 | Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Connelly on her recent RO1 with NIH!
The National Institutes of Health announced that it will fund 22 grants on genome-wide studies of how epigenetic changes define and contribute to specific human diseases and biological processes. Dr. Connelly was one of only 2 young investigators funded out of 22 projects in the Epigenomics Program and only 3 were related to cardiovascular disease. Read More |
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Brookeman wins 2009 Edlich-Henderson Inventor of the Year Award
Dr. Brookeman shares the UVa Patent Foundation's highest prize with Biomedical Engineering Professor John P. Mugler III PhD. The award recognizes important advances in MRI imaging. Professors Brookeman and Mugler developed pulse sequencing techniques which allow 3D magnetic resonance images to be obtained in as little as 10 minutes. Because patients must remain completely still during the MRI, doctors tended to settle for 2D images prior to these techniques. Read More
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 | Amanda Doran Captures 3 Prestigious Awards This Year!
Amanda Doran, a MD/PhD (MST) Program and Molecular Medicine Graduate Student adds the Jill E. Hungerford Prize to her list of awards including the 2009 Women’s Young Investigator Award and 2008 Robert M. Berne Outstanding Trainee Achievement Award. Read More |
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Kimberly Kelly PhD Receives Million Dollar Grant for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Kelly recently received a $1.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop imaging agents for early detection of pancreatic cancer. With no screening techniques available for detection such as colonoscopy, mammography or PSA testing, Kelly hopes to create a compound which could be used for widespread screening for pancreatic cancer. Read More
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 | UVa Launches Women's Heart Healthcare System
The Heart Clinic will provide gender specific care, an important step in preventing heart disease. "Our goal is to help women reduce their risk through a variety of types of interventions," said Amy Tucker. Read More |
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Brian Duling PhD wins the Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award
The Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award is an honor bestowed by the American Physiological Society to recognize excellence both in research and in the training of new physiologists. Resident faculty member and former CVRC director, Dr. Brian Duling, was named the next recipient of this annual award. Dr. Duling's training program has been a great success at the CVRC for many years. Read More
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 | CVRC Surpasses Goals for AHA Heart Walk Fundraising
Despite the late start, the Cardiac Crusaders raised $2,346, surpassing the goal of $1500. Fundraising projects this year included two bake sales and a raffle for two UVA jackets. Read More |
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| Dr. David Glover's Talk, "Molecular Imaging of Lox-1 to Assess Atherosclerotic Plaque" Wins First Prize at the Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. Read More |  |
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 | CVRC Partners Fund Winners for July 2008 are Christine Lau and Bijoy Kundu.
The Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) is pleased to announce the winners of the July 2008 Partners Award. We received several applications this round and the Scientific Advisory Committee has chosen to fund two awardees in the amount of $25,000 to assist with their research in their project areas. Read More |
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| Norbert Leitinger, Ph.D. is awarded a grant from the Tobacco Research Program for his project titled "Cigarette smoke-induced formation of endogenous TLR-2 activators." Read More |  |
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 | Hong Pei's Mouse Surgery Core Joins CVRC Shared Facilities. Read More |
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Dr. Aaron Dumont is awarded the Charles A. Elsberg Fellowship in Neurological Surgery.
This $50,000 scholarship was awarded for research in "Inflammatory Cytokines and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Modulation in Cerebral Aneurysms" Read More |
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Brian Wamhoff, Ph.D. is selected for the Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Research Award
The award from the American Heart Association promotes new investigators in arteriosclerosis and vascular biology by recognizing significant accomplishments, early on in their careers. Read More |  |
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| Dr. Amy Tucker Makes the National Best Doctors List
The list is compiled by Best Doctors Inc. and represents their view of the top 3 to 5 percent of doctors in the United States. Other CVRC members to make the list include: Eugene J. Barrett, Victor Baum, George A. Beller, Robert M. Carey, Robert L. Chevalier, John P. DiMarco, Benjamin M. Gaston, Neal F. Kassell, Irving L. Kron, Carl Lynch, Eugene D. McGahren, Mark D. Okusa, Edward Rose, William Michael Scheld. Read More |
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Alaa Awad is awarded NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99 R00)
The award is designed to help researchers transition to independent, R01 funding. Read More |
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John Sanders Wins Antibody Photo Contest
John Sanders, formerly of the CVRC Histology Core and now working for the Annex Lab, won the prize with the Immunofluorescence photo of macrophages in a mouse carotid artery (at right). Read More |  |
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