Cardiovascular Biology
About
Research in Cardiovascular Biology at UVA focuses on mechanisms that contribute to major cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, aneurysms, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke.Over 150 former trainees now hold leadership positions in academia, industry, and other biomedical science-related disciplines. Students perform research in one of the many laboratories housed in our world-renowned Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC). Training is augmented through our NIH-funded Cardiovascular Research Training Program, which prepares students for highly successful biomedical research careers in a broad range of areas, including studies of basic cardiovascular development and function. Our research also focuses on the development of novel drugs, devices, diagnostic methods, imaging modalities, and other therapeutic approaches to better diagnose, prevent, or treat cardiovascular disease.
Faculty
Abbott, Stephen
Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system and the homeostatic control of breathing
Barrett, Paula Q.
Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.
Braciale, Thomas J.
T Lymphocyte Responses To Virus Infection
Civelek, Mete
Systems Genetics Approaches to Understand Cardiometabolic Traits
Connelly, Jessica J.
Epigenetic mechanisms involved in complex human disease
Dudley, Andrew
Tumor microenvironment and mechanisms of tumor neovascularization
Engelhard, Victor H.
Identification of MHC-restricted tumor antigens / Control of T cell homing to tumors / Tertiary lymphoid structures and intratumoral immunity
Epstein, Frederick H.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Coronary Heart Disease; Myocardial Function; Myocardial Perfusion
Felder, Robin A.
Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology. Medical Automation Research. Neurotransmitters, cell surface receptors and intracellular second messengers.
French, Brent A.
Novel Therapies for Treating and Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease
Gelfand, Bradley
Blinding disease age-related macular degeneration, utilizing the tools of immunology, molecular biology, and engineering.
Harris, Thurl E
Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.
Holmes, Jeffrey W.
Healing after myocardial infarction, cardiac growth and remodeling, and image-based modeling and diagnosis.
Isakson, Brant
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.
Janes, Kevin A.
Systems-biology approaches to cancer biology and virology.
Kelly, Kimberly
Advancement in the design of imaging agents; molecular imaging and radiological sciences.
Kuyumcu-Martinez, Muge N
RNA regulatory networks and RNA binding proteins during cardiovascular development and in cardiovascular disease
Laubach, Victor E.
Understanding mechanisms of ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury after lung transplantation to identifying therapeutic targets.
Lee, Kevin S.
Neuronal Vulnerability: A Study of Cellular Mechanism
Leitinger, Norbert
Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes
Lynch, Kevin R.
Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate
McNamara, Coleen A.
Immune System Regulation of Cardiometabolic Disease
Meyer, Craig H.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Miller, Clint L.
Genetic variation, Complex diseases, Coronary artery disease, Genomics, Epigenomics, Regulatory mechanisms, Vascular biology, Pharmacology and Physiology
O’Rourke, Eyleen Jorgelina
Obesity and Aging
Owens, Gary K.
Identification of Factors and Mechanisms that Regulate the Stability of Late Stage Atherosclerotic Lesions and the Probability of Thromboembolic Events Including a Heart Attack or Stroke
Papin, Jason A.
Systems biology, infectious disease, cancer, toxicology, metabolic engineering
Peirce-Cottler, Shayn M.
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Computational Systems Biology, Vascular Growth and Remodeling, Stem Cell Therapies
Price, Richard J.
Image Guided Drug and Gene Delivery for Neurodegeneration and Cancer; Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy; Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis
Rich, Stephen S.
Genetic basis of common human disease, including type 1 diabetes, diabetic complications, ischemic stroke, atherosclerosis
Saucerman, Jeffrey J.
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease
Schulman, Ira G.
Regulation of transcription by nuclear hormone receptors, transcriptional control of metabolism and inflammation, small molecule approaches to drug discovery
Sheynkman, Gloria M.
Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease
Somlyo, Avril V.
Novel signal transduction pathways in smooth muscles that regulate contractility and impact diseases of the vasculature, airway and gastrointestinal tract.
Sonkusare, Swapnil
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders
Tsihlis, Nick
Vascular Biology, Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery
Walsh, Kenneth
Clonal hematopoiesis: A new mechanism of cardiovascular disease
Wang, Bowen
Toward better understanding of and innovative therapies for peripheral vascular diseases
Wolf, Matthew J
Identification of genes and pathways that cause or modify cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
Yates, Paul A.
Development and regulation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and blood vessels as they relate to retinal diseases.
Yeager, Mark
Cardiac Gap Junction Membrane Channels / Integrins Water Channels / Rotavirus / Reovirus / Retrovirus