Author Archives: sherrich

Congratulations to Lucia Grandison, a Ph.D. student, who received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from the Washington University In St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, a member of Dr. Conlon’s Lab, for recently receiving a predoctoral fellowship from AHA. Ms. Grandison’s research explores sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease...

Congratulations to the Lab of Boyce Griffith, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences, Associate Chair for Research, Department of Mathematics, Carolina Center for Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, Computational Medicine Program, McAllister Heart Institute, for publishing simulating cardiac fluid dynamics in the human...

Congratulations to Aung Moe Zaw, Ph.D., Director and Head Surgeon, MHI-Cardiovascular Physiology and Phenotyping Core, for the receipt of method development award from the Core Facility Advocacy Committee (CFAC) for “Microvascular Ligation, Incision, and Anastomosis in Mice”.         The award is for Fall 2024, and the amount...

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, MS, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, for collaborating with NASA for the past 5 years. Dr. Schisler’s research on aging is fueling a partnership with NASA to make North Carolina a collaborative hub for future space studies.

Congratulations to Gabrielle M. Gentile, B.Sc., a 2nd-year (rising 3rd-year) CBP/IVB graduate student in The Giudice Lab, for recently receiving a F31 predoctoral fellowship award from NIH’s NHLBI.   The fellowship will start in December, 2024, fund her for 3 years, and focus on the roles of FXR1 and its...

        Congratulations to the Lab of Rick Stouffer, M.D., Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Chief, Division of Cardiology; Co-Director, McAllister Heart Institute; Physician in Chief, UNC Heart & Vascular Service Line, for publishing article, titled “Differential responses to thrombospondin-1 and PDGF-BB in smooth...

Congratulations to the Labs of Edward Moreira Bahnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology; Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery; McAllister Heart Institute, Whitney Edwards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Brian C. Jensen, M.D., an MHI member and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Victoria...

Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, for co-organizing the 2024 Triangle Regeneration Biology Symposium, a yearly event hosted by Duke University and the University of North Carolina (UNC). Everyone mark your calendars for the 2024 Triangle Regeneration Biology Symposium, to be held on October 1st,...

Congratulations to William Polacheck, Ph.D., an MHI member and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum, UNC Medicine; Member, Comparative Medicine Institute, NCSU, and Chloe Whitworth, a Ph.D. student in Genetics and Molecular Biology, for publishing article, titled “P300 modulates endothelial mechanotransduction of fluid shear stress”,...