Principal Investigators

As of September 1, 2009, the NHLBI has supported hundreds of principal investigators (PIs) with American Recovery and Reinvestment (the Recovery Act) funds, using existing mechanisms, such as expansion of the research paylines from 2008 and 2009, as well as new programs created specifically for the Recovery Act, including Challenge Grants, and Grand Opportunities (GO) grants. Learn more about the scientists who are directing projects or programs supported by grants.

Below are profiles of Recovery Act-funded scientists who provided their photographs to the NHLBI. To find out more about their projects or to see all the NHLBI-funded Recovery Act projects, use the search tool on the right. If you are a PI, please consider sharing your Recovery Act story and photograph for publication on these Web pages.

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Guo Chang Fan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Physiological and Pathophysiological Roles of Hsp20 in the Heart Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $267,314 More information about the grant

Michael Henry Farrell, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Population Health, Bioethics Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee A Rapid-Throughout Feedback Intervention for Population-Scale Communication Quality Assurance Projects Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Blood Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $499,940 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Improvement of Communication Process and Outcomes After Newborn Genetic Screening Administered by the NHLBI Division of Blood Diseases and Resources, Blood Diseases Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $336,885 More information about the grant Total funding: $836,825

Loren J. Field, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana Transgenic Reporters for Cardiac Growth and Regeneration Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $192,500 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Transgenic Reporters for Cardiac Growth and Regeneration Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $231,000 More information about the grant Total funding: $423,500

Jeffrey B. Fowlkes, Ph.D. Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Quantification of Blood Volume Flow using Ultrasound Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $318,641 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Quantification of Blood Volume Flow using Ultrasound Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $362,698 More information about the grant Total funding: $681,339

Lisa E. Freed, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts Affiliated Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Rational Design of a Cardiac Tissue Engineering Scaffold Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $690,516 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Rational Design of a Cardiac Tissue Engineering Scaffold Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $575,413 More information about the grant Total funding: $1,265,929

Robert Friedman, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts TeleHealth and Remote Measurement Technologies to Improve Med Adherence in HTN Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $499,912 More information about the grant Additional Funding: TeleHealth and Remote Measurement Technologies to Improve Med Adherence in HTN Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $499,478 More information about the grant Total funding: $999,390

Robert E. Friesel, Ph.D. Scientific Director, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function by Sprouty Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $406,955 More information about the grant Additional Funding: Regulation of Endothelial Cell Function by Sprouty Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch FY 2010 Recovery Act Funding: $412,466 More information about the grant Total funding: $819,421

Brenda Oriana Fuentes, M.Ed. Research Associate/Instructional Specialist in Bilingual Education, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas Health Literacy and ESL: Integrating Community-Based Models for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $231,804 More information about the grant

Tobias Funk, Ph.D. Principal Physicist, Triple Rings Technologies, Newark, California A Low-Dose Fluoroscope for Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Administered by the NHLBI Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Advanced Technologies and Surgery Branch FY 2009 Recovery Act Funding: $488,526 More information about the grant

Last Updated: March 16, 2010