College of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute Hosts Scientific Retreat
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COMOIACommunicationsNews2005 News ArchiveCollege of Medicine Cardiovascular Research Institute Hosts Scientific Retreat
The purpose of the event is to foster scientific exchange and collaboration between CVRI investigators consisting of 63 faculty members representing the A&M College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering and Agriculture, as well as the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology. Many of the oral and poster presentations will be given by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows conducting research under supervision of CVRI scientists.
Keynote speakers will be Gary K. Owens, Ph.D., professor in the Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics department at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Robert J. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cting director of the Institute of Biosciences and Technology and director of the Center for Molecular Development and Diseases.
Continuing Medical Education credit is available for participating physicians, and awards will be given for the top three trainee presentations. There will also be an evening social for retreat participants Thursday, October 27.
The CVRI seeks to integrate research, training and clinical practice focusing on the heart and blood vessels. The Institute represents a cooperative venture between the A&M College of Medicine, Scott & White Clinic and the Olin E. Teague VA Medical Center, with participating sites in College Station and Temple. CVRI scientists have made significant discoveries in the areas of blood vessel and heart function, angiogenesis, exercise biology, heart failure, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. For more information about the CVRI, visit: http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/research/centers/cvri/
