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The North American Vascular Biology Organization will give its Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology to Anne Eichmann, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and professor of cellular and molecular physiology; and its Earl P. Benditt Award to William Sessa, PhD, Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and professor of medicine (cardiology).
- March 11, 2019Source: North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO)
The NAVBO Meritorious Awards Committee and Council is pleased to announce the selection of William Sessa, PhD, as the 2019 recipient of the Earl P. Benditt Award, in recognition of his numerous contributions to our understanding of mechanisms regulating nitric oxide production in the vascular endothelium.
- November 20, 2016
A Yale-led research team identified a protein that plays an important role in the buildup of LDL cholesterol in blood vessels.
- June 14, 2016
William Sessa, the Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, is an inaugural recipient of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Merit Award.
- June 10, 2016Source: American Heart Association
The American Heart Association on Friday awarded its first Merit Awards to fund highly promising investigators who have the potential to move a field of science forward with creative approaches. The awards, each for $1 million doled out over five years, went to a researcher at Duke University School of Medicine and another at Yale University School of Medicine.
- March 14, 2014
The Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC) is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Yale Calabresi Prize in Basic Cardiovascular Research.
- January 20, 2014
An international research team spearheaded by William C. Sessa, the Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and professor of medicine (cardiology), has been awarded a $6 million Transatlantic Networks of Excellence grant from the Fondation Leducq in France.
- April 18, 2011
William C. Sessa, newly designated as the Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology, is an expert on blood vessel function and vascular disease.
- October 26, 2009
Yale researchers have been awarded a $320,000 grant from The Kiev Foundation to study new ways to treat Williams Syndrome, a rare, thus far incurable chromosomal disorder that causes cardiovascular and connective tissue problems.
- July 07, 2009
Yale University researchers have found that a single gene plays a key role in the development of atherosclerosis in mice. The research provides insight into the causes of atherosclerosis, or the hardening of the arteries caused by a buildup of plaque.