Varghese Awarded AHA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

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Juliet Varghese, a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, was recently awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association. Juliet will work with Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Drs. Sanjay Rajagopalan, Orlando Simonetti, and Georgeta Mihai to research peripheral arterial disease (PAD). PAD is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries, most commonly detected in the arteries of the legs and pelvis, and affects nearly eight million Americans. Varghese and her fellow investigators will carry out their research by using integrated treadmill stress testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures to evaluate functional capacity, blood flow, and muscle characteristics for those suffering from PAD. It is also their goal to better identify those people who are at risk for critical limb ischemia (CLI) and to develop an improved system for guiding the management and prognostic assessment of PAD patients. The competitive Fellowship which begins July 1st, grants Juliet a two-year stipend worth $52,000.

Congratulations Juliet!