Category: Cardiology
The UNC McAllister Heart Institute Receives a Grant to Advance a Novel Therapy for Heart Failure
A $1.9 Million NIH grant will enable new studies of alpha-1-adrenergic receptors in the heart. Dr. Brian Colwell Jensen, an associate professor in the division of cardiology and the department of pharmacology, will serve as principal investigator for research that considers how metabolic alterations provide cardioprotection.
SUDDEN Partners with Surry County North Carolina to Prevent Out of Hospital Sudden Unexpected Death (OHSUD)
The SUDDEN team travelled to Surry County to meet with a prevention task force to discuss public health measures to prevent sudden unexpected death.
Dr. Patty Chang Featured in New Chair’s Corner Episode on Heart Failure
What is heart failure, and what are the newest options for treatment and care for heart failure patients? Dr. Ron Falk interviews Dr. Patty Chang in this podcast about heart failure. Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina. She directs the Heart Failure and Transplantation Program as well as the Advanced He … Read more
Research Highlights: Cardiology
Brian Jensen, MD Brian Jensen, MD Dr. Brian Jensen’s clinical and investigative efforts focus on heart failure. The Jensen lab uses animal and cell culture model systems to study the mechanisms of heart injury that lead to the clinical syndrome of heart failure. Dr. Jensen has brought clinical questions from the UNC Heart Failure clinic to the lab. First, Dr. Jensen’s lab … Read more
SUDDEN Presents at European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Conference in Rome
Chip Pursell and Joan Maradey travelled to Rome to present their findings at the European Society of Cardiology.
SUDDEN investigators sign collaboration agreement with Cuban research group
The agreement resulted from a two-day scientific meeting held in February at the University of Havana’s Center for Demographic Studies.
Dr. Ross J. Simpson, Jr. receives Fulbright for research trip to Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Simpson received funding from the Fulbright Commission for a research trip to Bangkok, Thailand, where he advised researchers on a project investigating sudden unexpected death.
SUDDEN Presents at 2016 EuroPRevent Conference
Sarah Chen and Jasmine Chigbu, interns with the SUDDEN study, present at EuroPRevent in Sophia Antipolis, France, June 2016.