10 Apr CTSI Helps Investigator Achieve Heart Grant Award
Dr. Srividya Kidambi to Receive National Clinical Research Program Grant
Dr. Kidambi is the recipient of this award for her research: Interplay of Gender, Insulin Resistance and Adiposity on Endothelial Function Amoung African Americans. She states the goal of this study is to determine if subcutaneous adipose tissue protects vascular function on African American women. Funds from this grant will be used for subject recruitment, reimbursements and part of laboratory analyses.
About the Grant
The objective of this grant is to encourage early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in Clinical and Translational Science and encouraging community and population-based activities.
“I want to let CTSI know that this grant award would not have been possible without your untiring support and encouragement. Thank you CTSI so very much!”
Assistant Professor Medicine
Department of Endocrinology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Phone: (414) 456-4843
Email: skidambi@mcw.edu