Department of Medicine scientists awarded seed grants for sex differences in cardiovascular disease research
Stanford University’s Women’s Heart Health Program have awarded seed grants totaling $150,000 to Department of Medicine scientists for promising new research in the study of sex differences in cardiovascular disease.
The program is part of Stanford Cardiovascular Institute’s overarching goal to improve the cardiovascular health of women through patient care, education, and research.
Seed grant recipients include:
Philip Yang, MD and Morteza Mahmoudi: “Male vs. female human fetal amion-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs): Immunoprivilege, cardiomyocyte differentiation, and regenerative capability.”
Euan Ashley, MRCP, DPhil, Makael Mattsson, Matt Wheeler, MD, Daryl Waggott, and Julian Homburger: "Informing women’s cardiovascular health through genomic analysis of extreme endurance athletes"
Sean Wu, MD, PhD, Patricia Nguyen, MD, Joseph Wu, PhD, and Mark Davis, PhD: "Sex differences in susceptibility and immune response to viral-mediated cardiomyopathy"
