Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the North American Artery 2026 MeetingJulio Chirinos
Congratulations to Zoltan Arany!
Gave Helen Caldwell Spell Rare Disease Lecture at Medical University of South CarolinaZoltan Arany
Congratulations to Kiran Musunuru & Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas!
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Named to TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the WorldKiran MusunuruRebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Congratulations to Andrew Landstrom!
Inducted into the American Society of Clinical InvestigationAndrew Landstrom
Congratulations to Rajan Jain!
Named Vice President Elect of the American Society of Clinical InvestigationRajan Jain
Congratulations to Sharlene Day and Rajan Jain!
Elected to the Association of American PhysiciansSharlene DayRajan Jain
Congratulations to Joanna Griffin!
Awarded Fellow of the American Society of EchocardiographyJoanna Griffin, Rodent Cardiovascular Phenotyping Core
Congratulations to Ivy Han!
Received the Dr. David B.P. Goodman Award for her first author paper, “Changes in Cardiac Function in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer”Ivy Han
Received an Honorable Mention for the JACC 2025 William W. Parmley Young Author Achievement Award
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Hamed Tavolinejad, Postdoctoral Fellow
Congratulations to Jennifer Yang!
Awarded Howard C. Herrmann Student Research FellowshipJennifer Yang, Undergraduate Student Researcher
Congratulations to Mark Kahn and Maxim Itkin!
Selected to be part of the ARPA-H GLIDE Program with the goal of preventing lymphothrombosis after interventional treatment of lymphatic disordersMark Kahn, MDMaxim Itkin, MD
Congratulations to Muen Teng!
Recipient of the Herrmann-Penn Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Award Co-Mentors: Matthew Jolley and Michael IbrahimMuen Teng Undergraduate Student Researcher
Congratulations to Rajan Jain!
Appointed Associate Director of the Penn Cardiovascular InstituteRajan Jain, MD
Congratulations to Krishna Haridhasapavalan and Vasia Barka!
Awarded American Heart Association Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Fellowships (respectively)Krishna Haridhasapavalan, PhDVasia Barka, MS
Congratulations to Javier Sierra-Pagan and Matthew Barrett!
Matched at the University of Pennsylvania into the Cardiovascular Disease FellowshipJavier Sierra-Pagan, MD, PhDMatthew Barrett, MD
CVI Holiday Party 2025
Happy Holidays!
Congratulations to Robert Schwab, Carl June, and Avery Posey!
Received a patent for “Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Regulatory Cells for the Treatment of Atherosclerosis”Robert Schwab, MDCarl June, MDAvery Posey, PhD
Congratulations to Benjamin Smood!
Recipient of the CVSA Early Career Investigator Abstract Award at AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 #AHA25Benjamin Smood, MD
CVI Welcomes Jeffery D. Molkentin!
Jeffery Molkentin- Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Director, Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, University of Cincinnati- presented "The Latest from the Molkentin Lab" on October 22, 2025.
(from left to right) Ken Margulies, Jeffery Molkentin, Dan Kelly, Sharlene Day, Zoltan Arany
Congratulations to Bonnie Ky and Jinbo Chen!
Received an NHLBI R01 grant entitled "Cardiovascular Risk Prediction and Reduction in Men with Prostate Cancer"Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCEJinbo Chen, PhD
Congratulations to Thomas Cappola, Scott Damrauer, and Xiao Wang!
Received an NHLBI R01 grant renewal entitled "MTSS1 in myocardial disease"Thomas Cappola, MD, ScMScott Damrauer, MD
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Xiao Wang, PhD
Congratulations to Liming Pei, Katalin Susztak, Rajan Jain, and colleagues!
Received an NIH grant entitled "Whole Person Reference Physiome Research and Coordination Center"Katalin Susztak, MD, PhDLiming Pei, PhDRajan Jain, MD
Congratulations to Mark Kahn!
Received an NHLBI R01 grant entitled "Mechanical regulation of cardiac growth and remodeling by VCAN-GPR126 signaling"Mark Kahn, MD
Congratulations to Eliot Peyster!
Received an R01 grant entitled "Personalized Risk Prediction and Mechanistic Profiling of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy"Eliot Peyster, MD, MSc
Congratulations to Jae Woo Jung!
Received a K99 grant entitled "Deciphering One Carbon Metabolism Defect in Heart Failure"Jae Woo Jung, PhD
Congratulations to Daniel Kelly!
