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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

Understanding the origins of medication-resistant hypertension is the focus of a new research by Ariel Polizio, PhD, a scientist in the lab of Ken Walsh, PhD, professor of research in internal medicine and resident faculty in the UVA Robert M. … 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

Two postdoctoral research fellows, Kelsey Watts, PhD, and Alexander Clark, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), were awarded 2025 American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowships. The prestigious one- to two-year fellowships help pave the way to research independence for … 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

Congratulations to Zuzanna Juskiewicz, Wyatt Schug, and Skylar Loeb from Isakson lab, Victoria Milosek from Owens lab, and Linyao (Elina) Zhou from Sun lab on their Fellowship Awards!! The UVA Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics (MPBP) is proud … Read More