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New NIH funding for Drs. Jian Liu & Rafal Pawlinski

September 6, 2018
Two 黑料网 scientists, Jian Liu, Distinguished Professor in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry and Rafal Pawlinski, Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Member of McAllister Heart Institute, have been awarded a 1.6-million, four-year grant from the NIH-NHLBI to...

AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for Raju Khatri (Lee Lab)

August 29, 2018
Raju Khatri, PhD, DABT, a postdoctoral fellow in Craig Lee鈥檚 laboratory has been awarded a 2-year AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project 鈥淧redicting Maternal Changes in Antihypertensive Drug Metabolism and Exposure During Pregnancy.鈥

New publication in Blood from Bergmeier Lab

August 22, 2018
Bergmeier Lab has a new publication in Blood: Functional redundancy between RAP1 isoforms in murine platelet production and function. This work demonstrates a crucial role for the small GTPase RAP1 in platelet production and function. Using mice deficient in one or both RAP1 isoforms, RAP1A and RAP1B, we were able...

New NIH funding for Silvio Antoniak, PhD

August 13, 2018
Silvio Antoniak, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Member of the McAllister Heart Institute, has been awarded a $1.9-million, five-year grant from the NIH-NHLBI to investigate the potential therapeutic approach in inhibiting the coagulation factor Xa or PAR2 in viral myocarditis and H1N1 influenza...

New NIH funding for Griffith lab

August 7, 2018
Griffith Lab has received $2.78M funding from the National Institutes of Health for a new 5-year project: Multiscale Modeling of Clotting Risk in Atrial Fibrillation. This is a multi-institutional project involving 黑料网, Duke, and the University of Utah. 黑料网 co-investigators include Dr. John Vavalle from the Division of Cardiology.

Qian receives Transformational Project Award from American Heart Association

August 3, 2018
Li Qian, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, member of the McAllister Heart Institute, has received the 2018 Transformational Project Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) with 3 years funding in the amount of $300,000 to support Qian Lab鈥檚 continued effort in using reprogramming approaches to mend broken hearts. Dr....

AHA Career Development Award for MHI Research Associate Li Wang

June 17, 2018
Li Wang, PhD, Research Associate in the Qian lab at McAllister Heart Institute has received a Career Development Award from AHA with 3 years funding of $231,000 to support her research project 鈥淩ole of Autophagy in Direct Cardiac Reprogramming.鈥 Read more about Dr. Wang and her research.

Dr. Hugh A. 鈥淐hip鈥 McAllister, Jr. MD 鈥66, passed away

June 16, 2018
It is with great sadness that we share the news that our friend and benefactor, Dr. Hugh A. 鈥淐hip鈥 McAllister, Jr. MD 鈥66, passed away at his home in Houston, Texas this past Friday, June 15. All of us have been and will continue to be inspired by Chip鈥檚 vision...

MHI research featured on cover of the Journal of Personalized Medicine

June 5, 2018
“Applicability of Precision Medicine Approaches to Managing Hypertension in Rural Populations,” with Dr. Jonathan Schisler, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and McAllister Heart Institute, leading a multidisciplinary team, has been selected for the cover of the June issue of the Journal of Personalized Medicine. This research examines the...

AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for Matthew Combs of Taylor Lab

May 14, 2018
Matthew Combs of Taylor Lab has received an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship for his project titled 鈥淎 role for GRAF1 in mitochondrial clearance and perinatal metabolic reprogramming.鈥