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Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Lipids

Director: Dr. Daniel J. Rader

Cholesterol The Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Lipids research program unit in the CVI is focused on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes and the risk factors involved in their development. Its major focus is to bring together investigators and clinicians within CVI who are interested in this area in order to facilitate basic, translational, and clinical research.

The Unit facilitates a multidisciplinary approach to the development of novel biological discoveries related to lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular metabolism. The Unit establishes a supportive collaborative environment for translating these novel biological discoveries into controlled human clinical studies and ultimately large-scale clinical trials. The Unit is composed of both established investigators as well as individuals whose goal is to further develop or expand their research into one of these areas. The Unit has close ties with all relevant core facilities, including bioinformatics, biostatistics, genomic technology, and the clinical research center with its associated laboratories. Regular meetings take place with the specific goals of developing innovative and collaborative grant applications that take advantage of the strengths that this type of campus-wide collaboration will provide.

The Lipid/Atherosclerosis/CAD/ACS/Prevention program unit provides a concrete bridge between the CVI and the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (IDOM), and constitutes essentially the same group of investigators as those participating in the Cardiovascular Metabolism Unit of the IDOM. In addition, this Unit provides an interface with the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics.

PROGRAM MEMBERS
Faculty Members
Richard A. Assoian
John G.T. Augoustides
Kurt T. Barnhart
Morris J.Birnbaum
Jinbo Chen
Michal A. Elovitz
Victor A. Ferrari
Garrett A. FitzGerald
Lee A. Fleisher
Terry D. Friedman
Indira Gurubhagavatula
Wayne W. Hancock
Irving M. Herling
John H. Holmes
Harry Ischiropoulos
Scott E. Kasner
Daniel M. Kolansky
J. Richard Landis
Mitchell A. Lazar
Frank S. Lee
Robert H. Li
Wei-Dong Li
Sissel Lund-Katz
Steven M. Kawut
Takeshige Kunieda
David M. McCarthy
Stephen R. Messe
Emile R. Mohler
Jeffrey I. Mondschein
Michael A. Pack
Michael C. Phillips
Eleanor S. Pollak
Mary E. Putt
Bruce Sachais
Steven L. Sayers
Kathryn H. Schmitz
Jorge L. Sepulveda
Frank E. Silvestry
Emer M. Smyth
Wenchao Song
Wen Liang Song
Kelly Anne Spratt
S. William Stavropoulos
Scott O. Trerotola
Barbara J. Turner
William J. Untereker
Miao Wang
Richard L. Weiss
Robert L. Wilensky
Steven M. Willi
James M. Wilson

Affiliate Members
Jeffrey Billheimer
Mete Civelek
Bonne Farberow
Anjali Fields
Marie Guerraty
Rani Hasan
Valerie Hatton
Joshua Liez
Scott M. Lilly
Nehal Mehta
Mitchell McBride
Jeffrey Ogbara