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Studying Vascular Disease in Diverse Patients


Focus Aging, Cardiovascular, Genetic Diversity

Project Summary

It is possible that inflammation from other organs causes vascular disease and plaques at distant sites. As most cardiovascular diseases are over-represented in African American and Hispanic individuals, this project will study samples from diverse patients. The team will examine samples from inflammatory vascular disease patients and utilize single-cell analysis to understand whether the presence or response of specific immune cells varies among individuals of different ancestry.


Investigators

Joseph Wu, MD, PhD (Lead)
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD (Lead)
Elsie Gyang Ross, MD
Elsie Gyang Ross, MD

Philip S. Tsao, PhD
Philip S. Tsao, PhD