UNC McAllister Heart Institute - UNC School of Medicine
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UNC McAllister Heart Institute (MHI)
Mission Statement
| The mission of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute is to advance the care of patients with diseases of the Heart, Blood, and Circulation by encouraging basic, preclinical, and applied research to unravel the causes of cardiovascular disease and to provide new tools for diagnosis and treatment to promote the well-being of our patients. Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death and disability in the state of North Carolina and in the United States as a whole. The spectrum of cardiovascular diseases is enormous. At one extreme, there are strictly genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia and coagulation disorders that often severely affect otherwise healthy young individuals. At the other extreme lie common diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis (the most common cause of heart attacks) that afflict over half of our population and that have environmental and poorly understood genetic components. Although members of the Institute study many different diseases, the unifying features of the McAllister Heart Institute are the application of advanced biomedical technologies and the close interactions between clinicians and basic scientists to share information that will provide benefits to patients now and in the future. Specific research programs are organized within the center in the areas of cardiovascular physiology, cell biology and vascular development, thrombosis and hemostasis, clinical trials and translation research. |  |
The goals of this multidisciplinary Institute are to:
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