grants & awards

NIH R01: Transcatheter strategies for leaflet extension to repair functional mitral regurgitation
NIH R01: Novel therapeutic approaches for mitral valve repair in ischemic heart disease
NIH r01: Image guided intravascular robotic system for mitral valve repair and implants
NIH r01: ultrasound guided robotically steerable guidewire for endovascular applications
NIH R01: superhydrophobic heart valve prosthesis
foundation: mechanisms of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and role of chamber distension
foundation: functional therapies for the failing fontan patient
industry grants and contracts
awards and recognitions
Year
Award
2019
Inaugural Innovation for Impact Award, Emory University School of Medicine
foundation: 
vivien thomas young investigator award finalist 
cvsa abstract research award
American Heart Association post-doctoral fellowship 
American Heart Association pre-doctoral fellowship:
​mechanobiology of left ventricular remodeling in volume overload
fellowship: goizeuta foundation fellow
awards & recognitions:
2020
 Outstanding Translational Research Award, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Emory/GT
2019
Minority travel award, CVSA council, American Heart Association

Alumni

  • Post Doctoral Fellows
  • Graduate Students
  • Research Staff
  • Undergraduates
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NAME
LEVEL/YEARS
CURRENT POSITION
Alicja Sielicka
Post-doctoral fellow (2015-2019)
Scientist, Gdansk, Poland
Weiwei Shi
Post-doctoral fellow (2013-2016)
Pathology Residency, Boston Univ
Apoorva Girish 
Post-doctoral fellow (2013-2015)
General surgery residency, UConn
Kanika Kalra
Post doctoral fellow (2013-2014)
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Emory U
Bryant McIver
Post doctoral fellow (2011-2013)
General surgeon, Baltimore, MD
Takanori Kono
Post-doctoral fellow (2018-2019)
Cardiac surgeon, Kurume Univ, Japan
NAME
YEARS
CURRENT POSITION
Samiya Hussain
2010-2011
Internal medicine residency, UC Irvine
Joshua Eskew
2016
Orthopedic Surgery residency, South Carolina