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
Natasha Sheybani, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and CVRC member, became the first UVA researcher to receive an Era of Hope Scholar Award from the Department of Defense. The $5.5 million award, the only one issued by the DoD … 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
On Sunday, October 27th, CVRC members ran the Haunted Heart 5K, a charity race to raise money for the American Heart Association (AHA). The event was organized and sponsored by Cardiovascular Training Grant participants. Approximately forty participants, many in Halloween … Read More
Kenneth Walsh, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine and resident faculty member of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, traveled to the Nobel Symposium in Physiology or Medicine in Cape Town, South Africa. On October 22nd, He presented his work, … Read More