Recipient of the AHA Distinguished Scientist Award!Daniel Kelly, MD
Congratulations to Deb Eaton!
Recipient of a K99 Grant entitled “Impact of obesity and diabetes on coronary microvascular defects in HFpEF”Deb Eaton, PhD
Congratulations to Noor Momin!
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Recipient of the AHA Transformational Project Award!Noor Momin
Congratulations to J. William Gaynor and his Research Team!
Recipient of the 2025 Single Ventricle Research Fund Award!J. William GaynorLauren AntonSarah Morton
Congratulations to Wensi Wu and her Research Team!
Recipient of the 2025 Single Ventricle Research Fund Award!Wensi WuMatthew A. JolleyAlison Pouch
Congratulations Sharlene Day!
Promoted to Full Professor!Sharlene Day
Congratulations to Alan Tang!
Recipient of the Edmunds Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Zoltan Arany!
Appointed to Chair of the Department of Physiology
Congratulations Jonathan Edwards!
Elected to the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Scientific CommitteeJonathan Edwards
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Congratulations Sharlene Day!
Elected, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research FoundationSharlene Day
Congratulations to Kiran Musunuru!
Received the Barry J. Gertz Professorship for Translational ResearchKiran Musunuru
Congratulations to Rajan Jain!
Received the William Wikoff Smith Professorship in Cardiovascular ResearchRajan Jain
Named on the 2025 STATUS list by STAT News for discovering a rare mutation in the ANGPTL3 gene that can reduce cholesterol and triglyceridesKiran Musunuru
Congratulations to Liming Pei!
Annual Robert J. Levy Lecturer in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Basic ScienceLiming Pei
2024 FSR Sarcoidosis Research Cardiac Grant AwardeeEliot Peyster
Congratulations to Sharlene Day!
Received the Linda Pechenik Montague Investigator AwardSharlene Day
Congratulations to Jonathan Edwards!
Received WW Smith Charitable Trust grant entitled “Repowering the Failing Right Ventricle Cardiomyocyte”Jonathan Edwards
Congratulations to Chris Petucci!
Winner of the 2024 Penn Core Director AwardChris Petucci
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Congratulations Zolt Arany!
Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)Zolt Arany
Congratulations Zolt Arany!
2024 Recipient of the Stanley N. Cohen Biomedical Research AwardZolt Arany
Congratulations to Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas!
Received an U01 from NIH entitled “Personalized prime editing as a platform for hepatic inborn errors of metabolism”Kiran MusunuruRebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Congratulations Cory Tschabrunn!
Received an R41 from NIH entitled “Proactive Dual-Irrigation Cardiac Chest Tube to Maintain Postoperative Patency”Cory Tschabrunn
Congratulations Cory Tschabrunn!
Received an R56 from NIH entitled “Determining the Mechanisms of Radiation Biomodulation of the Ventricular Tachycardia Arrhythmogenic Substate”Cory Tschabrunn
Congratulations Kenneth Margulies!
President Elect of the Heart Failure Society of America (9/2024-9/2025); to be President (9/2025-9/2026)Ken Margulies
Penn CVI Congratulates Drs. Muzykantov, Margulies, and Weismann!
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Received an R01 from NHLBI entitled “Cardiac Delivery of RNA to treat Contractile Disorder”Vladimir MuzykantovKen MarguliesDrew Weissman
Penn CVI Congratulates Liming Pei and Wenli Yang!
Received a DoD MPI grant entitled “Elucidation of the Cardiomyopathy of the Mitochondrial Disorder Friedreich's Ataxia”Liming PeiWenli Yang
Congratulations Siqi Gao!
Awarded a K99 grant entitled “Endothelial regulation of the blood-placental barrier”Siqi Gao
Congratulations Sharlene Day!
Appointed Chair of the Steering Committee for the SONATA-HCM Randomized Multicenter Clinical TrialSharlene Day
Penn CVI Congratulates Mark Kahn, Zolt Arany and Colleagues!
Awarded a Leducq Foundation Network of Excellence Grant “The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease”Mark KahnZolt Arany
Penn CVI Congratulates Raj Jain, Eric Joyce and Melike Lakadamyali!
Awarded an R01 entitled “Single-cell analysis of 3D genome organization in senescent cells”Rajan JainEric JoyceMelike Lakadamyali
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Penn CVI Congratulates Xiao Wang!
Awarded her first R01 entitled “Corrective Editing to Treat Phenylketonuria”Xiao Wang
