This month's presenter is Andrew Phan from Professor Timothy Downing's lab.
Upcoming Events
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April Heart to Heart Training Club
in Zoom
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 12:00pm
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June Heart to Heart Training Club
in Zoom
This month's presenter is Dat Nguyen from Professor Elliot Botinick's lab.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 12:00pm
Important Highlights
PROFESSOR GROSBERG ON SUSA BLOG
Prof. Grosberg writes that her silver lining from a year of remote instruction is using Gradescope for exams. She shares her perspective on when and where using this tool makes sense, and offers some tips. https://sites.uci.edu/susa/2021/04/06/a-silver-lining-to-teaching-remotely/
DIRECTOR CHESLER ON UCI CONVERSATIONS WITH KEVIN BOSSENMEYER
Center Director Naomi Chesler was interviewed by Kevin Bossenmeyer on his KUCI podcast "UCI Conversations". To listen to this interview please visit Kevin Bossenmeyer's podcast website at www.bossenmeyer.com.
CITATION DIVERSITY STATEMENT IN BMES JOURNALS
Center Director Naomi Chesler, in her role as Publications Chair for BMES, unites with editors-in-chief of BMES journals to encourage authors to include a citation diversity statement in their submissions. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-021-02739-6
FIGHTING RACIAL INEQUITY BY FUNDING BLACK SCIENTISTS
Center Director Naomi Chesler joins a network of U.S. biomedical engineering researchers calling to end funding discrimination against Black scientists. https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2021/1/fighting-racial-inequity-funding...
AHA CHAMPIONING HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL
The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality. https://www.heart.org/en/about-us/2024-health-equity-impact-goal
UCI BLACK THRIVING INITIATIVE
The Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology is proud to support the UCI Black Thriving Initiative, which builds a university culture in which Black people thrive. For more information on the UCI Black Thriving Initiative, please read this important information from Dr. Douglas Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: https://inclusion.uci.edu/2020/08/24/introducing-the-uci-black-thriving-...
New Grant Awards and Research Highlights
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New Grant Awards
Professor Zhongping Chen has been awarded a four-year $2.9 million grant from the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to continue the development of a new imaging technology that will enhance clinicians' ability to identify vulnerable lesions, tailor interventional therapy and monitor disease progression for patients with cardiovascular disease.
Professor Timothy Downing has been awarded a five-year $3 million grant from the NSF "Understanding the Rules of Life" initiative for the project titled Epigenetics 2: Connecting cell fate and epigenome drift through physical models of chromatin structure and dynamics. The initiative is part of the NSF's 10 "Big Ideas" for future investment at the frontiers of science and engineering.
National Science Foundation has awarded a $547,000 grant to Professors Anna Grosberg, Wendy Liu and Elliot Botvinick for their project to investigate how COVID-19 affects the heart. They will look at the interplay between the immune system and cardiac function in cases of severe coronavirus.
Research Highlights
UC Irvine engineers have developed a novel artificial intelligence method for assessing echocardiograms that could help cardiologists more accurately determine heart function and disease. The research, led by Samueli School Professors Arash Kheradvar and Hamid Jafarkhani, was recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Professor Timothy Downing was a finalist in the inaugural Shu Chien Early Career Award which recognizes pre-tenured faculty who demonstrate outstanding scholarly achievement.
