2026 PVD Mid-Career Award and Lecturer - Ngan F. Huang, PhD, FAHA

Ngan F. Huang, PhD, FAHA

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Ngan F. Huang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University. Dr. Huang completed her BS in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a PhD in bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley & University of California, San Francisco Joint Program in Bioengineering. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University.

Her laboratory investigates the interactions between stem cells and extracellular matrix microenvironment for engineering tissues to treat cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Recent research focuses on the role of microgravity for drug screening of engineered muscle tissue for reversing aging and atrophy.

Dr. Huang has authored over 100 publications and patents, including those in Nature Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Circulation Research. She has received numerous honors, most recently including the Society for Biomaterials Mid-Career Award, the Alan Hirsch Mid-Career Award in Vascular Medicine from the American Heart Association, and the inaugural Elena Aikawa Trailblazer Award from the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology.

She has been inducted as a fellow of the American Heart Association as well as the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She has active or completed projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, American Heart Association, Department of Defense, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, and Department of Veterans Affairs.