Grants
R01 HL138737 DARBAR, DAWOOD DECIPHERING THE GENETIC MECHANISMS OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
R01 HL150586 DARBAR, DAWOOD HUMAN IPSC-DERIVED ATRIAL CARDIOMYOCYTES TO MODEL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A DISH
R01 HL151508 MCCAULEY, MARK MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION BY PPP1R12C PROMOTES ATRIAL HYPOCONTRACTILITY AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
T32 HL139439 DARBAR, DAWOOD TRAINING PROGRAM IN PERSONALIZED CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
R01 HL148444 DARBAR, DAWOOD GENOTYPE-GUIDED THERAPY FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
R01 HL154538 REHMAN, JALEES ENDOTHELIAL INSTRUCTION OF MACROPHAGE FATE IN INFLAMMATORY INJURY
R01 GM139991 HONG, LIANG REGULATION OF VOLTAGE-GATED PROTON CHANNEL
F32 HL154707 SHAH, ANISH THE ASSOCIATION OF AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPRESSION AND CORONARY DISEASE
R01 HL158634 WOLSKA, BEATA SIGNALING TO AND FROM THE VASCULAR/ENDOTHELIAL COMPARTMENT AND PROGRESSION OF HCM LINKED TO SARCOMERE MUTATIONS
75N92019D00012-P00001-759201900044-1, DAVIGLUS, MARTHA HISPANIC STUDY OF LATINOS HCHS-SOL FIELD CENTER
U54 MD012523, DAVIGLUS, MARTHA ET AL. CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH (CHER)
K01 DK111771, JIANG YUWEI MOLECULAR REGULATION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE DEVELOPMENT, HOMEOSTASIS AND EXPANSION
R01 EY031350, KAZLAUSKAS, ANDRIUS ANTI-VEGF-MEDIATED BARRIER CLOSURE
R01 HL112626, KITAJEWSKI, JAN NOTCH IN ANGIOGENESIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
UIC ID#084028, EISAI SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT – PRECLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECT E7011, KITAJEWSKI, JAN THIS GRANT SUPPORTS COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS (KITAJEWSKI) AND EISAI LTD. TO DEVELOP NOTCH INHIBITORS FOR USE IN ONCOLOGY.
BC170816. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM, BREAKTHROUGH LEVEL II AWARD. KITAJEWSKI, JAN JAGGED AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN BREAST CANCER.
VERILY LIFE SCIENCES, LLC. COVID19 - PREDICTORS OF SEVERE COVID-19 OUTCOMES (PRESCO). DARBAR, DAWOOD; KITAJEWSKI, JAN; VANDENHOEK, TERRY PROSPECTIVE MULTI-CENTER COHORT STUDY COLLECTING DIVERSE BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AND CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE ARE EARLY SIGNATURES THAT PREDICT PROGRESSION TO ARDS, MORTALITY, AND/OR OTHER COMORBID CONDITIONS.
DOD INNOVATIVE GRANT. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. LAYDEN, BRIAN THOMAS REGULATION OF ENERGY BALANCE BY A GUT-BRAIN AXIS MEDIATED BY SCFAS AND FFA2/3 IN THE BRAIN. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE GUT MICROBIOTA AND FFA2/FFA3 FUNCTION.
R01 DK104927, LAYDEN, BRIAN THOMAS ET AL THE FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF THE NOVEL PREGNANCY-SPECIFIC HEXOKINASE HKDC1
U01 DK127378, LAYDEN, BRIAN THOMAS MECHANISMS OF DIABETES FROM ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS, YAZICI, CEMAL,.
