The AHA’s Merit Award supports highly promising, novel research that has the potential to move cardiovascular science forward quickly, with high impact. Alan Daugherty’s research will focus on identifying and testing the effects of new drugs to treat diseases of the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body.
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A Lexington, Ky., research scientist studying ways to repair damaged major vessels with medication rather than surgery and a physician-scientist from Ann Arbor, Mich., exploring the mechanisms of how exercise can heal heart muscle and brain tissue following a heart attack or stroke are the most recent American Heart Association Merit Award recipients. Each researcher will receive $1 million in funding from the Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health and research.
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., responsible for more than 160,000 deaths yearly, and is strongly tied to heart disease, the leading cause of death, which is responsible for nearly 25% of deaths, according to the CDC.Collaboration between interdisciplinary health teams, such as neurology and cardiology departments, should be a fundamental best practice to deliver a focused
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi is set to get its second multi-organ transplant centre at the Burjeel Medical City, the hospital announced on Tuesday.
The hospital, a 400-bed facility based in Mohamed Bin Zayed City and owned by UAE-based health provider, VPS Healthcare, has signed an agreement to set up the new centre with the KIMS Institute for Heart and Lung Transplantation at the KIMS Hospital in Hyderabad, India.
Dr Sandeep Attawar, chair and director of the KIMS Institute, will lead the team of medics as the new facility is launched. While Burjeel Medical City will ensure the provision of advanced technology and equipment at the new centre, experts from the KIMS Hospital will share their medical expertise and knowledge.