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Art Yurdagul, Jr.
Art Yurdagul, Jr., Ph.D. Assistant Professor LSUHSC-Shreveport Research Interests: My research centers on the mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease, with a primary focus on atherosclerosis progression and regression. A key area of interest is the dynamic behavior of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) and their role in plaque stability. During atherosclerosis, vSMCs undergo phenotypic changes that…
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Morgan Salmon, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor University of Michigan Research Interests: Dr. Salmon and her team broadly seek to understand mechanisms that regulate aortic aneurysm formation, progression and rupture in abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. Dr. Salmon’s team has been on the forefront of helping develop novel models of chronic, thrombotic aneurysm formation that mimics…
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Webinar Featuring Dr. Walter Lee Murfee Walter Lee Murfee, Ph. D. Associate Professor J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville The webinar took place on May 1, 2025 Walter Lee Murfee, Ph. D., J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville will present his talk, “Re-Discovering…
Read MoreCallie Kwartler
Callie Kwartler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Research Interests: My lab works on molecular and epigenetic mechanisms driving smooth muscle cell fate specification and to assess how those pathways or chromatin remodeling changes are altered in patients with moyamoya disease. Moyamoya disease (MMD), characterized by bilateral progressive stenosis and…
Read MoreElisa Boscolo
Elisa Boscolo, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Research Interests: In vitro and in vivo models of vascular malformations and vascular tumors, TIE2 and GNAQ signaling, translational research NAVBO Activities: Member since 2007; Councilor – 2021-2024; Growth & Enrichment Committee, 2024-present; Meritorious Awards Committee,…
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Ke Yuan, PhD May 1, 2025 Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Division of Pulmonary Medicine Boston Children’s Hospital Primary Research: The Ke Yuan Lab is dedicated to uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Our research primarily focuses on defining the distinct roles of vascular cell…
Read MoreWebinar Featuring Dr. Clint Miller
Webinar Featuring Dr. Clint Miller Clint Miller, PhD Associate Professor Department of Genome Sciences University of Virginia The webinar took place on April 3, 2025 Clint Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Genome Sciences presented his talk entitled, “Decoding vascular disease using integrative human genomics.” Click here to…
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Paul Cheng, MD, PhD March 28, 2025 Assistant Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Stanford University Primary Research: Why did the chicken cross the road? Or better yet, why did the other chicken not cross the road? The Cheng lab is broadly interested in understanding why there is heterogeneity in the behaviors of seemingly identical vascular cells…
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Webinar Featuring Dr. Elliot Chaikof Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School The webinar took place on March 6, 2025 Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Surgery…
Read MoreWebinar Featuring Dr. Hasan Erbil Abaci
Webinar Featuring Dr. Hasan Erbil Abaci Hasan Erbil Abaci, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology and Department of Biomedical Engineering (Affiliate Faculty) Columbia University Medical Center The webinar took place on February 6, 2025 Hasan Erbil Abaci, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology and Department of Biomedical Engineering (Affiliate Faculty) at Columbia University Medical Center…
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