The Department of Medicine will increase infrastructure and support for its PostDoctoral fellows. The VMI’s Dr. Iain Scott, PhD, and Dr. Sruti Shiva, PhD, will direct and oversee a new PostDoctoral Training Program (PDTP) that builds and amplifies on many of the Department’s existing career development programs.

Published in Science Advances, the study used a new algorithm to identify candidate cancer drugs for PH. The findings support broader use of this drug-repurposing platform for other non-cancerous conditions.

Congratulations to Dr. Partha Dutta who, with co-PI Dr. Radhika Muzumdar, was recently awarded a new NIH-NIA R01 titled, “Cardioprotective Role of Humanin in Aging.”

Prithu Sundd, PhD, has received the Basic Research Award from the Bayer Hemophilia Awards Program to identify the mechanism underlying joint-damage in hemophilia.

Congratulations to Dr. Steve Chan who was recently awarded a new NHLBI R01 titled, “Frataxin deficiency as a cause of endothelial senescence in multiple subtypes of pulmonary hypertension.”

Not to boast, but we think our postdocs and junior faculty are pretty amazing!

The Vascular Medicine Institute and Section of Benign Hematology are pleased to announce the addition of Yvette Yien, PhD, to our research community starting August 1, 2021.

Congratulations to Dr. Adam Straub who, with former VMI colleague Dr. Eric Kelley, was recently awarded a new NHLBI R01 titled, “Role of Xanthine Oxidase in Heme-induced Vascular Dysfunction.”

We are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Mohamed Trebak to our research community. Joining us from Penn State University, Dr. Trebak will move his laboratory to the University of Pittsburgh starting July 1, 2021.

On International Women’s Day, and every day, we recognize the exceptional women faculty and staff of the VMI. In a particularly challenging year, our women leaders, researchers, trainees, and admins have overcome significant obstacles to do the work we value here.