Author Archives: sherrich

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, in collaboration with the lab of David Alan Kass, M.D., Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine (JHU), for publishing paper, titled “CHIP phosphorylation by protein kinase G enhances protein quality control and attenuates cardiac ischemic...

Congratulations to the lab of James Faber, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “Decreased inspired oxygen stimulates de novo formation of coronary collaterals in adult heart”, in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. Their paper identifies that in a mouse strain lacking native coronary collaterals,...

Congratulations to Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for the receipt of the 2020-2021 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine Award from the UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Giudice received this award in recognition of her work, titled “Alternative Splicing, Membrane Trafficking and...

Congratulations to Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, & Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, both in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of 2020 EIAs from the AHA. Drs. Liu & Qian feel honored and grateful to receive this award separately in the same year, particularly given the...

Congratulations to the lab of Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing article, titled “Down-regulation of Beclin1 promotes direct cardiac reprogramming”, in Science Translational Medicine. Their work is featured in the October 21, 2020 edition of Science Translational Medicine and can be read online...

Congratulations to Jae Ho (Mike) Lee, an alumni graduate student in Dr. Griffith’s Lab, for having paper, titled “Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Diameter and Thickness Are Directly Related to Leaflet Fluttering: Results from a Combined Experimental and Computational Modeling Study” accepted for publication in the journal JTCVS Open, the open-access mirror...

        Dear MHI Colleagues: The UNC McAllister Heart Institute Animal Surgery Core has a new director! Dr. Haifeng Yin joined us recently from Maine Medical Center, where he honed his small animal surgical skills and developed new procedures. Please contact Dr. Yin directly to discuss core support...

Congratulations to Jennifer Potts & Vincent Roche, undergraduate research assistants in Biomedical Engineering, NCSU/UNC, Dr. Cole’s Lab, for receiving NC State Undergraduate Research Awards for Fall, 2020.

Congratulations to Peyton Sandroni, a pharmacology graduate student, currently in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for recently being selected as a trainee for the Integrative Vascular Biology T32 Training Program.       Peyton also has been chosen for the Certificate Program in Translational Medicine.

Congratulations to Stephanie Teeter, M.Ed., Research Technician & Lab Manager, and Sandra Stangeland-Molo, Ph.D. student, both in Biomedical Engineering, NCSU/UNC, Dr. Cole’s Lab, for completing IMPACTS Program, a selective state-wide public science communication training and outreach initiative.