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The Yale Cardiovascular Research Center is administered by a team of four Co-Directors. This Leadership Council works together to coordinate the center’s research and training missions.

Co-Directors

  • Ensign Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Cellular And Molecular Physiology; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)

  • Associate Professor Tenure; Director of the Zebrafish Phenotyping Core for Precision Medicine, Internal Medicine and Genetics; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)

YCVRC Faculty

  • Robert I. Levy Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Immunobiology; Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine; Senior Vice Chief for Academic Development, Cardiovascular Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Cardiology
    • Endothelium
    • Immune System
    • Inflammation
    • Macrophages
    • T-Lymphocytes
    • RNA Stability
  • Ensign Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Cellular And Molecular Physiology; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)

    Research Interests
    • Blood Vessels
    • Cardiology
    • Central Nervous System
    • Endothelium, Vascular
    • Physiology
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC); Professor, Genetics

    Research Interests
    • Aging
    • Aorta
    • Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular
    • Cardiology
    • Cerebral Hemorrhage
    • Hypertension, Pulmonary
    • Pulmonary Fibrosis
    • Vascular Diseases
    • Developmental Biology
    • Atherosclerosis
    • Myofibroblasts
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiology); Co-Director Yale Cooperative Center of Excellence in Hematology, Cardiovascular Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Blood Platelets
    • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
    • Cardiology
    • Diabetes Mellitus
    • Metabolism
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Arrhythmias, Cardiac
    • Medical Oncology
    • Cardiomyopathies
  • Robert W Berliner Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Genetics; Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Program; Director, Cardiovascular Module

    Research Interests
    • Cardiology
    • Genetics
    • Heart
    • Heart Defects, Congenital
    • Metabolic Syndrome
    • Lipid Metabolism Disorders
    • Hyperlactatemia
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Pharmacology; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)

    Research Interests
    • Cardiology
    • Cardiovascular Diseases
    • Pharmacology
    • Vascular Diseases
    • Signal Transduction
  • Associate Professor Tenure; Director of the Zebrafish Phenotyping Core for Precision Medicine, Internal Medicine and Genetics; Co-Director, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)

    Research Interests
    • Blood-Brain Barrier
    • Cardiovascular System
    • Neurons
    • Zebrafish
    • MicroRNAs
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Section of Cardiovascular Medicine

    Research Interests
    • Animal Diseases
    • Cardiovascular Diseases
    • Heart
    • Pathology
    • Physiology
    • Stem Cells
    • Drugs, Investigational
    • Tissue Engineering
    • Regenerative Medicine
    • Embryonic Stem Cells
    • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Professor

    Research Interests
    • Aneurysm
    • Aortic Aneurysm
    • Aortic Diseases
    • Aortic Valve
    • Aortic Valve Stenosis
    • Cardiovascular Diseases
    • Heart Diseases
    • Industry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cardiomyopathies
    • Radioactive Tracers
    • Technology
    • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
    • Vascular Diseases
    • Molecular Probes
    • Peripheral Vascular Diseases
    • Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
    • Biomedical Technology
    • Early Diagnosis
    • Positron-Emission Tomography
    • Molecular Imaging
    • Optical Imaging
    • Diseases
    • Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
    • Health Care
    • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology

    Research Interests
    • Aneurysm
    • Cell Biology
    • Mechanotransduction, Cellular
    • Atherosclerosis
    • Vascular Malformations
    • Vascular Remodeling
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

    Research Interests
    • Muscle, Smooth
    • Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta
    • Fibroblast Growth Factors
    • Transforming Growth Factors
    • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
    • Endothelial Cells
    • Syndecan-2
    • Syndecan-4
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Director of Heart Failure Research, Cardiovascular Medicine; Co-Director Heart & Vascular Center Clinical Research, Heart & Vascular Center

    Research Interests
    • Diuretics
    • Heart Failure
    • Kidney Diseases
    • Sodium
    • Cardio-Renal Syndrome
  • Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Cellular And Molecular Physiology

    Research Interests
    • Cell Survival
    • Diabetes Mellitus
    • Insulin Resistance
    • Myocardial Ischemia
    • Apoptosis
    • Glucose Transporter Type 4
    • AMP-Activated Protein Kinases