a recent […]
Manasa Nayak, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, was selected as one of four finalists to compete for a prestigious award for early career researchers. Nayak presented his work at November’s meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA), the world’s biggest cardiovascular conference of the year. […]
Jennifer Streeter, MD, PhD, associate of Internal Medicine-Cardiovascular Medicine, has received a two-year, $200,000 American Heart Association (AHA) Innovative Project Award, for her study, “Radiopaque Aptamer Dimers as Next Generation Contrast Agents.” The idea for this project arose from Streeter’s work in the cardiac catheterization lab performing coronary angiography. To diagnose and treat patients with […]
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 […]
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 […]