| 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 Imram Aslam, MD | Assistant Professor of Cardiology | 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. | Assistant Professor in Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration |
| Christopher Holley, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Medicine | RNA Biology |
| Alem Kahsai, PhD | Assistant Professor in Medicine | Receptor Biology |
| Ravi Karra, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine | Cardiac Regeneration |
| 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 | Assistant 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 | Assistant 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 | Professor of Medicine | Genetic epidemiology |
| Sudha Shenoy, PhD | Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology | Receptor Biology |
| Jonathan Stiber, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Ion Channel |
| Deepak Voora, MD | Associate Professor of Medicine | Genetic variation and disease |
| Yibin Wang, PhD | Director of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases at Duke-NUS in Singapore | Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases |
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.