RF1 AG033570, LAZAROV, ORLY PLASTICITY CIRCUITS IN ALZHEIMER S DISEASE
R01 AG060238, LAZAROV, ORLY MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SPORADIC ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
R21 AG061628, LARAROV, ORLY SIGNALING PATHWAYS REGULATING HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT MOUSE
R01 AG062251, LAZAROV, ORLY ACCELERATION OF AD PHENOTYPES IN ASYMPTOMATIC MOUSE MODELS
R00 HL130581, LEE, MONICA AKT-MEDIATED REGULATION OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTIONS
R01 HL083298, LEVITAN, IRENA ET AL., IMPACT OF DYSLIPIDEMIA ON ENDOTHELIAL BIOMECHANICS
R01 HL141120, LEVITAN, IRENA ET AL., MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL KIR CHANNELS IN FLOW-INDUCED DILATION AND HYPERTENSION
R01 DK109015, LIEW, CHONG WEE A NOVEL OBESITY-REGULATED CIRCULATING FACTOR, REGULATES ENERGY AND METABOLIC HOMEOSTASIS
R01 HL142636, MINSHALL, RICHARD FIBROBLAST MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
R01 HL130513, PHILLIPS, SHANE IMPROVING BLOOD PRESSURE & VASCULAR RISK WITH RESISTANCE EXERCISE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN
KL2 TR002002, PHILLIPS, SHANE INSTITUTIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT
P01 HL060678, REHMAN, JALEES METABOLIC REGULATION OF ENDOTHELIAL BARRIER RESTORATION FOLLOWING VASCULAR INJURY
R01 HL126516, REHMAN, JALEES INTEGRATION FREE IPS CELLS-DERIVED PROGENITORS FOR CARDIAC REGENERATION
P01 HL062426, RUSSELL, BRENDA PROJECT 2: MECHANO-FEEDBACK SIGNALING AND SARCOMERE ASSEMBLY
R01 GM134032, SHAYE, DANIEL; KITAJEWSKI, JAN CLIC FUNCTION IN GPCR-MEDIATED RHO/RAC SIGNALING
P01 HL062426, SOLARO, R JOHN PROJECT 1: MOLECULAR SIGNALLING IN CARDIAC SARCOMERES
P01 HL062426, SOLARO, R JOHN INTEGRATED MECHANISMS OF CARDIAC MALADAPTATION
R01 HL128468, SOLARO, R JOHN; WOLSKA, BEATA MYOFILAMENT SIGNALING AND CARDIAC DISORDERS
K99 HL151825, SOLIS-OCAMPO, CHRISTOPHER POST-TRANSLATIONAL MECHANISMS OF CARDIAC ADAPTATION DURING UNLOADING
R01 AG061114, TAI, LEON DECIPHERING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT UNDERLIE BRAIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL DYSFUNCTION WITH APOE4
R21 AG061715, TAI, LEON IMPROVING COGNITION AND ENRICHING BRAIN DHA IN APOE4 MICE THROUGH DIETARY LPC-DHA
R01 GM120485, VANDEN HOEK, TERRY; O'DONNELL, J MICHAEL NOVEL THERAPIES FOR CPR
R01 HL147031, VANDEN HOEK, TERRY, ET AL., NOVEL PEPTIDES FOR RESUSCITATION
SPIRRIT-HFPEF GANS, CHRISTOPHER SPIRONOLACTONE INITIATION REGISTRY RANDOMIZED INTERVENTIONAL TRIAL IN HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION SPIRRIT-HFPEF "STUDY"
AGR846362, BAROS, 62471241-DHDER WISSNER, ERIK CTA: BARIATRIC ATRIAL RESTORATION OF SINUS (BAROS)
SAFE-STEMI SHROFF, ADHIR CTA: STUDY OF ACCESS SITE FOR ENHANCING PCI IN STEMI IN SENIORS (SAFE-STEMI FOR SENIORS)
UH3HL153847,AWD00004314 (139454-38A), REBIRTH BRILLER, JOAN CTA: (1/2) RANDOMIZED EVALUATION OF BROMOCRIPTINE IN MYOCARDIAL RECOVERY THERAPY FOR PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY (REBIRTH)
UG3HL165065, 60062966 UIC, REACT-AF JOHNSON, DANA CTA: THE RHYTHM EVALUATION FOR ANTICOAGULATION WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TRIAL (REACT-AF)
ECHO SOL-2 KANSAL, MAYANK DUA - EPIDEMIOLOGIC DETERMINANTS OF CARDIAC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION AMONG HISPANICS
2646 DARBAR, DAWOOD DUA - TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF DEMENTIA IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS
VIDOVICH, MLADEN DUA - BARI 2D OUTCOMES/STATISTICS 2020
DARBAR, DAWOOD KNOWN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RISK LOCI AND GENETIC ASSOCIATION WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE, ALZHEIMER¿S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS
1S100D034370; (PI: J.-P. Jin): Instrument grant to purchase a Fuji Vevo F2 rodent ultrasound imager; 04/01/2024-03/31/2025.
