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• Welcome Dr. Thekla Oechtering, MD, PD Dr med to the CVRC

  Dr. Oechtering joined the UW Department of Radiology in 2020 as a visiting assistant professor before transitioning to a scientist role in 2023, a Cardiothoracic fellow in 2024, and then as faculty in 2025. She …

• Dr. Tattersall & Dr. Stein’s Most Recent Research Released in JAMA Cardiology

  Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Tattersall, DO, MS, and Dr. James Stein, MD, for their research was recently released in JAMA Cardiology! “Importance of Age and Sex in Carotid Artery Plaque Detection and Cardiovascular Disease Risk” …

• Welcome Dr. Kenneth Poss, PhD to the CVRC!

    Kenneth Poss is Director of Regenerative Biology at Morgridge Institute and Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received his B.A. in Biology from Carleton College and his Ph.D. …

• Dr. Colleen Witzenburg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Received $1.25 Million Grant

  Congratulations to Colleen Witzenburg, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering for receiving a five-year, $1.25 million grant through a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The Witzenburg lab studies the mechanics of tissues with …

• CVRC Annual Newsletter

  Check out the 2024 CVRC Annual Newsletter

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