Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Seed Grants
Spring 2022 Seed Grant Award Recipients
Research funded by the Cardiovascular Institute
The Role of Wnt7a/ROR2 Signaling Axis in Right Ventricular Adaptation to Pulmonary Hypertension
Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
(Contact PI)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE)
Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD (Co-PI)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (RESEARCH) OF SURGERY (VASCULAR SURGERY)
Development of Automated Peripheral Calcium Score as a Novel Imaging Biomarker in Peripheral Artery Disease
Shipra Arya, MD (Contact PI)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY (VASCULAR SURGERY)
Elsie G. Ross, MD
(Co-investigator)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY (VASCULAR SURGERY) AND OF MEDICINE (BMIR)
Dominik Fleischmann, MD
(Co-investigator)
PROFESSOR OF RADIOLOGY (CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING)
Amber W. Trickey, PhD, MS, CPH
(Co-investigator)
BIOSTATISTICIAN 3, STANFORD-SURGERY POLICY IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH & EDUCATION CTR, STANFORD-SURGERY POLICY IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
Engineering Protease-Guided Drug Delivery to Implanted Stem Cells for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Xiaojing Gao, PhD
(Co-PI)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Immunosuppression Associated Cardiac Remodeling In Heart Transplantation
Karim Sallam, MD (Contact PI)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)
Kiran Kaur Khush, MD, MAS
(Co-investigator)
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)