Division of Pediatric Heart Research
The goal of the Division of Pediatric Heart Research is to develop novel technologies that can be used to treat children with cardiovascular disease.
Children with congenital heart disease represent unique challenges because of their body’s failure to create normal cardiovascular structures, such as heart chambers, valves and blood vessels.
The current primary research focus is on the development of tissue-engineered materials that include heart muscle cells for cardiac repair. The team is also focused on the development of novel technologies for image-guided vascular access and biomedical devices for children.
The Division of Pediatric Heart Research encourages the participation of undergraduate and graduate students as well as junior faculty in all aspects of the research program.
Division Leader and Principal Investigator
Research Programs
- NIH-funded 3D-engineered cardiac tissues (implantable cardiac tissue development)
- Pediatric biomedical devices
- Telemedicine and remote monitoring
Technologies
- In vitro tissue generation from immature and multipotent cells
- In vivo testing of tissue engineered constructs for cardiac repair
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