ACRE Symposium at Vascular Discovery 2025, Baltimore, MD, April 22, 2025.
Dr. Shuilin Dong received 1st place of Yong investigator Award.
Dr. Wei Zhang secured her first tenure track faculty position at Temple University
as of September 1, 2024.
Vascular Discovery Meeting 2024, Chicago, IL, May 15-18, 2024.
Dr. Xiaoliang Wu received Travel Grants for Early Career Investigators.
CAAC ATVB Symposium 2024, Chicago, IL, May 15, 2024.
Dr. Xiaoliang Wuwas selected to present his work on VSMC degeneration in AAA formation
atthe 2024 CAAC ATVB Symposium.
AHA Scientific Sessions 2023, Philadelphia, PA, November 11-13, 2023.
Dr. Nestor Ishimwe was selected to present his work on the novel role of MYOCD in
AAA formation at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2023.
Vascular Discovery Meeting 2023, Boston, MA, May 10-13, 2023.
Dr. Wei Zhang was selected to present her lncRNA work at the Vascular Discovery Meeting
2023, Boston, and received Travel Grants for Early Career Investigators.
Funded grants secured by trainees:
Dr. Wei Zhang received the AHA Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award (2023-2026)
Dr. Wei Zhang received the AHA Transformational Project Award (TPA) (2023-2026)
Dr. Wei Zhang received the AU Intramural Grant Award for 2023-2024.
Dr. Nestor Ishimwe received the AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in 2022.
Jaser Doja, PhD student co-mentored by Dr. Long, received AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
award in 2023.
Dr. Amr Salem, Postdoctoral Fellow co-mentored by Dr. Long, received the NIHK99 Award
in 2023.
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students:
Emiley Tou (MDDR Physician student, 2014-2018, Resident in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
Dean’s Award for Excellence poster presentation for Medical Student Investigation
Days, 2014, Albany Medical College
Dean’s Award for Excellence presentation for Medical Student Investigation Days, 2015,
Albany Medical College
Selected to represent for Albany Medical College at the Eastern-Atlantic Student Research
Forum (ESRF) Conference, 2015
Nominee for Dean’s Senior Research Award,2018, Albany Medical College
Other trainees:
Research Scientists
Wei Zhang, PhD, Research Associate, 2014-2024 (now Assistant Prof. at Temple University)
AHA Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award, 2023
AHA transformational Award, 2023
AHA Career Development Award, 2018
Jinjing Zhao, PhD & MD, Research scientist, 2013-2019. Assistant Professor at Albany
Medical College (non-tenure track)
