Tag: NIH
Increasing access and decreasing scientific bias: How open access is changing...
There has been much talk recently on open access publishing and the costs associated with this mode of publication. While editor-in-chief positions within most...
Could metformin be first-ever medical treatment that is effective at managing...
There is a global interest in assessing whether metformin, which has a long track record of safety and efficacy, is relatively inexpensive and is...
Newest JVS peer-review title appoints editor-in-chief
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has announced the appointment of Anahita Dua, MD, as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery-Vascular Insights...
Former SVS President William Abbott, 1997–98, dies at 86
William Martin Abbott, MD, former president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), died peacefully in his home Jan. 9 after a brief illness....
RESCUE trial shows reduction in segmental and main pulmonary artery occlusions
Robert A. Lookstein, MD, who is executive vice chair, Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital...
NIH funding for vascular surgeon-scientists: ‘We need more funded vascular surgeons...
Presenting at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Amin A. Mirzaie—a pre-medical student at Emory...
New project will develop nanoparticles with imaging and medicine-delivery capabilities to...
A University of Texas at Arlington bioengineer is leading a project to develop biodegradable nanomaterials that will take pictures and deliver medicine to combat...
Study highlights need to extend scope of cerebrovascular health disparities research
A new research letter in Stroke outlines use of the novel National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us research program dataset of diverse...
VA: Cutting through the ‘red tape’ of research
Creating an academic career with a perfect blend of clinical work and protected time for productive research is a struggle for many surgeon-scientists. Many...
‘COVID-19 sparks diabetic macrophage inflammation’—award-winning paper
When patients with diabetes are infected with coronavirus, specialized macrophage cells—already primed to develop excessive inflammation in this population—are further transformed into a pathologically...
Patients with AAAs who had COVID-19 may need ‘more frequent surveillance’...
Patients who have known abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), who may have had a COVID-19 infection, might need to have more frequent or a different...
SVS advocacy efforts help spark landmark change in research effort requirements
The recent decision from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to reduce the dedicated research effort from 75 to 50% for K...
The benefits of an academic research career in the VA
Every year a number of graduating vascular trainees look for jobs in academic surgery to develop a career as a surgeon-scientist in basic, translational...