Author: Chris Baryiames

CVRC Gary Owens, PhD, was featured by UVA Health’s Research in Motion series today. Watch his video below!

Dr. Christopher Kramer, MD, George A. Beller MD/Lantheus Medical Imaging Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and CVRC member, became President of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) at the organization’s 2025 annual meeting. The ACC is a global professional organization … Read More

Luke Dunaway, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Brant Isakson, PhD, recently received a 3-year American Heart Association Career Development Award. This award will fund the final years of Dunaway’s postdoctoral training and the first stage of his career … Read More

Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center Resident Member and Frances Myers Ball Endowed Professor of Medicine, & Cardiovascular Division Vice-Chief for Research, Jonathan Lindner, MD, was recently awarded a $2,869,442 grant from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute … Read More

Ariel Polizio, PhD, is a research scientist working with Ken Walsh, PhD, to understand the origins of medication-resistant hypertension. Up to 50% of patients demonstrate resistance to medications prescribed for high blood pressure, increasing their chances of developing organ damage … Read More

“In my lab, we’re discovering the biochemical communication networks that control how cells behave. What I really love about this challenge is that cells are way more complicated than an aircraft carrier or an airplane. And so we need to … Read More

Two CVRC members, Karen Hirschi, PhD, and Lukas Tamm, PhD, received Research Achievement Awards from the University of Virginia on February 5. The awards were presented by President Jim Ryan, Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom, and Vice President … Read More

When a foreign object gets stuck inside the human body, scar tissue begins to grow around it, preventing it from harming organs or tissues. This scarring, called fibrosis, can cause problem when the foreign object is a medical device, such … Read More

The CVRC’s Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD, recently appeared in a public service video alongside NHL pro Henrik Lundqvist. They discussed Lundqvist’s experiences with a heart condition, recurrent pericarditis, which is characterized by swelling in the sac-like tissue surrounding the heart. … Read More

The CVRC held its annual Robert M. Berne Lecture on November 7th, presented by Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD. Dr. Arispe is the Stephen Walter Ranson Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School … Read More