coming events

Basic Methodology in Studying the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems

• Topic: Cardiac Development"Genetic dissection of cardiac development"
  August 4th
  

• No Meeting
  August 18th
  

  Pulmonary - A Three-Lecture Series:

• a) Vascular Injury and Increased Permeability
  September 15th
  Elizabeth Harrington, PhD
  Associate Professor, VA

• b) Apoptosis
  October 10th
  Qing Lu, PhD
  Assistant Professor, VA

• c) Vascular Remodeling
  October 20th
  Sharon Rounds, MD
  Professor of Medicine, VA

Welcome to the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) website. This site is currently under construction. Over the course of the next month the site will expand as our organization continues to grow. In the interim please review the information provided, check back often for updates, and feel free to contact us with any questions that you may have.

The Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) at the Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University was founded in 2005 and is home to scientists, physician-scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students dedicated to basic cardiovascular research. Our mission is to unravel fundamental mechanisms of heart disease and to discover novel cardiac therapies. The research focus of CVRC investigators is on the molecular mechanisms of rhythm disorders of the heart (cardiac arrhythmias), sudden cardiac arrest, heart enlargement (hypertrophy) and heart failure.

The CVRC is located in 8,000 sq ft of newly renovated, state-of-the-art laboratory space in the "Jewelry District" of Providence, RI, a rapidly growing center for biomedical research. CVRC facilities include a sophisticated invasive animal catheterization and electrophysiology laboratory, and a brand new state-of-the-art research facility that is used for the studying of genetically modified mouse and rabbit models of cardiac diseases. These studies include cellular electrophysiology, optical mapping, single cell analyses of calcium transients and contractility, sophisticated imaging tools, as well as biochemical, molecular and cell biological experimental approaches. An important goal of the CVRC is to enhance and promote education and training in molecular cardiology and life sciences. Research is supported through grants to affiliated faculty from the NIH and AHA.