David Dichek, MDProfessor of Medicine; John L. Locke Jr. Family Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research and Treatment;  Associate Director for Research, Division of Cardiology; Attending Physician, University of Washington Medical Center

Student Name

Predoc/

Postdoc

Training period

Degree/Year

Institution

Project Title

Current Position/

Source of Support

Flugelman M

Post

90-92 NHLBI 

80/MD Technion/Israel Inst of Tech

Recombinant gene expression in the arterial wall

Dep Dir, Dept of Cardiol, Lady Davis Carmel Med Ctr, Haifa, Israel; Sr Lecturer Technion/ Israel Inst of Technology

Kahn M

Post

91-93 NHLBI

87/MD Brown

Improvement of efficiency of retroviral gene transfer into endothelial cells

Asst Prof, Med, Cardiol U PA NIH K08, AHA Bugher Stroke Grant/WW Smith Charitable Trust  for CV Disease U of PA

Shayani V

Post

91-93 NHLBI

88/MD Geo Washington U

Seeding of vascular grafts with genetically enhanced endothelium

Asst Prof Surgery, Loyola Med Center

Lee SW

Post

91-94 NHLBI

86/MD U of Virginia

Construction and characterization of a cell surface-anchored urokinase

Assoc Prof Medicine, Dir Cardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology, Geo Washington U Hosp 

Rade J 

Post

92-94 NHLBI

89/MD Case Western Reserve

Expression of recombinant hirudin by in vivo arterial gene transfer.

Asst Prof Med, Cardiol, Johns Hopkins, AHA Scientist Dev Grant/Ind Funding Berlex Labs

Rome J 

Post

92-94 NHLBI

82/MD Stanford

Anatomic barriers to in vivo arterial gene transfer.

Assoc Prof, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiol, Children’s Hosp of Philadelphia

Newman K 

Post

93-94 NHLBI

78/MD Duke

Vascular inflammation in response to adenovirus vectors

Prof & Vice Chmn Dept Ped Surg, Children's Nat’l Med Ctr and Geo Wash U Med School

Schachtner S

Post

93-94 NHLBI

88/MD U of Iowa

Gene transfer into the pulmonary arteries of rats

Asst Prof Dept of Peds, U of PA  Cardiology Children’s Hosp Philadelphia, K08 Award, U of PA Res Found Award

Dong G 

Post

93-95 NHLBI

83/93 MD/PhD Beijing Med U/ U Rochester

Identification of TGF-b1-responsive sequences in the PA-1 gene

Sr Scientist, R&D Div, Gene Logic Inc

Dunn P  

Post

93-95 NHLBI

90/MD George Washington U

Implantation of vascular grafts genetically engineered to secrete t-PA

Instructor in Anesthesia, Mass General Hosp

Schulick A

Post

93-95 NHLBI 

90/MD Yale

Optimization and characterization of arterial gene transfer in the rat

General Vascular Surgeon, Private Practice

Davern T  

Post

95-96 UCSF

90/MD Columbia U

Construction and characterization of rabbit CTLA4Ig

Adj Asst Prof, UCSF Dept of Med/NIH K08

Qiu C 

Post

95-97 NHLBI

86/95 MD/PhD Hubei Med Coll/   W  Virginia U

Enhancement of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer in rat arteries

Prof Pharmacol Shanghai Inst Materia Medica Chinese Acad of Sciences, Shanghai

Zamarron C 

Post

95-97 UCSF

82/PhD U of Madrid, Spain

Role of PAI-1 in the response of vascular smooth muscle cells to injury

Caring for young child at home

Vassalli G 

Post

95-97 UCSF

84/MD U of Bern, Switzerland

Development of a murine model of arterial gene transfer

Chief, Res Lab/Sr Clin Fellow, Cardiol Vaud U Hosp Ctr, Swiss Nat’l Sci Found & Lausanne Heart Transplant Found

DeYoung MB 

Post

95-00 UCSF

90/PhD U Penn

The role of PAI-1 in vascular smooth muscle cell response to injury

Editor/writer, Parexel MMs

Schneider D 

Post

95-00 UCSF

92/MD UC San Diego

Role of Fas ligand in atherosclerosis

Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCSF

Glatter K 

Post

96-97 UCSF

93/MD Harvard

The Effect of plasminogen activator over-expression on mouse atherosclerosis

Res fellow, UCSF Dept of Medicine/Electro- physiology-Supported by AHA Fellowship

Agah R

Post

96-98 UCSF

92/MD TX Southwestern Med

Overexpression of TGF-b1 in the artery wall

Interventional Cardiol Fellow, Cleveland Clin

Woodward R

Post

97-00 UCSF

96/PhD U Missouri

Regulation of PAI-1 expression in endothelium

Scientist, BioCardia Inc

Falkenberg M

Post

98-00 UCSF

87/MD Umeå U, Sweden

Role of vascular plasminogen activator in rabbit atherosclerosis

Consulting Vasc Surg,  Vasc Surg, Sahlgrenska U Hosp, Swedish Med Res Council & Gothenberg U

Wen S 

Post

98-01 UCSF

93/MD W China U Med Sci

Improved vectors for vascular gene transfer.

Acting Instructor, Cardiology, U of Wash

Camargo F

 Pre

99-99 UCSF

00/BS U of AZ

Characterization of adenovirus-transgenic animals

Grad Student Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor

Jones D 

 Pre

99-00 UCSF

Undergrad Diablo Jr Coll

Role of vascular urokinase expression in atherosclerosis

Undergrad, Diablo Junior Coll

Lee S 

Post

99-01 UCSF

99 PhD USC

Regulated expression of TGF-b1 in the artery wall

Postdoc, Molecular Biology Inst., UCLA Sch of Med

Kremen M 

Post 

01-present

00/MD 3rd Sch Med Charles U Prague Czech Rep

 Gene transfer in vascular disease

NIH training grant  

Moriwaki H 

Post

00-present

MD/PhD 98/98 Kyoto U Japan

Mechanisms of urokinase-induced myocardial infarction and sudden death

NIH R01 grant  

Otsuka G 

Post

01-present

93/00 MD/PhD Nagoya Japan

Mechanisms of neointimal formation by TGF-b1

NIH R01 grant

Wu K

Post

01-present

01 PhD Simon Fraser UBC Canada

Tissue-specific deletion of the type II TGF-b1 receptor

NIH R01 grant