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Welcome to the CVRC!

A collaborative environment for clinical and basic science investigators to translate research successes into enhanced treatment

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We Strive To:

-Develop state-of-the-art approaches
-Encourage, teach and support researchers
-Inform the public about heart disease prevention

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Our Facilities

The CVRC works with different research core facilities on campus, including: The Cardiovascular Physiology Core Lab and UW AIRP.

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Unique Perspectives

Speaker seminars and research colloquiums are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays to share and discuss current research.

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Our Training Program

Check out our training program that allows graduate and postdoctoral students to be mentored by experienced faculty trainers!

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New Discoveries

Our faculty trainers have led projects that have given way to numerous research breakthroughs!

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Diverse Experience

Our investigators represent 30+ specialties– from genetics to pharmacology and preventive cardiology to cardiovascular surgery.

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Our Center brings together over 130 researchers, physicians and educators to focus on ways to prevent and treat cardiac problems. These investigators represent more than 30 specialties–from genetics to pharmacology and preventive cardiology to cardiovascular surgery. They attack cardiovascular problems through basic research, clinical investigation, diagnosis, treatment and public education.

Working together, Center members combine their unique perspectives, generate new ideas and reduce the time it takes to “translate” new discoveries from laboratories to the aid of patients.

If you have questions, please contact us.

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  • Save The Date!

    Cardiovascular Research Summit – Celebrating 25 Years of the Foundation of the CVRC   On behalf of Dr. Héctor Valdivia, we are pleased to announce the 2019 Cardiovascular Research Summit: Celebrating 25 years of the …

  • Katarzyna (Kasia) Borys joins CVRC as new Administrator

    Kasia has a M.S. in Biology of Animal Reproduction from the University of Krakow, Poland, and another M.S. in Bacteriology from the UW-Madison. She was introduced to Research Administration in 2013. She comes to us …

  • Congratulations to Dr. Jay Yang on his retirement

    The Cardiovascular Research Center recently extended best wishes to Dr. Jay Yang, MD, PhD on his retirement from the School of Medicine and Public Health.  On behalf of the faculty and students, we would like …

  • Functional Cardiac Fibroblasts Derived From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Via Second Heart Field Progenitors

    Jianhua Zhang, Ran Tao, Katherine F. Campbell, Juliana L. Carvalho, Edward C. Ruiz, Gina C. Kim, Eric G. Schmuck, Amish N. Raval, André Monteiro da Rocha, Todd J. Herron, José Jalife, James A. Thomson & …

  • CVRC member, Ravi Vaidyanathan, Receives Pilot Award from UW ICTR

    July 27th, 2018 CVRC member, Ravi Vaidyanathan, Receives Pilot Award from UW ICTR. Of the recently announced 24 Pilot Awards from UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW ICTR) for translational, clinical, methods, dissemination and …

  • Dr. Lee Eckhardt is Awarded Grant from NIH-NHLBI

    July 27th, 2018 CVRC trainer and past trainee, Dr. Lee Eckhardt, MD, MS, associate professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, has been awarded $1.5M over 4 years (R01) from the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung, …

  • Dr. Amish Raval is Awarded Grant

    June 29, 2018 CVRC trainer, Dr. Amish Raval, MD, associate professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, has been awarded $107,000 over 1 year  from the State Economic Engagement and Development (SEED) Research Program for a proposal entitled, “Bioengineered …

  • Department of Medicine Research Day Poster Awardees

    June 29, 2018 Postdoc fellow, Louise Reilly, PhD, mentored by CVRC trainer, Dr. Lee Eckhardt, MD was selected as a Best Poster Awardee for basic science at the Department of Medicine’s annual Research Day event. …

  • Former CVRC Trainee, Dr. Matthew Tattersall, Receives American Heart Association Award

    June 1, 2018 Former CVRC trainee, Matthew Tattersall, DO, MS, assistant professor (CHS), Cardiovascular Medicine, was selected for a Summer 2018 Career Development Award from the American Heart Association for a project entitled, “Asthma Phenotypes …

  • Former CVRC Trainee is Awarded NIH F31

    March 31st, 2018 Former CVRC trainee, Catherine Steffel, has been awarded an F31 grant by the National Institutes of Health for her project titled, “In-vivo Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging of Carotid Plaque Validated with 3D Reconstructed …

  • A Wisconsin Doctor’s Tips on Women’s Heart Health

    March 23rd, 2018 CVRC trainer and former trainee, Dr. Heather Johnson, offers tips on women’s heart health. Discover Wisconsin’s video about health tips in honor of women’s heart health month featured Heather Johnson, MD, MS, associate …

  • Faculty recognized with 2018-19 Kellett Mid-Career, H.I. Romnes and WARF Named Professorship fellowships

    March 15, 2018   CVRC trainer, Dr. Gail Robertson, PhD has received a 2018-19 Kellett Mid-Career Award, and Dr. Ying Ge, PhD has been awarded the H.I Romnes Faculty Fellowship. Gail Robertson (Kellett), professor of neuroscience, studies …

  • Team Led by Dr. Lee Eckhardt Receives Best Paper Award

    May 14, 2018 An article authored by the research team of CVRC trainer, Lee Eckhardt, MD, MS (pictured at upper left), associate professor, Cardiovascular Medicine has been selected for the 2017 Best Paper Award by the editors …

  • Funding Awarded for Heart Arrhythmia Research by Dr. Alexey Glukhov

    May 14, 2018 A new research study led by CVRC trainer, Alexey Glukhov, PhD, assistant professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, has been awarded awarded $1.9 M over 5 years by the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung, and …

  • Clearing Up Confusion: Looking at the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

    January 24th, 2018 Former CVRC postdoc trainee, Dr. Matthew Tattersall, DO, assistant professor (CHS), Cardiovascular Medicine, explains new guidelines for managing and diagnosing  high blood pressure. The American Heart Association released new guidelines for diagnosing …

  • Understanding atrial fibrillation in patients with high blood pressure

    January 12th, 2018 CVRC trainer, Alexey Glukhov, PhD, assistant professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, has been awarded $100,000 over two years by the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s New Investigator Program for a proposal entitled, “Mechano-Electrical Feedback in Pathophysiology …

  • Machine-learning Algorithm Predicts Outcomes After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure

    January 11th, 2018 Former CVRC postdoc trainee, Matthew Kalscheur, MD, assistant professor (CHS), Cardiovascular Medicine, discusses article about a machine-learning algorithm that predicts CRT clinical outcomes in patients wit heart failure based on data from …

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CVRC Events Calendar (2019-2020)

 

Vascular Biology Research Colloquium
Chair: Bo Liu, Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (1st Thursday of the month) 8571 WIMR

Heart Failure / Cardioregenerative Medicine Research Colloquium
Chair: J. Carter Ralphe, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (2nd Thursday of the month) 8571 WIMR

Arrhythmias/Ion Channels Research Colloquium
Chair: Alexey Glukhov, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (4th Thursday of the month) 8571 WIMR

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series 
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (3rd Tuesday of the month)   8571 WIMR

 

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