Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Seed Grants
Fund Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives
Feb 3,2006 Stanford Cardiovsacular Institute awarded five seed grants to interdisciplinary collaborations of CVI members.
"The Cardiovascular Institute’s research seed grants advance the integration of Stanford’s rich array of multidisciplinary cardiovascular research to achieve the Institute goal: to improve diagnosis, treatment, prevention and ultimately to eliminate heart and vessel disease," said Dr. Robbins.
"The proposals were of such high quality, another nine received "Honorable Mention."
The winning proposals are listed below.
Apelin in human heart failure
Thomas Quertermous, Euan Ashley, Kavita Ernst, Daniel Bernstein, Randall Vagelos, Michael Fowler, Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Pediatrics/Cardiology
Improving Cardiac Repair by Stem Cell Mediated Gene Therapy
Joseph Wu, Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine and colleagues from the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, MIPS/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford and Pathology
Genomic, Morphometric, Hemodynamic and Mechanical Investigation of Rat Arteries in a Pulsatile Organ-Culture System
Christopher Zarins, Payman Benharash, Cheng pei Xu, Phil Tsao, Charles Taylor, Department of Surgery/Vasculary Surgery, Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Biomechanical Engineering
Genetic Determinants of Coronary Artery Disease
Tom Quertermous, Tim Assimes, Josh Knowles, Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine in conjunction with the ADVANCE researchers from Stanford Prevention Research Center, Health Research and Policy, Genetics and Biostatistics
Cardiovascular Genomics/Proteomics Program and Core Facility
Daniel Bernstein, David Rosenthal, Michael Fowler, Euan Ashley, George Van Hare, Paul Wang, Anne Dubin, Department of Pediatrics/Cardiology and Department of Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine
