Current T32 Trainees

Christopher Audu, MD, PhD

Examining the Role of Sirtuin-1,3 and 6 on Diabetic Macrophage – Endothelial Cell Cross Talk.

Nora Eccles Harrison CVRTI/Dept. of Surgery, Mentor: Anthony Donato, PhD

Jake Bergquist, PhD

Computational Modeling of Atypical Left Atrial Flutter to Improve Clinical Outcomes.

Nora Eccles Harrison CVRTI, Mentor: Ravi Ranjan, MD, PhD

Marlayna Despres, MD

Interactions Between Fetal Cerebrovascular Autoregulation, Neonatal Neurobehavior, and Genetic Variants in Critical Congenital Heart Disease.

Nora Eccles Harrison CVRTI/Dept. of Pediatrics, Mentors: Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD; Whitnee Hogan, MD

Sydney Hartsell, MD, MPH

The Role of Hypertension in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division Nephrology, Mentors: Srinivasan Beddhu, MD; Tom H. Greene, PhD; Jincheng Shen, PhD

Vincent Huang, MD

Characterizing Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Proliferation in LVAD Unloaded Hearts of Pediatric and Adult Patients Suffering from Heart Failure.

Nora Eccles Harrison CVRTI, Mentor: Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD

Ian Nickel, MD

Novel approaches for heart preservation.

Dept. of Surgery, Division of CT Surgery, Mentor: Craig Selzman, MD

Sara Wong, PhD

Regulation of mitochondrial health by mitochondrial derived compartments in cardiomyocytes.

Dept. of Biochemistry, Mentor: Adam Hughes, PhD