Working Groups & Associated Faculty: Vascular Reactivity, Remodeling and Thrombosis Marlene Rabinovitch # Ped/Cardiology Pulmonary vascular disease and BMP Ronald Dalman # Vascular Surgery AAA pathophysiology Larry Leung # Hematology Molecular determinants of coagulation Andrew Patterson # Anesthesia Murine cardiovascular physiology; adrenergic Vascular Regeneration and Development Renee Reijo Pera # Obstet/Gynecology Human embryonic stem cell differentiation Julie Baker # Genetics Genetic determinants of vasculogenesis Geoffrey Gurtner # Plastic surgery Angiogenesis and wound healing. Calvin Kuo # Hematology Soluble inhibitors of angiogenesis Wing Wong * Statistics Computational analysis of ESC transcriptome Metabolic or Lifestyle influences on Vascular Outcomes Paul Heidenrich # CV Medicine Cost efficacy and quality in CV therapies Ajay Chawla # Endocrinology Nuclear receptors and response to lipids Frederic Kraemer # Endocrinology Cellular lipid metabolism Peter Kao # Pulmonary Medicine HMG coA reductase inhibition and PAH Victor Froelicher * CV Medicine Exercise physiology, effects on aortic structure Proteomic markers and Genetic Determinants of vascular disease Philip W. Lavori * HRP/Biostatistics Biostatistics and clinical trial design Phil Tsao # CV Medicine Transcriptomics/proteomics of aneurysms P.J. Utz # Rheumatology Proteomics of autoantigens in CAD John Cooke # CVMedicine Genetic and proteomic markers of PAD Richard Olshen * Statistics Bioinformatics for high throughput biology Gender and ethnicity differences in vascular disease Marcia Stefanick * Health Res. & Policy Hormonal therapy for cardiovascular disease Jennifer Tremmel * CV Medicine Gender differences in coronary artery disease Wei Zhou # Vascular Surgery Asian vasoactive therapies Stanley Rockson * CV Medicine Mechanisms of lymphatic dysfunction H. Craig Heller * Biology Vasomotor instability during menopause Charles Taylor # Bioengineering Finite element analysis of hemodynamic forces Beth Pruitt # Mechanical Eng Nanofabricated devices and cell biomechanics Sarah Heilshorn # Materials Science Biomaterials for regenerative medicine Michael Dake * CT Surgery Endovascular devices and endografts Dwight Nishimura # Electrical Eng. Novel MR algorithms for vascular imaging Vascular Bioengineering