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University of Nebraska Medical Center

About Us

The Center for Heart and Vascular Research has a vision to be the hub that facilitates cutting-edge research in cardiovascular health and disease.

Vision

To be a world-class leader in heart and vascular research excellence.

Mission

Facilitate collaborative basic, translational and clinical research that develops the team into an innovative and leading heart and vascular research center and improves the health of our communities.

Goals
  • Develop and apply multidimensional approaches to examine the mechanisms whereby the heart and vasculature respond to injury or stress.
  • Apply the knowledge gained to develop diagnostic tools, test therapeutic strategies, and conduct health services research that prevents, slows, or reverses heart and vascular disease progression.
  • Disseminate our results to scientific, medical, and general communities. Educate and mentor the next generation of scientists.
Objectives

Build Capacity: Infrastructure that facilitates the co-localization of clinicians and non-clinician biomedical researchers with diverse expertise to promote further cross-pollination of research interests and perspectives.

Tangible Support: Access to resources and support to explore new questions, implement new approaches, and integrate expertise needed to take research to the next level.

Leadership

Stokes-Shakelford Professor and Chair of the Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Director, Center for Heart and Vascular Research

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Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Director, Center for Heart and Vascular Research

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Internal Advisory Committee

Vice Chancellor for Research

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean for Graduate Studies

McLaughlin Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery

Henry J. Lehnhoff Professor Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Operations Committee

Professor, Vice Chair of Education, Director, Free Radicals in Medicine Program and Director, EPR Spectroscopy Core, Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Doctoral Program
Education Lead for COBRE

Assistant Professor
Director of Bioassay Core, Director of Small Animal Ultrasound Core

Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery

Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences Senior Associate Dean of Research and Development, UNMC College of Medicine Director, Center for Integrative and Translational Neuroscience Co-Investigator, Co-Director, Great Plains IDeA-CTR

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Resources

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Assistant Professor
College of Nursing-Omaha Division

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Administration

Amy Biggerstaff

Administrative Coordinator

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