October 1, 2023

2023 AHA-VIVA FOUNDATION RESEARCH AWARDS

The VIVA Foundation is committed to supporting the next generation of vascular scientists. In partnership with the American Heart Association, The Foundation has funded early career researchers since 2017. Their research expands our understanding of cardiovascular disease from a number of perspectives. See the list of 2023 grant recipients below, along with their winning project titles.

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Andrea Lobene, PhD, MS | University of Delaware
Project: The role of potassium supplementation on endothelial function and blood pressure reactivity on a high sodium diet

• The effect of a high potassium diet on microvascular function under high sodium conditions in healthy adults—American Physiology Society Journal, 2023
  
• What is ‘commanding’ the sex-specific neuro-cardiovascular responses to exercise?—The Journal of Physiology, 2023
  
• The Increasing Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Korea—JACC: Asia, 2023
  

Kevin Murray, PhD | University of Colorado Boulder
Project: Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant supplementation for improving age-related vascular dysfunction in older adults

• Exertional heat stroke causes long-term skeletal muscle epigenetic reprogramming, altered gene expression and impaired satellite cell function in mice—American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 2023
  

Matthew Rossman, PhD, MS | University of Colorado Boulder
Project: Clinical translation of senolytic therapy with fisetin to improve vascular function in older adults

• Intermittent supplementation with fisetin improves arterial function in old mice by decreasing cellular senescence—Aging Cell, 2023