Organizers
Meet the organizers of the 22nd International Vascular Biology Meeting
![RongWang-Web2022 Rong Wang](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/RongWang-Web2022-818x1024-circle.jpg)
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 Masanori Aikawa](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Masanori-Aikawa-Photo-2014-002-26a345a3-4e94-406e-acc3-93d373bcade4-circle.jpg)
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 Jan Kitajewski](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Kitajewski_Jan-27137669-47d6-4edb-bbcb-9e4a0384883c-circle.jpg)
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 Akhurst](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Rosemary-Akhurst-4e2ebfdf-d625-4812-add9-2348bc97b5c2-circle.jpg)
Rosemary J Akhurst
Professor, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco
![Brian Black Brian Black](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/BrianBlack-63f04cb8-316c-4159-90b5-94443f4b2f3f-circle.jpg)
Brian Black
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
![Lena Claesson-Welsh Lena Claesson-Welsh](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Lena-Claesson-Welsh-bcdcdc69-46e5-4903-bfe5-2ce76e5be2dc-circle.jpg)
Lena Claesson-Welsh
Professor, Dept. Immunology, Genetics and Pathology
Uppsala University
![Ondine Cleaver Ondine Cleaver](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/OndineNewWeb-690ef012-fee8-4251-93db-a32c90825d2b-circle.jpg)
Ondine Cleaver
Professor
Molecular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
![Napoleone Ferrara Napoleone Ferrara](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Napoleone-Ferrara-3fff39af-2a29-4af9-b597-6b57d4b1d12b-circle.jpg)
Napoleone Ferrara
Distinguished Professor of Pathology; Senior Deputy Director for Basic Sciences, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Image courtesy of www.morgenstein.com
![Karen Hirschi Karen Hirschi](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/KarenH2022-6bd10d34-f28a-4586-a843-757c003ddfe9-circle.jpg)
Karen Hirschi
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
University of Virginia
![Luisa Iruela-Arispe Luisa Iruela-Arispe](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Arispe_Luisa-2611a4ec-4c1d-430e-ab91-71f79fb228b8-circle.jpg)
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](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/GuillermoOliver-45727859-9f21-4948-99f6-9ce954b46367-circle.jpg)
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](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Rabinovitch_Marlene-02dbd013-cbef-47f2-84bc-a224416bd4a3-circle.jpg)
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](https://www.ivbm2022.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1543/bb-plugin/cache/Wu_Joseph-4a7b1acd-bcf0-4084-ab1d-343d483d31c6-circle.jpg)
Joseph Wu
Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Stanford University