Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation

2009-10 Sarnoff Fellows

	Mani Akhtari Medical School: University of California, San Diego Sponsor: Christopher Glass, MD Host Institution: Columbia Preceptor: Alan Tall, MD Research area:The role of the hematopoietic stem cell population in hypercholesterolemia—associated monocytosis
	Kevin Alexander Medical School: University of Pennsylvania Sponsor: Mariell Jessup, MD Host Institution: Duke University Preceptor: Howard Rockman, MD Research area: The role of PI3Kγ in ß2AR-mediated EGFR transactivation
	Joanna Ayoung Medical School: Cornell Sponsor: Morton Bogdonoff, MD Host Institution: New York University Preceptor: Edward Fisher, MD, PhD Research area: Cellular uptake and extracellular interaction of Gd-rHDL and FeO-rHDL with components of atherosclerotic plaques
	Ahmad Bayomy Medical School: University of Washington Sponsor: David Dichek, MD Host Institution: Brigham & Women's Preceptor: Ronglih Liao, PhD Research area: The role of matrix environment on cardiac side-population cell viability and commitment to cardiac differentiation
	Henry Cheng Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles Sponsor: Linda Demer, MD, PhD Host Institution: Stanford Preceptor: Thomas Quertermous, MD Research area: To investigate whether allelic variation in the 9p21.3 disease-associated intergenic region or in the CDKN2B 3'-UTR regulates CDKN2B or ANRIL expression, and the mechanisms for this regulation
	Jennifer Jarvie Medical School: University of Colorado Sponsor: Robert Eckel, MD Host Institution: Brigham & Women's Preceptor: Joanne Foody, MD Research area: Sister to Sister: Women's Assessment and Tracking of Cardiovascular Health (WATCH) study
	Victoria Parikh Medical School: Stanford Sponsor: Philip Tsao, PhD Host Institution: Brigham & Women's Preceptor: Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD Research area: egulation of Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension by MicroRNA
	James Piccuccello Medical School: Johns Hopkins Sponsor: Charles Lowenstein, MD Host Institution: Broad Institute Preceptor: Sekar Kathiresan, MD Research area: Genetic basis for plasma lipid concentrations
	Rachel Roth Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Sponsor: James Young, MD Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic Preceptor: John Hickner, MD Research area: Investigating predictors of good BP and lipid control (and therefore decreased morbidity) in three categories, patient and community factors, doctors and practice factors, and system factors
	Jose Sanchez Medical School: Case Western Reserve Sponsor: Robert Haynie, MD, PhD Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco Preceptor: Robin Shaw, MD, PhD Research area: Role of 14-3-3 regulation of Cx43 in heart failure
	Kaartiga Sivanesan Medical School: Vanderbilt Sponsor: H. Scott Baldwin, MD Host Institution: Stanford Preceptor: Paul Wang, MD Research area: To develop a novel way to reduce the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation
	Christopher Stapleton Medical School: Harvard Sponsor: Mark Feinberg, MD Host Institution: University of Southern California Preceptor: Florence Hoffman, PhD Research area: A potential role for thrombospondin-1 in mediating the aberrant angiogenic characteristics of brain arteriovenous malformation endothelial cells
	Catherine Wong Medical School: Cornell Sponsor: Morton Bogdonoff, MD Host Institution: Yale University Preceptor: Harlan Krumholz, MD Research area: Understanding the epidemiology and progression of heart failure

2nd Year Fellows

	Kenta Nakamura - Second Year Fellow Medical School: University of California, San Francisco Sponsor: Daniel Lowenstein, MD Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco Preceptor: Bruce Conklin, MD
	Olakunle Ogunrinade - Second Year Fellow Medical School: Stanford Sponsor: Philip Tsao, PhD Host Institution: Rockefeller University Preceptor: Jan Breslow, MD