Our heart transplant research group focuses on clinical and translational research in the field of heart transplantation. Our major projects currently focus on (1) donor heart evaluation and selection for heart transplantation, (2) evidence-based strategies to expand the heart transplant donor pool, (3) incidence, etiology, and mechanisms of primary graft dysfunction, (4) non-invasive biomarkers of acute rejection, (5) drug therapy to prevent and treat cardiac allograft vasculopathy--the leading cause of long-term graft failure after heart transplantation, and (6) developing genomic tools to monitor for early development of post-transplant malignancies. We are funded by the NIH and transplant-related foundations, and our work involves collaborations with other research groups across campus in Oncology, Bioengineering, Infectious Disease, and Biostatistics.
Professor
Stanford Departments and Centers:
Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
T32 affiliation:
Mechanisms in Innovation in Vascular Disease
Multi-Disciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular Imaging at Stanford
Training in Myocardial Biology at Stanford (TIMBS)
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