1OT2HL156812-01 (Subaward No. SPS-282236) (Darbar): RECOVER-AUTONOMIC: A Platform Protocol for Evaluation of Interventions for Autonomic Dysfunction in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) Study; 10/01/2023-12/31/2025.
CCTS Pilot Award 2023-02 (Tofovic): The Role of Health Disparities in Dilated Cardiomyopathy; 01/16/2024-01/15/2026
Department of Medicine Pilot Award (PI: Pavel): Causes and Effects of a Common EthnicSpecific Cardiac Sodium Channel Variant in Increasing the Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation; 04/01/2024-03/31/2025.
PPM ID 03-0322-190036 (PI: Asaad [MPI], Darbar [MPI]: Personalizing Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Qataris; 07/01/2020-11/01/2025
5I01BX004918-04 (PI: McCauley): In Vivo Restoration of Myocardial Conduction with Carbon Nanotube Fibers; 07/01/2021-06/30/2025
CCTS KL2 Award (PI: Tofovic): Atrial Fibrillation in Sickle Cell Disease; 07/01/2024-06/30/2026
2 I01BX004268 VA Merit Review Award (PI: Darbar): Obesity-mediated Atrial Fibrillation: Underlying Mechanisms and Responsiveness to Antiarrhythmic Therapy; 7/1/2025-6/30/2029
AHA 25CDA1447820 (PI: Pavel): The Role of a Common Ethnic-Specific Cardiac Sodium Channel Variation in Increasing the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation; 4/1/2025–3/31/2028
1R01HL174544 (PI: Hong): Hv1 in Pulmonary Hypertension; 04/01/2025-03/31/2030
1R01HL173315-01A1 (PI: Ong): Molecular Mechanisms of Translational Control in Sunitinib-Induced Vascular Dysfunction; 1/15/2025 – 11/30/2029
R01NS135072-01A1 (PI: Lutz): Targeting cerebrovascular Wnt/beta-catenin signaling to reverse brain endothelial damage induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection; 12/2024 – 11/2029
19CDA34630041 AHA (PI: Hong): Investigation of SCN5A variants associated with Atrial Fibrillation; 01/01/2020-12/31/2022.
21POST837198 AHA (PI: Tofovic): Atrial Arrhythmogenesis in Hemolytic Anemia; 01/01/2022-12/31/2024.
23PRE1023246 AHA (PI: Barney): BMP10 as a Potential Biomarker for Atrial Fibrillation and Response to Therapy; 01/01/2023-12/31/2024
23PRE1010268 AHA (PI: Owais): Mechanism of Atrial Arrhythmias in Lamin A/C Cardiomyopathy; 01/01/2024012/31/2025
23POST1019044 AHA (PI: Hill): Impact of Disease-Associated Variants in Cardiomyopathy Genes in Ethnic Minorities with Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation; 01/01/2023-12/31/2024
AHA 25CDA1447820 (PI: Pavel): The Role of a Common Ethnic-Specific Cardiac Sodium Channel Variation in Increasing the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation; 4/1/2025 - 3/31/2028
Vascular Biology, Signaling & Therapeutics T32 (Co-PIs: Drs. Jan Kitajewski and Kishore Wary), which trains predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows in molecular and cellular mechanisms of vascular disease with an emphasis on translational research.
Personalized Cardiovascular Medicine T32 (Co-PIs: Drs.McCauley and Wolska) focuses on individualized approaches to CV health and disease
Biology and Translational Research on Alzheimer’s Disease T32 (PI: Dr. Orly Lazarov), exploring vascular contributions to neurodegeneration
Program in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Related Chronic Diseases in Minority Populations (Co-PIs: Drs. Martha Daviglus and Jim Lash) prepares trainees to address health disparities through population-based research
Diabetes Research Training Program (Co-PIs: Drs. Terry Unterman and Brian Layden) provides advanced research training in the mechanisms, complications, and treatment of diabetes, a significant comorbidity in cardiovascular disease