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Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research
The mission of the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research is to conduct innovative, mechanism-based research leading to improved therapies and outcomes for pediatric cardiovascular diseases and to foster preventive strategies and promote cardiovascular health in adults.
Could Waiting Two Minutes Improve How Newborns Recover from Heart Surgery?
A newly funded study is set to determine whether waiting two minutes to clamp a newborn’s umbilical cord after delivery could improve how well he or she recovers from corrective heart surgery. Read more :: Could Waiting Two Minutes Improve How Newborns Recover from Heart Surgery?
Secondhand smoke exposure worse for toddlers, obese children
Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2009. Read more: Secondhand smoke exposure worse for toddlers, obese children >>
NIH Award Brings Together Pediatric and Adult Heart Disease Research and Training
The National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, recently awarded researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) a five-year, $1.4 million grant to provide in-depth training to clinicians and basic scientists in congenital and acquired heart disease.
This training program is the first in the country that focuses on cardiovascular disease as a continuum from fetal life to senescence, allowing Nationwide Children’s and Ohio State to be well-positioned to have a measurable impact on cardiovascular disease, and to foster new collaborative opportunities between the institutions.
Learn more about Training in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
New Heart Physician to Help Fuse Research and Clinical Care
A new physician-scientist in The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is poised to provide an additional catalyst for translational research and convert research discoveries into improved clinical practices.
Vidu Garg, MD, has joined The Heart Center as the director of Translational Research, a collaboration between The Heart Center and the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research. He will lead an effort to expand the partnership between clinicians and scientists in their shared quest for improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pediatric cardiac and vascular disease.
Drawing from his exceptional track record in NIH-funded translational research, Dr. Garg will work to translate questions developed at the bedside with answers discovered at the bench. His personal research focus is the genetics of congenital heart disease and the identification of the molecular basis of normal and abnormal cardiac development.
