Maternal and Infant Health HERN

Research Focus: 
Developing evidence for prevention/ screening guideline to help educate women how poor sleep can hurt their heart.

Center Director:
Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA
Marie Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA

Training Director:
Anne Taylor, MD
Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, CHES

Principal Investigators:

• Sanja Jelic, MD
  The Effects of Sleep Restriction on Endothelial Activation in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women


• Marie Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA
  Impact of Sleep Restriction on Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors in Pre- vs Post-menopausal Women


• Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, CHES
  Sleep and Cardio Metabolic Risk in Different Life Stages in a Diverse Population of Women

 

Research Focus: 
Studies will help identify at-risk heartfailure patients on the basis for sex differences and the prevention strategies to help them.

Center Director:
Pamela Ouyang, MBBS, FAHA

Training Director:
Erin Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• David Kass, MD, FAHA
  Female Sex-Hormones and Cyclic GMP-PKG Modulation of Cardiac Disease and Metabolism


• Sanjiv Shah, MD, FAHA
  Role of Female Sex and Hormone Status on HFpEF Pathophysiology and Therapy


• Wendy Post, MD, MS and Dhananjay Vaidya, MBBS, PhD, MPH
  Sex Differences in Hormonal and Cyclic GMP Dependent Pathways to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

 

Research Focus: 
Researchers will examine which pregnancy-related signals identify women at highest risk for future cardiovascular disease and guide novel interventions to help them.

Center Director:
Carl Hubel, PhD

Training Director:
James Roberts, MD

Principal Investigators:

• Robert Powers, PhD
  The Influence of Pregnancy on Future Vascular Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis


• Carl Hubel, PhD
  Glycocalyx Pathways Linking Pregnancy Profile with Microvascular Dysfunction Postpartum


• Janet Catov, PhD, MS
  The Placenta as a Window to Maternal Microvascular Disease Risk