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 …
Month: January 2018
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 …
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 …
Two New Grants Worth $10 Million Awarded to Help Patients in Wisconsin Quit Smoking
January 3, 2018 CVRC trainer, Dr. James Stein serves as principal investigator for University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention’s study designed to help people quit smoking. The University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco …
Dudley Lamming, Matthew Merrins and the CVRC’s Timothy Hacker Receive Grant
December 13, 2017 CVRC Senior Scientist, Timothy Hacker, PhD, is a co-investigator of a proposal just awarded $2.26M over 5 years called, “The regulation of health and longevity by branched-chain amino acids.” Dudley Lamming, PhD …
Dr. Heather Johnson Creates ‘My Heart, My Choice’ Online Resources to Help Young Adults Manage Hypertension
February 9, 2017 CVRC trainer and past trainee, Heather Johnson, leads program aimed at helping young adults live a healthier life, lower their blood pressure, and prevent heart disease. “When we worked with diverse focus …