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Organizers

Meet the organizers of the 22nd International Vascular Biology Meeting

Rong Wang

Chair: Rong Wang

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery
Director, Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research
University of California, San Francisco

Masanori Aikawa

Co-Chair: Masanori Aikawa

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Yoshihiro Miwa Distinguished Chair
Founding Director, Center for Interdisciplinary
Cardiovascular Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jan Kitajewski

Co-Chair: Jan Kitajewski

Director, University of Illinois Cancer Center
Sweeney Professor and Head, Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

 

Rosemary Akhurst

Rosemary J Akhurst

Professor, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco

Brian Black

Brian Black

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco

Lena Claesson-Welsh

Lena Claesson-Welsh

Professor, Dept. Immunology, Genetics and Pathology
Uppsala University

Ondine Cleaver

Ondine Cleaver

Professor
Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Napoleone Ferrara

Napoleone Ferrara

Distinguished Professor of Pathology; Senior Deputy Director for Basic Sciences, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center

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Karen Hirschi

Karen Hirschi

Professor, Department of Cell Biology
University of Virginia

Luisa Iruela-Arispe

Luisa Iruela-Arispe

Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Stephen Walter Ranson Professor of Cell Biology
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Northwestern University

Guillermo Oliver

Guillermo Oliver

Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute – Center for Vascular and Developmental Biology
Thomas D. Spies Professor of Lymphatic Metabolism
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Northwestern University

Marlene Rabinovitch

Marlene Rabinovitch

Director, Basic Science and Engineering Initiative, Betty Irene Moore Children's Heart Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Stanford University

Joseph Wu

Joseph Wu

Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Stanford University