Steering Committee:
- Ulhas P. Naik, Ph.D., Director, DCRC
- Doug Doren, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research, College of Arts and Science, University of Delaware
- William Weintraub, MD, Director, Christiana Care Outcomes Research
- Samuel Gidding, MD, Division Chief of Cardiology, Nemours Cardiac Center
- Walter Koch, Ph.D., Director, Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
Ulhas P. Naik, director
Dr. Ulhas P. Naik, professor in UD’s department of biological sciences, will serve as the founding director of the Center with leadership support from a team of faculty representing the partner institutions.
In 2009, Naik discovered a protein involved in the early formation of blood clots. Knowing that clot formation is the cause of heart attacks and strokes, which block blood flow to the heart or brain respectively, has led to research in how to prevent their formation.
Naik is a fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA) Atherosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) council, a distinction he was awarded in 2009. He has also been honored with the Ella Fitzgerald Fellowship and the Kenneth M. Brinkhous Young Investigator Award early in his career.
“The Delaware Cardiovascular Research Center will bring together the best cardiac researchers – both medical doctors and scientists – to perform world-class translational research to improve treatment of cardiovascular patients,” says Naik.
Naik hopes the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance will enhance collaboration of the clinicians from Thomas Jefferson University, Christiana Care and Nemours/A.I duPont Hospital for Children so that together, they can take cardiovascular research to the next level.
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