Department of Cardiology NIH-funded T32 Training Program

“Research Methods in Pediatric Cardiology," continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1984, is the Department of Cardiology’s research training program. The program’s goal is to train the next generation of researchers in pediatric cardiology and its allied fields of cardiac and vascular biology. It supports training of postdoctoral (MD, PhD, and MD-PhD) fellows and spans the breadth of basic, translational, and clinical research in vascular biology and cardiac biology. Based at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the program’s faculty includes leaders in these fields, including: William Pu, Jane Newburger, Jon and Christine Seidman, Rob Gerszten, Anthony Rosenzweig, Calum MacRae, Timothy Hla, Joyce Bischoff, Geoff and Caroline Burns, Da-Zhi Wang, Kaifu Chen, Kit Parker, Lynn Sleeper, and Sarah de Ferranti.

The program is committed to developing the next generation of researchers in cardiovascular biology. It is committed to a diverse biomedical workforce, including groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research.

Applications

We accept applications on a rolling basis. Slots become available intermittently, and when available we will select from among the most qualified applicants. Applicants should be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicants should email their CV and cover letter. The cover letter should indicate their prospective mentor from our training program and additional factors such as membership in an under-represented group.

T32 Training Program mentors

MentorPositionsResearch Interests

William T. Pu, MD

T32 Co-PI

Professor, HMS
Director of Basic and Transl. CV Research
BCH Dept. of Cardiology		Heart and vessel development and disease; Gene regulation; Inherited heart disease models; Novel therapies for inherited heart disease

Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH

T32 Co-PI

Professor, HMS
Associate Chief of Academic Affairs, BCH Dept. of Cardiology		Clinical trials and outcomes research in congenital and acquired heart disease in children, including Kawasaki disease

Sarah D. de Ferranti, MD, MPH

T32 Associate Director

Associate Professor, HMS; Chief of Outpatient Cardiology, BCH Dept. of CardiologyUnderstanding and reducing atherosclerotic risk in childhood
Vassilios J. Bezzerides, MD, PhDAssistant Professor, HMS; Electrophysiologist, BCH Dept. of CardiologyInherited arrhythmias; Cardiac gene therapy
Joyce Bischoff, PhDProfessor, HMS; Vascular Biology, BCHEndothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) and endothelial plasticity in vascular tumors and malformation. Vascular progenitor cells (including ECFCs) in building vascular networks in damaged and/or diseased tissue
David M. Briscoe, MDProfessor, HMS; Nephrology, BCHTransplant immunobiology
Geoffrey C. Burns, PhDAssociate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of CardiologyCardiovascular development, regeneration, and disease
Caroline E. Burns, PhDAssociate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of CardiologyCardiovascular development, regeneration, and disease
Kaifu Chen, PhDAssociate Professor, HMS; Director of Computational Biology, BCH Dept. of CardiologyComputational biology; Epigenetics; Chromatin structure; Cell identity genes
Kevin P. Daly, MDAssistant Professor, HSM; Heart Failure and Transplant, BCH Dept of CardiologyBiomarkers for CAV; Clinical trials in heart failure and transplant
Pedro J. del Nido, MDProfessor, HMS; Chief, BCH Cardiac SurgeryHeart valve disease, Reconstructive surgery in the beating heart
Pierre E. Dupont, PhDProfessor, HMS; BCH Cardiac SurgeryDesign & control of novel medical robots and instruments, modeling tool-tissue interaction
Elazer Edelman, MD PhDProfessor, MIT and HMS; Director, Inst for Med Eng and Science, MITCardiolovascular pathophysiology, Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Friedman, MDAssociate Professor, HMS; BCH Dept. of CardiologyFetal diagnosis and management of complex congenital heart disease; Kawasaki Disease
Robert E. Gerszten, MDProfessor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, BIDMCCardiac and metabolic diseases
Tal Geva, MDProfessor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, BCHCardiac non-invasive imaging and congenital heart disease outcomes
Michelle Gurvitz, MD, MSAssistant Professor, HMS; Adult congenital heart disease, BCH/BWHPopulation health, adult congenital heart disease
Timothy Hla, PhDProfessor, HMS; Vascular Biology, BCHAngiogenesis, vascular biology, lipid mediators
John N. Kheir, MDAssociate Professor, HMS; Cardiac ICU; co-director, Translational Research Lab, BCH Dept. of CardiologyOxygen metabolism
Stella Kourembanas, MDProfessor, HMS; Chief of Newborn Medicine, BCHMolecular and cellular basis of lung inflammation, hypoxic signaling, and developmental lung injury
Richard T. Lee, MDProfessor, HMS; Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, HarvardCardiac regeneration and aging
Calum MacRae, MD, PhDProfessor, HMS; Vice-Chair for Scientific Innovation, BWHGenetics, physiology, and drug discovery
Kenneth D. Mandl, MD, MPHProfessor, HMS; Director of Computational Health Informatics, BCHInnovation in biomedical informatics for discovery, population health, and care system redesign
Juan Melero-Martin, PhDAssociate Professor, HMS; BCH Cardiac SurgeryEndothelial cell biology; vascularization
Kevin Kit Parker, PhDProfessor, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied SciencesCellular mechanotransduction in the heart
Brian Polizzotti, PhDAssistant Professor, HMS; Co-director, Translational Research Lab, BCHTranslation at the interface of chemical engineering and medicine
Amy E. Roberts, MDAssociate Professor, HMS; CV Genetics, BCHGenetics of congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and Rasopathies
Anthony Rosenzweig, MDProfessor, HMS; Chief of Cardiology, MGHMechanisms of heart failure, exercise-mediated-cardioprotection, and cardiomyogenesis
Christine E. Seidman, MD, PhDProfessor, HMS; BWH Cardiology; HHMIUsing genomic strategies to define causes of cardiovascular disease
Jonathan G. Seidman, MD, PhDProfessor, HMS; Department of Genetics, HMSUsing genomic strategies to define causes of cardiovascular disease
Lynn Sleeper, PhDAssociate Professor, HMS; Scientific Director of Clinical Research, BCH Dept. of CardiologyClinical outcomes research in pediatric cardiology
Colin Stultz, MD, PhDProfessor, MIT; Inst for Med Eng and Science, MIT; Cardiology, MGHMachine learning to identify patients at high risk of adverse clinical events
Wayne Tworetzky, MDAssociate Professor, HMS; Director of Fetal Cardiology, BCHFetal cardiology
Christopher Walsh, MD, PhDProfessor, HMS; Chief of Genetics and Genomics, BCHBrain cortex development
Da-Zhi Wang, PhDProfessor, HMS; Dept. of Cardiology, BCH

Molecular mechanisms of heart development and disease