All are on the rise in the United States and, with the increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes, have been described as an epidemic. Did you know that in 2013 the leading cause of death was cardiovascular disease? This affects us all. People either have heart disease, will get heart disease, or know someone who has heart disease. The demand is high for a greater understanding of how cardiovascular disease develops and for new and better treatments. This is the mission of the Vascular Biology Center. We have brought together an internationally recognized team of experts determined to make breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Our field is developing rapidly, our science is critical, not only for the health of our country, but the rest of the world.
VBC Spotlight |
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Vascular Biology Students have Major Showing at Graduate Research Day Awards Ceremony!
Jessica Faulkner won 2nd prize in the "postdoctoral oral presentations". Aluya Oseghale won the "Award for Excellence in Research" – Vascular Biology. Dipankar Ash won 1st prize in the "postdoctoral poster presentations". Kareem Abdelsaid and Alec Davila won the "Graduate School Award for Excellence in Research by a Graduate Student". (Bottom row L-R) Zsuszanna Bordan won the "Ji Cheng Memorial Award for Excellence in Research by a biomedical sciences student in the early years of training". Thiago Bruder do Nascimento won 3rd prize in the "postdoctoral oral presentations". |
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Peptide May Protect Kidneys From OurselvesDr Lucas and Team have research featured |
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Dr. Brian Stansfield elected president of Southern Society for Pediatric Research |
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 The VBC's Dr. Ralf Lucas is honored with AHA Life Saver Award 2019.
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New target could help protect visionfollowing optic nerve trauma.Dr. Abdelrahman Y. Fouda, Dr. Ruth B. Caldwell and research associate Zhimin Xu's work featured in Jagwire. |
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Congratulations Dr. Rudolf Lucas of the Vascular Biology CenterRecipient of the 2018 Distinguished Researcher Award.
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Congratulations Dr. Gabor Csanyi of the Vascular Biology CenterRecipient of the 2018 Emerging Scientist Award. |
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Getting leptin levels “just right” may provide cardiovascular protectionDrs. Thiago Bruder do Nascimento and Eric Belin de Chantemele featured in Jagwire, |
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Dr. Ruth Caldwell receives RO1National Institute of Health Research Project Grant (R01) Award |
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Sex Differences in Mechanisms of Hypertension Associated with ObesityEric Belin de Chantemele, PhD interviewed at Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions
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New target is an apparent triple threat to pneumoniaDr. Rudolf Lucas of the VBC featured on WJBF News. |
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VBC News |
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Steve Haigh, Graduate StudentWinner of the "National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31 Fellowship Award" Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Project Title: The hypoxia inducible factor: Galectin 3 signaling axis in pulmonary hypertension |
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Thiago Bruder do Nascimento, Postdoctoral FellowWinner of the American Heart Association - Council on Hypertension 2018 Onsite Trainee Poster Award Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD "Leptin Supplementation Restores Endothelial Function And Vascular Adrenergic Tone Via Direct Endothelial Mechanisms And Sympato-activation, Respectively, In A Mouse Model Of Congenital Lipodystrophy" |
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Alec Davila, MD/PhD CandidateAmerican Heart Summer 2018 Predoc Award Winner |
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Huiping Lin, PhD CandidateAmerican Heart Summer 2018 Predoc Award Winner ATVB Travel Award for Young Investigators |
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American Heart Postdoc Award Winners
Project: "HDAC7 in MLCP-mediated endothelial barrier preservation" Sponsor: Dr. Alexander Verin
Project: "The axis of long noncoding RNA MIAT and microRNA-150 in acute myocardial infarction" Sponsor: Il-man Kim |
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(Top row L-R) Esraa Sosha won 2nd prize in the "postdoctoral poster presentations".
Anita Kovacs-Kasa, PhD,
Taysuya Aonuma, PhD,