T32 Research Training Program | Overview
Department of Cardiology NIH-funded T32 Training Program
“Research Methods in Pediatric Cardiology”, continuously funded by NIH since 1984, is the BCH Department of Cardiology’s research training program. The program’s goal is to train the next generation of researchers in Pediatric Cardiology and its allied fields of cardiac and vascular biology. It supports training of postdoctoral (MD, PhD, and MD PhD) fellows and spans the breadth of basic, translational, and clinical research in vascular biology and cardiac biology. Based at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the program’s faculty includes leaders in these fields, including: William Pu; Jane Newburger, Jon and Christine Seidman; Rob Gerszten; Anthony Rosenzweig, Calum MacRae, Timothy Hla, Joyce Bischoff, Geoff and Caroline Burns, Da-Zhi Wang, Kaifu Chen, Kit Parker, Lynn Sleeper, and Sarah de Ferranti.
The program is committed to developing the next generation of researchers in cardiovascular biology. It is committed to a diverse biomedical workforce, including groups traditionally under-represented in biomedical research.
Applications
We accept applications on a rolling basis. Slots become available intermittently and when available we will select from among the most qualified applicants. Applicants should be US citizens or permanent residents. Applicants should email their CV and cover letter. The cover letter should indicate their prospective mentor from our training program and additional factors such as membership in an under-represented group.
T32 Training Program Mentors
Mentor
Positions
Research Interests
William T. Pu, MD
T32 Co-PI
Professor, HMS
Director of Basic and Transl. CV Research
BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Heart and vessel development and disease; Gene regulation; Inherited heart disease models; Novel therapies for inherited heart disease
Jane W. Newburger, MD MPH
T32 Co-PI
Professor, HMS
Associate Chief of Academic Affairs, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Clinical trials and outcomes research in congenital and acquired heart disease in children, including Kawasaki disease
Sarah D. de Ferranti, MD MPH
T32 Associate Director
Associate Professor, HMS; Chief of Outpatient Cardiology, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Understanding and reducing atherosclerotic risk in childhood
Vassilios J. Bezzerides, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, HMS; Electrophysiologist, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Inherited arrhythmias; Cardiac gene therapy
Joyce Bischoff, PhD
Professor, HMS; Vascular Biology, BCH
Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) and endothelial plasticity in vascular tumors and malformation. Vascular progenitor cells (including ECFCs) in building vascular networks in damaged and/or diseased tissue
David M. Briscoe, MD
Professor, HMS; Nephrology, BCH
Transplant immunobiology
Geoffrey C. Burns, PhD
Associate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Cardiovascular development, regeneration, and disease
Caroline E. Burns, PhD
Associate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Cardiovascular development, regeneration, and disease
Kaifu Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, HMS; Director of Computational Biology, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Computational biology; Epigenetics; Chromatin structure; Cell identity genes
Kevin P. Daly, MD
Assistant Professor, HSM; Heart failure & transplant, BCH Dept of Cardiology
Biomarkers for CAV; Clinical trials in heart failure and transplant
Pedro J. del Nido, MD
Professor, HMS; Chief, BCH Cardiac Surgery
Heart valve disease, Reconstructive surgery in the beating heart
Pierre E. Dupont, PhD
Professor, HMS; BCH Cardiac Surgery
Design & control of novel medical robots and instruments, modeling tool-tissue interaction
Elazer Edelman, MD PhD
Professor, MIT and HMS; Director, Inst for Med Eng and Science, MIT
Cardiolovascular pathophysiology, Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Friedman, MD
Associate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Fetal diagnosis and management of complex congenital heart disease; Kawasaki Disease
Robert E. Gerszten, MD
Professor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, BIDMC
Cardiac and metabolic diseases
Tal Geva, MD
Professor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, BCH
Cardiac non-invasive imaging and congenital heart disease outcomes
Michelle Gurvitz, MD MS
Assistant Professor, HMS; Adult congenital heart disease, BCH/BWH
Population health, adult congenital heart disease
Timothy Hla, PhD
Professor, HMS; Vascular Biology, BCH
Angiogenesis, vascular biology, lipid mediators
John N. Kheir, MD
Associate Professor, HMS; Cardiac ICU; co-director, Translational Research Lab, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Oxygen metabolism
Stella Kourembanas, MD
Professor, HMS; Chief of Newborn Medicine, BCH
Molecular and cellular basis of lung inflammation, hypoxic signaling, and developmental lung injury
Richard T. Lee, MD
Professor, HMS; Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Harvard
Cardiac regeneration and aging
Calum MacRae, MD PhD
Professor, HMS; Vice-Chair for Scientific Innovation, BWH
Genetics, physiology, and drug discovery
Kenneth D. Mandl, MD MPH
Professor, HMS; Director of Computational Health Informatics, BCH
Innovation in biomedical informatics for discovery, population health, and care system redesign
Juan Melero-Martin, PhD
Associate Professor, HMS; BCH Cardiac Surgery
Endothelial cell biology; vascularization
Kevin Kit Parker, PhD
Professor, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Cellular mechanotransduction in the heart
Brian Polizzotti, PhD
Assistant Professor, HMS; Co-director, Translational Research Lab, BCH
Translation at the interface of chemical engineering and medicine
Amy E. Roberts, MD
Associate Professor, HMS; CV Genetics, BCH
Genetics of congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and Rasopathies
Anthony Rosenzweig, MD
Professor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, MGH
Mechanisms of heart failure, exercise-mediated-cardioprotection, and cardiomyogenesis
Christine E. Seidman, MD PhD
Professor, HMS; BWH Cardiology; HHMI
Using genomic strategies to define causes of cardiovascular disease
Jonathan G. Seidman, MD PhD
Professor, HMS; Department of Genetics, HMS
Using genomic strategies to define causes of cardiovascular disease
Lynn Sleeper, PhD
Associate Professor, HMS; Scientific Director of Clinical Research, BCH Dept. of Cardiology
Clinical outcomes research in pediatric cardiology
Colin Stultz, MD PhD
Professor, MIT; Inst for Med Eng and Science, MIT; Cardiology, MGH
Machine learning to identify patients at high risk of adverse clinical events
Wayne Tworetzky, MD
Associate Professor, HMS; Director of Fetal Cardiology, BCH
Fetal cardiology
Christopher Walsh, MD PhD
Professor, HMS; Chief of Genetics and Genomics, BCH
Brain cortex development
Da-Zhi Wang, PhD
Professor, HMS; Dept. of Cardiology, BCH
Molecular mechanisms of heart development and disease