Ryan Boudreau, PhD, associate professor in cardiovascular medicine has received a seven-year, $7.6M R35 NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) to support a comprehensive research program examining the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying heart disease, the global leading cause of death.

Barry London, MD, PhD, Division Director of Cardiovascular Medicine, has been invited to join the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Mentored Clinical and Basic Science Study Section (MCBS).

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the François M. Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center (ACRC) at the University of Iowa’s Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, an immense milestone that celebrates half a century of groundbreaking research, clinical innovation, and educational excellence.

In spring 2023, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Frank Faraci, PhD, and Professor of Neurology and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Eng Lo, PhD, sat down with Editor-in-Chief of the American Heart Association (AHA) Journal Circulation Research, Jane E. Freedman, MD, to discuss a possible new compendium for the journal.

Advanced electrophysiology procedures and techniques at Iowa offer new options for patients with heart rhythm disorders.

Ajit Vikram, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, received his first R01, a five-year, $2.5M award from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This project seeks to unveil how microbes in our gut influence heart health, especially under conditions that increase the heart’s workload.