Principal Investigators

As of September 1, 2009, the NHLBI has supported hundreds of principal investigators (PIs) with American Recovery and Reinvestment (the Recovery Act) funds, using existing mechanisms, such as expansion of the research paylines from 2008 and 2009, as well as new programs created specifically for the Recovery Act, including Challenge Grants, and Grand Opportunities (GO) grants. Learn more about the scientists who are directing projects or programs supported by grants.

Below are profiles of Recovery Act-funded scientists who provided their photographs to the NHLBI. To find out more about their projects or to see all the NHLBI-funded Recovery Act projects, use the search tool on the right. If you are a PI, please consider sharing your Recovery Act story and photograph for publication on these Web pages.

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Joseph G. Cannon, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia Influence of Physical Activity on Leptin Receptor Expression in Adult Women Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $220,500 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Influence of Physical Activity on Leptin Receptor Expression in Adult Women Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $183,750 More information about the grant Total funding: $404,250

Thomas P. Cappola, MD, Sc.M. Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Genomics of Myocardial Transcription Factors in Cardiac Remodeling Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $214,295 More information about the grant

Greg P. Carman, Ph.D. Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California A Novel Thin Film Nitinol Covered Stent to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $500,000 More information about the grant

Jeffrey L. Carson, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey Transfusion Trigger Trial in Coronary Artery Disease: A Pilot Study Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $1,392,130 More information about the grant

Jason R. Carter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan Fish Oil and Neurovascular Control in Humans Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $20,904 More information about the grant

Trevor P. Castor, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer, Aphios Corporation, Woburn, Massachusetts CFI Pathogen Inactivation Technology Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $500,000 More information about the grant

Ching-Pin Chang, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California Mechanisms for Neural Crest Cell Development Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $354,196 More information about the grant

Ruey-Kang Chang, M.D., M.P.H. LA BioMed Principal Investigator, Pediatric Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Screening for Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $499,968 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Screening for Jervell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $499,954 More information about the grant Total funding: $999,922

Peng-Sheng Chen, M.D. Medtronic-Zipes Chair in Cardiology, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana Autonomic Nerve Activity and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $17,870 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Fibrillation and Defibrillation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $385,000 More information about the grant Fibrillation and Defibrillation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $382,551 More information about the grant Total funding: $785,421

Pi-Wan Cheng, Ph.D. Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska Biosynthesis of Tracheal Mucous Glycoproteins Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $468,688 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Biosynthesis of Tracheal Mucous Glycoproteins Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $538,489 More information about the grant Control of Mucin Glycan Branching in Membrane-bound and Secreted Mucins Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $185,625 More information about the grant Control of Mucin Glycan Branching in Membrane-bound and Secreted Mucins Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $199,131 More information about the grant Total funding: $1,391,933

Naomi Chesler, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Vascular Collagen Accumulation & Mechanical Mechanisms in Pulmonary Hypertension Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $22,643 More information about the grant

William M. Chilian, Ph.D. Chairperson, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences; Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio Stem Cell Induction of Coronary Arteriogenesis Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $500,000 More information about the grant

Athar H. Chishti, Ph.D. Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Functional Studies of Erythrocyte Dematin Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Blood Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $392,500 More information about the grant

Sunghee Cho, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology/Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York The Role of CD36 in Ischemic Inflammation and Injury Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Thrombosis and Hemostasis Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $271,827 More information about the grant

John W. Christman, M.D. Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Macrophage Gene Expression in Acute Lung Inflammation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $564,767 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Macrophage Gene Expression in Acute Lung Inflammation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $555,446 More information about the grant Total funding: $1,120,213

Mina Kay Chung, M.D. Cardiologist, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $37,178 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $250,814 More information about the grant Total funding: $287,992

William A. Coetzee, D.Sc. Professor, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York Conditional Knockout Mice Lacking K(ATP) Channel Subunits Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $338,166 More information about the grant

Francis Sessions Cole, M.D. Park J. White, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Genetic Regulation of Surfactant Deficiency Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $10,605 More information about the grant

Simon J. Conway, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana Regulation of Periostin by TGFbeta and BMP in Heart Development Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $471,000 More information about the grant

Keith Elliot Cook, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Complaint Thoracic Artificial Lungs Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $21,717 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Complaint Thoracic Artificial Lungs Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $256,406 More information about the grant Total funding: $278,123

John P. Cooke, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California NCE-based Strategy for Nuclear Reprogramming and Regenerative Medicine Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $1,349,898 More information about the grant

Scott C. Corbett, Ph.D. Lead Systems Engineer, Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts Minimally Invasive VAD for Treatment of Acute Right Heart Failure Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $499,832 More information about the grant

David Cornfield, M.D. Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California Postnatal Lung Development: Mechanisms of Molecular and Vascular Development Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Airway Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $753,250 More information about the grant

Peter Cram, M.D., MBA Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Cardiac Care in Specialty and General Hospitals Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $317,087 More information about the grant

John Crispino, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Identification of Altered Molecular Signatures of Down Syndrome iPS Cells Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $500,000 More information about the grant

Jianmin Cui, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri CA2+ Dependent K+ Channels: Allosteric Gating Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $14,138 More information about the grant

Brian P. Cupps, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 3D Myocardial Strain Vectors in Ischemic Heart Diseases Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $437,249 More information about the grant Additional Funding: 3D Myocardial Strain Vectors in Ischemic Heart Diseases Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $441,849 More information about the grant Total funding: $879,098

David T. Curiel, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Development of Double-Targeted Vectors for Long-Term Vascular Expression in Vivo Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $586,759 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Development of Double-Targeted Vectors for Long-Term Vascular Expression in Vivo Administered by the NHLBI Division of Lung Diseases, Lung Biology and Disease Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $611,075 More information about the grant Total funding: $1,197,834

Last Updated: March 16, 2010