Fueling breakthroughs for heart health
The UCCCR leads with innovation, collaboration, and excellence, driving impactful advancements in cardiovascular care.
Support advancements in cardiovascular research, education and training at the UC College of Medicine.

Goals:
- Drive investments to support pilot research funding to support projects that have strong likelihood to attract larger NIH grant funding.
- Serve as a hub for all cardiovascular research being conducted at the University of Cincinnati and work collaboratively across institutes like UCGNI and UCCC and Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute.
- Build upon four primary areas of cardiovascular research strength at UC: Myocardial Infarction, cardiac fibrosis, cardiac inflammation, and genetic heart disease.
Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD, MBA
Executive Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research
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