Potential Research Project Topics

Learn about the broad range of research subjects you can explore with the guidance of supportive, knowledgeable faculty.

Topics for research projects with specific investigators include:

Atherosclerosis and vascular biology (Thomas Cimato)
Biomarkers (Umesh Sharma)
Cardiac fibrosis and remodeling (Umesh Sharma)
Cardiac MRI and CT (Umesh Sharma)
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (Anne Curtis)
Cardio-Oncology (Umesh Sharma)
Cardiovascular risk and post-traumatic stress disorder (Sunil Baldwa)
Cardiovascular Stem Cell Biology (Thomas Cimato)
Cardiovascular stem cell therapy (Vijay Iyer; Jennifer Lang; John Canty, Jr.)
Chronic adaptations to myocardial ischemia (Brian Page; John Canty, Jr.; James Fallavollita)
Flow Cytometry (Raymond Kelleher; Thomas Cimato)
Galectin-3 as a Risk-Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (Umesh Sharma)
Heart failure (Nitu Kataria; Susan Graham; Susan Graham)
Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction (John Canty, Jr.)
Hematopoietic stem cells (Thomas Cimato)
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (Anne Curtis)
Lipid management (Stanley Fernandez)
Pacemakers (Anne Curtis)
Percutaneous aortic/mitral valve replacement (Vijay Iyer)
Post-Infarct Myocardial Remodeling (Umesh Sharma)
Prevention of Radiation-Induced Cardiomyopathy (Umesh Sharma)
Renal injury after percutaneous intervention (David Zlotnick)
Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death (Michael Cain)
Sudden cardiac death (John Canty, Jr.; Anne Curtis; James Fallavollita; Stanley Fernandez)
Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure (Thomas Cimato)
Ventricular tachycardia (Anne Curtis)

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