Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, PVRF's 2002 Wylie Scholar, is currently Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.
What was your FAVR funded research?
This project seeks to understand the effects of blood flow on smooth muscle cells, one of the components of the blood vessel wall. This knowledge will help physicians to understand the vascular system, especially the effects of atherosclerosis and its treatments such as angioplasty and bypass grafts. This work may lead to more effective and durable angioplasty, coronary and peripheral bypass grafts, and dialysis access grafts.
What impact did the Wylie Scholar Award have on your ability to continue research?
The award from FAVR was crucial to my continuing research in this field and achieving independent status as an investigator. As a result, I received the American Vascular Association William J. von Liebig Vascular Academic Award, awarded jointly with the NIH K08 award and now serve a reviewer for the following publications:
- Journal of Vascular Surgery (editorial board)
- Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- American Journal of Physiology
- American Journal of Pathology
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
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