Congratulations to the 2009 winners of Cardiovascular Institute seed grants!
July 24, 2009
Thirty-nine proposals were submitted by interdisciplinary research teams for the Cardiovascular Institute's 2009 seed grants. The most impressive and diverse yet, the submissions propose innovative ideas and collaborators from over 15 departments.
A considerable number of proposals received high-scores, making it impossible for the judges--Drs. John Cooke, Mark Hlatky, Robert Robbins and Sofie Kleppner--to choose only three. Thus, after lengthy consideration,
Congratulations to the 2009 winners of Cardiovascular Institute seed grants!
(in no particular order):
Euan Ashley(PI) & James Spudich: Molecular and Cellular Dynamics of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations.
View the video of Dr. Ashley discussing his CVI seed grant research.
CP Chang (PI) & Gerald Crabtree: Exploring the Mechanisms of Cardiac Hypertrophy Controlled by the BAF Complex
Marcia Stefanick (PI), Stacy Sims, Sandra Tsai & Craig Heller: A Pilot Study:Decreasing Physiological and Psychosocial Barriers to Physical Activity in Sedentary Obese Women
Ada Poon (PI), Amin Al-Ahmad & Paul Wang: Focused Electromagnetic Energy for Myocardial Ablation
Sarah Heilshorn & Eric Chiao (Co-PI): Vascular Tissue Engineering with Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Designer Protein-based Scaffolds
Bala Rajaratnam (PI), Euan Ashley & Phil Tsao: Novel Methodologies for Gene Network Interaction Analysis in Cardiovascular Disease
Many thanks to the judges for their thoughtful analysis.
