Research

CVET conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of cardiovascular engineering, cell biology, physiology, imaging, and medical device development.

We focus on advancing the fundamental understanding of arrhythmogenesis and developing novel diagnostic tools and lifesaving antiarrhythmic therapies. We pursue both biological and device-based therapeutic strategies, including siRNA-mediated therapy, low-energy electrotherapy for arrhythmia, and stretchable and flexible electronic platforms. Our research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the Leducq Foundation, and private philanthropy.

Collaborators

John Rogers, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

Natalia Trayanova, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Dmitry Kireev, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Luyao Lu, School of Engineering & Applied Science, George Washington University

Ivan Moskowitz, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago

Gina Adam, School of Engineering & Applied Science, George Washington University

Shana Kelley, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Bjorn Knollmann, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

Kalyanam Shivkumar, Department of Medicine (Cardiology/Electrophysiology), UCLA

Olujimi Ajijola, Department of Medicine (Cardiology/Electrophysiology), UCLA

Olivier Bernus, Scientific Director, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute Liryc (Bordeaux, France)

Bas Boukens, Department of Physiology, Maastricht University

Chris Weber, Pathology Department, University of Chicago

Magdalena Harakalova, Utrecht Young Academy, Utrecht University

Philip Gutruf, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Arizona

David Pospíšil, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Masaryk University

Oleg Gusev, Life Improvement by Future Technologies (LIFT) Center, Juntendo University

Roman Syunyaev, University of Nottingham

Ruslan Deviatiiarov, RIKEN Institute, Juntendo University, Japan

Tatiana Tatarinova, Computational Biology Department, University of La Verne

Niels Voigt, Molecular Pharmacology Department, University of Göttingen

Peter Yingxiao Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

Hangbo Zhao, Department of Aerospace/Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

Guillermo Ameer, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Anastasia Khvorova, Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Vadim Backman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University

Elizabeth McNally, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University

Anna Pfenniger, Cardiology Division at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Megan C. King, Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine

Manu Beerens, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, UKE Hamburg

Sheng Xu, Stanford University

Brian Barnes and Oivind Toien, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Kedar Aras, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Buffalo

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Northwestern University

Huiliang (Evan) Wang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin

Dominic Fullenkamp, Cardiology Division at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Daniil Aksenov, Department of Radiology, NorthShore University Health System

Gideon Koren, Brown Medical School

Donald Buck, Founder at Buck Surgical

Sihong Wang, Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Paul Schumaker, Pediatrics, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Daniel Watterson, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Northwestern University