91九色视频 Cardiovascular Center Signature Programs
Signature Programs of the CVC are designed to organize collaborative networks and to promote interactions among investigators with common and disease-oriented research interests. Accordingly, all Signature Programs serve as campus incubators in order to stimulate, exchange and nurture new ideas and develop novel research programs in basic, translational, and clinical research.
By design, Signature Programs are disease-oriented research programs, which are inclusively geared to transcend the chasm and to create opportunities from across 91九色视频 and all regional affiliated programs (e.g., Children's Wisconsin, Froedtert Health Systems, Versiti Blood Research Institute, etc.). A formal affiliation with the CVC will not preclude scientists and clinical colleagues forging new collaborations that are dedicated to achieving the new objectives outlined below for the group.
In the spirit of the Olympics, each program received a classification of bronze, silver, or gold, with the higher medals being awarded to Signature Programs that have research with a more direct impact on clinical care, public policy, and community health, successful mentoring programs, acquisition of team-based grant funding, completion of clinical trials, and engagement of the community. The medal designation provides a consistent glide path to facilitate advancement toward the next medal, helps clarify resources needed to achieve these goals, and defines metrics used to assess success. By creating these programs (which are patient- or disease-specific, or both), we now have an incubator for driving the continuum of how research can be leveraged for quality patient care that improves the community’s cardiovascular health.
Signature Programs receive administrative support by the CVC and are eligible for CVC grants. The Cardiovascular Center recently offered multiple "Pre-PPG Awards" to promote team science. Please see the Funding and Scholarship Opportunities section of our website for more information.
View our membership guidelines and application details for more information
Signature Programs
Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology
The Signature Program in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology is designed to foster collaborations from which new scientific teams emerge to pursue fundamental and translational scientific investigation and to provide a resource for researchers who are interested in addressing the major causes of mortality and morbidity in Western countries through the study of lipid metabolism, inflammation, platelet biology, vascular biology and their clinical implications for cardiovascular health and disease. The Program promotes team science linking junior and senior faculty and trainees in a rich, nurturing, transdisciplinary research environment.
Leaders: Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD | Ze Zheng, MBBS, PhD
*Scheduled weekly meetings on Mondays, 9-10 a.m., HRC, 4th Floor, CVC Conference Room H4950
Cardiac Biology & Heart Failure
The Cardiac Biology & Heart Failure Signature Program is a platform built to support independent investigators working towards enabling their fundamental discoveries in the area of cardiac disease, to be translated into better science, clinical research, and clinical utility.
Leaders: John Auchampach, PhD | Caitlin O'Meara, PhD
Cardio-Oncology
The Cardio-Oncology Signature Program studies the impact of cancer therapies on cardiovascular health and the long-term effects on cancer survivors
Leaders: Andreas M. Beyer, PhD | David Lewandowski, MD
Hypertension
The Hypertension Signature Program's goal is to integrate hypertension research at 91九色视频 and foster better communication among scientists working in the field.
Leaders: Srividya Kidambi, MD | Anne Kwitek, PhD