Author Archives: sherrich

Congratulations to Boa Kim, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Lineberger Cancer Center, for the receipt of CDA from the AHA. Dr. Kim received this 3-year grant to study endothelial lipid droplets in endothelial dysfunction.

Congratulations to Yanhan Dong, a postdoctoral fellow in the Lab of Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing paper, titled “Single-cell chromatin profiling reveals genetic programs activating proregenerative states in nonmyocyte cells”, in the journal Science Advances. This work is featured in the 21 February...

Congratulations to Rebekah Sanchez-Hodge, Lab Manager/Research Associate in the Schisler Lab, for recently receiving a UNC SOM staff professional development grant for Spring 2024. This pilot program grant provides funds to support the professional development of SOM staff members. Becky will also present her abstract, “The pro-atherogenic effects of CXCL5...

Congratulations to Brian C. Jensen, M.D., an MHI member and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, for recently receiving promotion to Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology in UNC’s Division of Cardiology and Department of Pharmacology.

Congratulations to the Lab of Matthew J. Flick, Ph.D., Member of McAllister Heart Institute; Associate Professor of Pathology, UNC Blood Research Center, for publishing paper, titled “Mice expressing nonpolymerizable fibrinogen have reduced arterial and venous thrombosis with preserved hemostasis”, in the journal Blood. The work from the Flick Lab’s team...

Congratulations to Qiang Zhu, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Joan M. Taylor, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, UNC McAllister Heart Institute; Director of Faculty Advancement, UNC SOM’s FALD, for publishing article, titled “GRAF1 integrates PINK1-Parkin signaling and actin dynamics to mediate cardiac mitochondrial...

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, in collaboration with Jason Stein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, UNC Neuroscience Center, for the receipt of NeuroSpark pilot award to develop...

Congratulations to the Lab of Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Lab of Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing article, titled “Epigenetic Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Maturation by Arginine Methyltransferase CARM1”, in the journal Circulation. The work from...

Congratulations to Chloe Whitworth, a Ph.D. student in Genetics and Molecular Biology, under the co-mentorship of 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 Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished...

Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, M.D., Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; Pharmacology alumnus postdoctoral fellow, formerly in the Jensen Lab, in collaboration with Joseph S. Rossi, MD, MSCI, FACC, FSCAI, Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab; Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship; Co-Director of Cardiology Clinical Trials,...