The GW Cheney Cardiovascular Institute has awarded $50,000 in research grants to faculty and fellows for 2011-2012. The 3 awardees are:
- Brian Choi, MD Assistant Professor for “Estimation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Contrast Echocardiography”
- Palak Shah, MD cardiology fellow and Ramesh Mazhari, MD Assistant Professor for “Novel Use of Epigenomics to Predict Outcome in Patients Receiving Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy”
- Monica Mukherjee, MD cardiology fellow and Jannet Lewis, MD Professor for “Strain Mapping in Pulmonary Hypertension Complicating Systemic Hypertension Using Speckle Tracking Analysis of Left and Right Ventricular Function.”
