Research Program Areas

The following are University of Minnesota's Research Program Areas in Vascular Biology:

ANGIOGENESIS
Program Leader:
Kalpna Gupta, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Program Faculty:
Arkadiusz Dudek, MD, PhD
Sundaram Ramakrishnan, PhD

DIABETES
Program Leader:  
Elizabeth Seaquist, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Director, Center for Diabetes Research
Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Ctr
Medical Director for Diabetes, Fairview Health System

ENDOTHELIAL BIOLOGY
Program Leader:
Robert P Hebbel, MD
Regents Professor
George Clark Professor
Vice-Chairman for Research
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
Director, Vascular Biology Center

Program Faculty:
Greg Vercellotti, MD, FACP
John Belcher, PhD

Program Leader:
Aaron Folsom, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Epidemiology

Program Website: http://www.epi.umn.edu/research/cardio.shtm

GENE THERAPY
Program Leader:
Robert P Hebbel, MD
Regents Professor
George Clark Professor
Vice-Chairman for Research
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
Director, Vascular Biology Center

HEMOSTASIS and THROMBOSIS
Program Leader:
Nigel Key, M.B., F.R.C.P. (U.K.)
Professor
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
Director, Adult Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center

STEM CELL
Program Leader:
Catherine Verfaillie, MD
Professor
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
Director, Stem Cell Institute
Anderson Chair, Stem Cell Biology
Tulloch Chair, Stem Cell Biology, Genetics and Genomics
McKnight's Presidential Chair, Stem Cell Biology