| Faculty | Title | Basic Research Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Abraham, MD |
Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Receptor Biology, Systolic and Diastolic Function, Cardiac Hypertrophy |
| Paul Agris, PhD | Consulting Professor in Medicine | RNA Biology |
| Mohammed Imran Aslam, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine | Heart Failure |
| Dawn Bowles, PhD | Assistant Professor in Surgery | Duke Human Heart Repository |
| Nenad Bursac, PhD | Professor of Biomedical Engineering | Stem cell, tissue engineering, and gene based therapies for heart and muscle regeneration |
| Victor Dzau, MD | Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration |
| Neil Freedman, MD | Professor of Medicine, Professor in Cell Biology | Receptor Biology, Vascular Biology |
| Sharon Gerecht, PhD | Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor | Vascular Stem Cell Biology |
| Michael "Dee" Gunn, MD | Professor of Medicine and Immunology; Associate Professor in Pathology | Immunology, Vascular Biology |
| Conrad Hodgkinson, Ph.D. | Associate Professor in Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration |
| Christopher Holley, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine | RNA Biology |
| Alem Kahsai, PhD | Assistant Professor in Medicine | Receptor Biology |
| Ravi Karra, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration |
| Walter J. Koch, PhD | Instructor in Dept. of Surgery | Surgery, Cardiovascular, Thoracic Surgery |
| Christopher Kontos, MD | Professor of Medicine | Vascular Biology, Angiogenesis |
| William Kraus, MD | Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Nursing | Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Exercise |
| Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Genetic and molecular mechanisms of sudden cardiac arrest in children |
| Robert Lefkowitz, MD | James B. Duke Professor of Medicine | Receptor Biology, G-protein coupled receptors |
| Robert McGarrah, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Metabolism and Heart Failure |
| Thomas Povsic, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration, Translation |
| Maria Price Rapoza, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Research Systems Strengthening |
| Sudar Rajagopal, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Receptor Biology, Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Howard Rockman, MD | Edward S. Orgain Professor of Cardiology | Receptor biology, Cell signaling |
| Paul Rosenberg, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Ion Channel |
| Svati Shah, MD, MHS | Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases | Genetic epidemiology |
| Sudha Shenoy, PhD | Professor in Medicine | Receptor Biology |
| Kevin Southerland, MD | Assistant Professor of Surgery | Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
| Jonathan Stiber, MD | Professor of Medicine | Ion Channel |
| Yibin Wang, PhD | Director of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases at Duke-NUS in Singapore | Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases |
| Ching Zhu, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Medicine | Focus on advancing therapy for patients with heart rhythm disorders. |
In addition to the Cardiovascular Research Center’s primary faculty, who are generally dedicated full time to research and clinical care in cardiovascular disease, there also are many faculty across campus who have joined the CVRC because they have research projects that are relevant to cardiovascular research.