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Program History | Current
Students | Student Awards | Curriculum | Admission
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Are you curious about how tumors are able to grow by
attracting new blood vessels? Do you wonder about the
mechanisms of how blood vessels are damaged by aging,
stress, or our diets? Do you want to know how the
capillaries in the retina are damaged in diabetes and
cause blindness? Are you curious about the growing embryo
and how blood vessels are put together? Have you ever
wondered about how the various cells in blood vessels
communicate with each other? These are just a few of the
questions that you could explore while doing research in
Vascular Biology at the Medical College of Georgia.
Vascular Biology is an emerging field concerned with
understanding vascular function at the molecular,
cellular, organ and whole body level and with designing
tools for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
vascular diseases. The Medical College of Georgia has
established the Vascular Biology Center as a focal point
for research emphasis. By virtue of its interdisciplinary
nature, the Vascular Biology program provides the student
with a diverse range of cutting edge technologies at all
levels. Students can explore the latest approaches in
genomics, bioinformatics, physiomics, and biotelemetry
that are integrated with traditional physiology,
pharmacology, and pathophysiology.
 In 2004, David Pollock of the Vascular Biology
Center was the receipient of a Predoctoral Training Grant. This grant allows up to 4 American or
Permanent Resident graduate students to be supported with full stiped
and travel money each academic year. This highly competitive award is
one less than 300 such award funded by the NHLBI nationwide and one of
only two funded by the NIH at MCG. Please contact David Pollock (dpollock@mcg.edu) for more information.
Research conduced in
the laboratories of Center faculty represents a unique
integration of molecular and cell biology with organ
level, whole animal and clinical studies. Center faculty
have appointments in a variety of both clinical and basic
science departments including Medicine, Anesthesiology,
Pediatrics, Surgery, Physiology, Pharmacology &
Toxicology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Cell
Biology & Anatomy. Detailed descriptions of
individual faculty research programs can be found on the
Center's faculty webpages. |
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VBC Site Design by Vascular Biology Center :: Email the VBC ::
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