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Li Qian, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, member of the McAllister Heart Institute, has received the 2018 Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) with 3 years funding in the amount of $300,000 to support Qian Lab’s continued effort in using reprogramming approaches to mend broken hearts. Dr....

Li Wang, PhD, Research Associate in the Qian lab at McAllister Heart Institute has received a Career Development Award from AHA with 3 years funding of $231,000 to support her research project “Role of Autophagy in Direct Cardiac Reprogramming.” Read more about Dr. Wang and her research.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that our friend and benefactor, Dr. Hugh A. “Chip” McAllister, Jr. MD ’66, passed away at his home in Houston, Texas this past Friday, June 15. All of us have been and will continue to be inspired by Chip’s vision...

“Applicability of Precision Medicine Approaches to Managing Hypertension in Rural Populations,” with Dr. Jonathan Schisler, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and McAllister Heart Institute, leading a multidisciplinary team, has been selected for the cover of the June issue of the Journal of Personalized Medicine. This research examines the...

Matthew Combs of Taylor Lab has received an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled “A role for GRAF1 in mitochondrial clearance and perinatal metabolic reprogramming.”

Two genomic-based studies from the Heart Healthy Lenoir study were published in the last month. Heart Healthy Lenoir was a multidisciplinary research project that aimed to reduce cardiovascular disease in Lenoir County, North Carolina by developing new approaches to care, from prevention to treatment. The lead investigator of the Heart...

A multidisciplinary team from UNC’s Departments of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Pathology, and the McAllister Heart Institute have published new findings on genetics and metabolism in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The paper, “Modeling the Transition from Decompensated to Pathological Hypertrophy,” is a collaboration by Florencia Pascual (Nutrition), Jonathan C....

Jimena Giudice, PhD has received a Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation. The mission of the March of Dimes Foundation is to prevent birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Awards support junior scientists embarking on their independent...

Dr. Craig Lee and Dr. Rick Stouffer lead research looking at genetic testing to inform which blood thinner to use following stent placement. Summary with links to the full article here.

George (Rick) Stouffer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Cardiology, has been awarded the Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine. Read more here.