Congratulations to Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for presenting keynote address at the Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting. Dr. Bautch did a great job presenting to a full house on Monday, July 18th, at Duke University. Vasculata is … Read more

  Congratulations to the Lab of Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “Alternative splicing regulation of membrane trafficking genes during myogenesis”, in the journal RNA.   The work from Dr. Giudice’s Lab team was co-first authored by Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) … Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Wen Yih Aw, a biomolecular engineering (BME) postdoctoral fellow in the Polacheck Lab, for recently receiving a 2022 research grant from the CLOVES Syndrome Foundation. The one-year pilot grant provides funds to extend Dr. Aw’s work in developing patient-specific microfluidic models of the microvasculature to screen for potential therapeutic interventions for CLOVES.

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing a Voices article, titled “Anniversary Reflections: Inspiring Discoveries and the Future of the Field”, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Qian was invited to share her opinion and vision for the future of stem cell field in the June … Read more

Congratulations to Anthony Hazelton, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Nguyen’s Lab, for recently receiving a T32 pharmacological sciences training program fellowship award from NIH’s NIGMS. Anthony’s fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for research training in quantitative and systems pharmacology, which is defined as an approach to translational medicine that combines computational and experimental methods to … Read more

Congratulations to Craig R. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Interim Vice Chair for Research and Graduate Education, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, for being appointed new Chair of the DPET.  Read More  

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for recently receiving The Graduate School at UNCCH’s 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Dr. Qian was presented with this award by Suzanne Barbour, Dean of The Graduate School, at the doctoral hooding ceremony on May 7, 2022. This annual … Read more

Congratulations to Uriel Luccene Jean-Baptiste, a graduate student, who received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biochemistry from the Florida State University, currently in Dr. Neher’s Lab, for successfully passing qualifying doctoral oral exam.   Under the mentorship of Saskia Neher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Uriel is studying the mechanisms and kinetics … Read more

Congratulations to Elizabeth Doherty, a graduate student and IVB trainee in the Polacheck Lab, for recently receiving an F31 individual fellowship award from NIH’s NHLBI.     The fellowship provides stipend support to develop cell and tissue biomechanical methods to better understand and treat vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Elizabeth’s project is titled, “Defining the role of extracellular … Read more

Congratulations to Sandra Stangeland-Molo, Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering (BME), NCSU/UNC, who received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, currently in Dr. Cole’s Lab, for recently receiving a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA individual predoctoral fellowship (Parent F31) from NIH’s Research Training and Career Development. The fellowship is sponsored by Jacqueline … Read more