Welcome to the Cardiovascular Research Initiative (CVRI)
The CVRI is a new multi-disciplinary effort aimed at enhancing basic, translational, and clinical cardiovascular research at the Columbia University Medical Center.
- 2009 Katz Prize Lectures in Cardiovascular Research
Thursday, October 29, 2009
P&S Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street, First Floor
3:30 p.m.
2009 Lewis Katz Visiting Professorship in Cardiovascular Research
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
Director
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
"Genomic Medicine: Cardiovascular Insights from a Premature Aging Syndrome"
2009 Lewis Katz Cardiovascular Research Prize for a Young Investigator
John P. Morrow, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Columbia University
"Novel Therapeutic Targets to Prevent Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Heart Failure Patients"
- The Clyde and Helen Wu Distinguished Visiting Professorship Lecture
December 7, 2009; 5:00 p.m.
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
Shaun R. Coughlin, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor of Medicine and of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
"Protease-Activated Receptors and other GPCRs in Vascular Biology & Embryonic Development"
- Cardiovascular Research Initiative Symposium
May 21, 2009; 1:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
- 2009 Daniel L. Macken Visiting Professor in Cardiology
Cardiology Grand Rounds; May 12, 2009
Medicine Grand Rounds; May 13, 2009
Barry M. Massie, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Chief, Cardiology Division
San Francisco VAMC
- Strides Made Toward a Genetically Engineered Way of Treating Arrhythmias
- Drugs Similar to those for Heart Disease May Slow Muscle Loss in Muscular Dystrophy
- Cardiac Stent Patients with Diabetes May Benefit from Additional Drug
- Clincal Trial Findings: Surgically Implanted Device used to Treat Severe Hypertension
- Gum Disease May Help Identify Those at Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
- 2008 Clyde and Helen Wu Distinguished Visiting Professorship Lecture
- Results Reported from an Intervention Trial to Improve Heart Health in Relatives of Hospitalized Heart Disease Patients
- Columbia University Medical Center Announces 2008 Katz Prizes in Cardiovascular Research
- Cardiovascular Research Initiative Symposium
October 24, 2008
- The Clyde and Helen Wu Distinguished Lecture Series
- Drive Begun to Foster Advances In Cardiovascular Research
- Researchers Receive $1.4 Million in American Heart Association Grants
- Cardiovascular Research Initiative symposium
June 17, 2008
- Experimental Drug that Improves Endurance May Provide Patients with Relief from Exhaustion
- 2007 Katz Prizes in Cardiovascular Research
- Clyde and Helen Wu Distinguished Lecture Series
- 2006 Katz Prizes in Cardiovascular Research
- NIH Awards $10.8 Million to Columbia Researchers Investigating Connection between Diabetes & Heart Disease