Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (UVA CVRC)

Research Center, University of Virginia

The Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center was established to expand basic, translational, and clinical research of cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, including congestive heart failure, hypertension, atherosclerosis, stroke, aneurysms, and vascular auto-immune diseases are the most common cause of death and disability in the United States, and account for approximately 30% of deaths and health care costs annually in this country and developed societies.

The mission of the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center is to support interdisciplinary research in basic, translational and clinical cardiovascular sciences, including cardiovascular development, function, pathophysiology, pharmacology, genetics, genomics, and proteomics, and to apply this knowledge to better understand the causes of cardiovascular diseases and to pioneer development of new innovative therapies and approaches to prevent or treat them.

The Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) goals and objectives:

To support basic, translational, and clinical research that can be translated into therapies and improve patient care

To provide resources that enhance research in cardiovascular related diseases

To disseminate knowledge by lectures, seminars and other educational opportunities

To support training of pre- and postgraduate students, residents and fellows in the cardiovascular sciences and cardiovascular medicine

To facilitate research progress by providing expertise, resources and training to cardiovascular scientists and clinical investigators

To help integrate cardiovascular research across labs, departments, and schools at UVA as well as with outside institutions including facilitating collaborative studies

To assist CVRC investigators in developing a plan for translating research findings into products or procedures that benefit patients including providing advice on protecting intellectual property, establishing biotech startup companies, and licensing technology to companies.

Details last updated 23-Mar-2020

Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center (UVA CVRC) News

Experts now able to explain why obesity causes high blood pressure

University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health) - 09-Mar-2020

Discovered in human tissue samples and used to reverse high blood pressure in lab mice