Yen-Lin Chen, PhD, a former postdoctoral fellow working with Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, started his tenure-track position in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport in January 2026. As a postdoctoral fellow in the Sonkusare … Read More
Two members of the Sonkusare Lab received awards at the 2025 meeting of the North American Vascular Biology Society (NAVBO). Maniselvan Kuppusamy, PhD, a Senior Research Scientist, received the Emerging Leaders Award from the Microcirculatory Society. The award recognizes promising early-career … Read More
Two CVRC members, Matteo Morello, MD, and Bethany Gholson, BS, ACS, RCS, FASE, won the 2025 Research Investigator Awards at this year’s American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). Dr. Morello received the Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award and Gholson received … Read More
Sumeet Khetarpal, MD, PhD, joined the CVRC on September 2, 2025. Dr. Khetarpal, now an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, comes to UVA from Massachusetts General Hospital, where he finished his Cardiology Fellowship. He also completed postdoctoral … Read More
Obesity affects about 4 in 10 American adults and 1 in 5 children. Beyond excess weight, it triggers internal changes that can lead to serious health problems. One such change is chronic low-level inflammation, which constricts blood vessels and raises blood … Read More
As human beings age, we accumulate mutations in our DNA. These mutations can be harmless, or they can contribute to age-related conditions including neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers. The most prevalent age-related mutation in males is the loss … Read More
Resident member Antonio Abbate, MD, Ruth C. Heede Professor of Cardiology, recently published a paper detailing a treatment for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Dr. Abbate & coworkers found that controlling the patient’s heart rate with an already-approved medication improved … Read More
CVRC trainees represented the Center well at this year’s American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (AHA BCVS) Scientific Sessions. The conference, held July 23-26 in Baltimore, MD, is the AHA’s flagship conference for fundamental research. Among the attendees from UVA, … Read More
In certain kinds of heart failure, trouble begins when the heart fails to relax completely. Staying partially clenched reduces the amount of blood the heart can move, leading to high pressures in the heart chamber, exhaustion, and fluid retention. Most … Read More
