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The Vascular Biology Center (VBC) at the Medical
College of Georgia (MCG) was founded in 1995.
Since that time, the Center has been under the
direction of Dr. John D.
Catravas, Regents Professor and
Director.
The purpose for formation of the VBC was to
provide a mechanism for focusing MCG research on
the investigation of cellular and integrated
vascular function under both normal and
pathological conditions. This area of research
is of vital importance to human health because
cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of
morbidity and mortality in the United States.
The VBC is comprised of eleven Core Faculty members with
diverse but complementary expertise.
In addition, the VBC
has 32 Associate Faculty members that are
involved in many collaborative studies with the
Core Faculty.
The goal of the VBC since its inception has
been to bring together a group of expert
cardiovascular researchers who have similar
interests. Due to their common interests and the
convenience of physically adjoining laboratory
space, many productive collaborative research
projects have developed among the VBC faculty. A
comprehensive range of expertise that exists
among current VBC faculty includes:
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Expertise in five vascular
systems (coronary, pulmonary,
cerebral, retinal, and renal)
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Numerous models of clinical
vascular pathologies (ARDS,
vasospasm, cardiomyopathy,
atherosclerosis, shock, diabetic
retinopathy and nephropathy, stroke,
hypertension, edema, thromboembolism,
acute and chronic renal failure, and more.
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The use of a wide variety of
state-of-the-art techniques
including molecular, genetic, cellular,
organ/tissue, and whole animal models.
In addition to its research goals, the
VBC also has educational goals. The Center
sponsors a weekly seminar
program featuring nationally and
internationally recognized speakers. A
graduate program in Vascular Biology
leading to the Ph.D. degree is
administered by the VBC. The Center
currently also provides Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral
training to numerous Fellows and has received a National Institutes of Health
Post-doctoral and Training Grant in
Integrative Cardiovascular Biology. In
addition, the VBC houses the Editorial
Office of the journal, "Vascular Pharmacology : The Vascular System".
VBC Core Faculty also organize and
participate in a biennial international
conference on "Vascular
Endothelium".
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Mark Chappell, Ph.D.
Wake Forest University
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Matthias Barton, M.D.
Universitätsspital Zürich
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David Dean, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
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Lisa Cassis, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky
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Jean-Philippe Gratton, Ph.D.
Université de Montréal
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