Disparities in Cardio Oncology

Research Focus:
Obesity-Related Disparities in the Bidirectional Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

Center Director:
Neal Weintraub, MD, FAHA

Training Director:
David Stepp, PhD

Principal Investigators:

• Neal Weintraub, MD, FAHA
  Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) and Chemokine Control in Cardiometabolic Disease and Cancer


• Ryan Harris, PhD
  Health Disparities and Vascular Aging Over Time in New Onset Cancer


• Avirup Guha, MD
  Xiaoling Wang, MD, PhD
  Role of Obesity, Ancestry and Social Determinants of Health for Cancer Development in African American Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease

Research Focus:
Cancer-Associated Thromboembolism as Affected by Health Disparities (CAT-HD)

Co-Center Directors:
Katya Ravid, DSc
Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD

Co-Training Directors:
Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA
George Murphy, PhD

Principal Investigators:

• Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD
  Katya Ravid, DSc
  Targeted Mechanisms of Compromised Diet-Associated Vasculo-Thrombosis in Experimental Cancer Models

• Nathanael Fillmore, PhD
  J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH
  Development and Molecular Validation of a Health-Disparities-Informed Thromboembolism Risk Model in Cancer Patients

Research Focus:
Understanding and Addressing Disparities in Cancer Therapy Induced Inflammation and Associated Endothelial Dysfunction

Center Director:
Melinda Stolley, PhD

Training Director:
Michael Widlansky, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• Alison Kriegel, PhD, FAHA
  Impact of Anti-Cancer Therapies (CTx) and Exercise on Immune and Endothelial Cells - Comparative Study of Black/African American vs. White Breast Cancer Patients


• Andreas Beyer, PhD, FAHA
  Defining Differences in Endothelial Function and Response to Anti-Cancer Therapy (CTx) among a Diverse Population of Women with Breast Cancer


• Kirsten Beyer, PhD
  Taking Charge During Treatment: Exercise to Improve Fitness and Quality of Life among Diverse Breast Cancer Survivors

Research Focus:
Understanding and Reducing Racial Disparities in High Risk Cardio-Oncology Communities

Center Director:
Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE

Training Director:
Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD
  Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, FAHA
  The Role of Genomic Ancestry in Mediating Breast and Prostate Cancer Therapy Cardiotoxicity


• Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE
  Phenotyping the Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health in Cancer Patients and Survivors


• Alexander Fanaroff, MD
  Saro Armenian, DO, MPH
  Increasing Physical Activity to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Racially Diverse Cancer Survivor Communities