Through its initiative to support research projects conceived and developed by early career investigators, the ECAC recently funded research applications from these trainees:

• Maria Cristina Bravo, PhD
  Department of Biochemistry
  Mentor: Ira Bernstein, MD; Beth Bouchard, PhD
  Impaired Hippocampal Neuroplasticity as an Characterization of the Procoagulant Potential of Circulating Microvesicles in Pregnancy­­­­­­­­­­­

• Nicole Habel, MD
  Department of Medicine – Cardiology
  Mentor: Sherrie Khadanga, MD; Daniel Lustgarten, MD
  Exercise capacity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) before and after ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF)

• Margaret Infeld, MD
  Department of Medicine – Cardiology
  Mentor: Daniel Lustgarten, MD
  Electrically Guided Bachmann’s Bundle Pacing: A Novel Lead Placement Strategy with Potential Antiarrhythmic Benefits

• Debora Kamin Mukaz, PhD
  Department of Medicine - Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research
  Mentor: Mary Cushman, MD
  Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Risk of COVID-19 in a Biracial US Cohort

• Nga Ling (Theresa) Ko, PhD
  Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
  Mentor: Ira Bernstein, MD
  Effects of shear stress and the mechanosensory signaling on the manifestation of COVID-19 in pregnancy

• Maria Noterman, PhD
  Department of Pharmacology
  Mentor: Mark Nelson, PhD
  Energetic control over on-demand cerebral vasodilation in small vessel disease