Areas of focus

Normal vascular physiology

Pathology of vascular injury

Cardiovascular adaptation to biochemical and
biomechanical stress

Stem cells for vascular therapy and regeneration

Vascular tissue engineering and regeneration

Computational modeling of the vascular
biomechanical milieu

Gender-specific biology

Epidemiology of vascular disease

Biomechanical characterization of normal and
diseased vascular tissue

Vascular pharmacology

Cardiovascular device development and testing

Molecular pathobiology of vascular disease

Vascular pathophysiology in diabetes

Partners

McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering

UPMC Cardiovascular Institute

Magee-Womens Research Institute

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health