ANNOUNCEMENTS | Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center (CBAC)

Faculty receive grant for heart health research (Links to an external site)

February 4, 2021February 10, 2021

Weikai Li, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at the School of Medicine, along with CBAC Member Michael J. Greenberg, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and Michael L. Gross, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, and of immunology and of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a three-year $750,000 grant from American Heart Association for their research titled “Interdisciplinary structural studies of iron homeostasis in cardiovascular health.”

Zhou to pursue novel imaging method with Stein Innovation Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (Links to an external site)

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020

With this funding, Zhou and his team plan to develop an ultrahigh-speed parallel imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for motion-free imaging in children

CBAC Member Richard Schuessler Retires (Links to an external site)

September 8, 2020November 9, 2020

Richard Schuessler, PhD, Director of the Cardiac Surgical Research Laboratory, retires from the Department of Surgery in October 2020, after an accomplished 35-year career at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Rudy Received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Links to an external site)

November 8, 2019November 11, 2020

Yoram Rudy Innovation Entrepreneurship Award

Chancellor Martin announced that CBAC Director and Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Yoram Rudy has received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Rudy gave a presentation on his work during the award ceremony on November 8.

Mann to deliver keynote address at the Acute Cardiac Unloading and Recovery’s 4th Annual Symposium

June 14, 2019December 14, 2020

Douglas L. Mann, the Tobias & Hortense Lewin Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) will deliver the keynote address at the Acute Cardiac Unloading and Recovery’s 4th Annual Symposium. The symposium will take place on August 29-30, 2019 in Paris, France.

Congratulations to Dr. Stacey Rentschler!

June 6, 2019December 14, 2020

Stacey Rentschler, MD, PhD, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) with tenure.

Skandy Awards Honors Innovation and Entrepreneurship at WashU (Links to an external site)

April 10, 2019December 14, 2020

On Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the Skandalaris Center hosted the second annual Skandy Awards. The awards welcomed of the WashU and St. Louis community to celebrate the innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial achievements of Washington University students, faculty and alumni.

CBAC members, Drs. Phillip Cuculich and Jennifer Silva were awarded the Skandalaris Center Awards in Innovation.

Woodard named Wilson Professor of Radiology (Links to an external site)

February 25, 2019December 14, 2020

Recognized for accomplishments in cardiovascular imaging and research

Pamela K. Woodard, MD, CBAC member and professor of radiology recognized for her expertise in cardiothoracic radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the inaugural Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology.

Rudy named to National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)

January 18, 2019December 14, 2020

CBAC Director, Yoram Rudy, along with a faculty member from the School of Medicine, were named to the National Academy of Inventors.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows Program highlights inventors who demonstrate a “prolific spirit of innovation.”

Martin Arthur ‘Finally Ready to Graduate’ (Links to an external site)

June 12, 2018December 3, 2020

CBAC member, Arthur’s long-standing place in the Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering will come to an end later this year when he leaves the university to continue working on his health care startup, ATM Cardiac Diagnostics LLC, which he formed along with fellow CBAC member Jason Trobaugh, professor of the practice in electrical & systems engineering, and Scott Marrus, MD, former CBAC member and a Washington University cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

$6.8 million to fund research into Cantu syndrome, cardiovascular disease (Links to an external site)

March 2, 2018December 7, 2020

Scientists studying link between rare disease and heart health

CBAC member, Colin Nichols, the Carl F. Cori Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, has received a grant to study how the genetic mutations underlying Cantu syndrome are linked to cardiovascular disease.

Van Hare Named President-Elect of the Heart Rhythm Society (Links to an external site)

November 14, 2016December 7, 2020

CBAC member George F. Van Hare III, MD, director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named president-elect of the Heart Rhythm Society, a global research and education group focused on cardiac rhythm disorders.

NIH grant to support study of heart’s inner mechanisms (Links to an external site)

March 3, 2015December 7, 2020

Findings could lead to better treatment for cardiac arrhythmia and long QT syndrome.CBAC member Jianmin Cui, PhD, has received a nearly $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the molecular bases for the function of potassium channels vital for the heart, brain, inner ear and other tissues.

Wickline receives chancellor’s innovation award (Links to an external site)

December 4, 2014December 7, 2020

CBAC alumnus Samuel A. Wickline, MD, received the Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Washington University in St. Louis. Wickline, the James R. Hornsby Family Professor of Biomedical Sciences, was presented with the honor at the Faculty Achievement Awards ceremony