Vascular disease constitutes a major cause of death and disability in developed countries and will soon become a health threat worldwide. This trend motivates major efforts on multiple fronts to fight cardiovascular disease, with the goals of prevention as well as improved therapy.
One prerequisite for success in this quest is increased understanding of the very dynamic environment represented by the vascular wall, where several cell types interact and undergo profound phenotypic modulation in development and in diseases such as atherosclerosis/ restenosis and tumour neovascularization. This problem can best be approached as a combined effort of preclinical scientists specialized in research on different aspects of these cells and tissues and their signalling mechanisms together with clinical scientists specialized in the vascular disease process, treatment, and patient care.
The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University is fortunate in having a strong set of research groups in Lund and Malmö with matching competence required for this task. We have assembled a group of scientists covering a repertoire of approaches focusing on various critical aspects of vascular disease and propose a program to enhance the interaction between these groups.
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Last modified: 2012-05-02
VWP announces funding for 4 research projects for young investigators in the beginning of their career (2 PhD students and 2 Post-docs) with up to 50 000kr.
The dead-line for the application is June 3rd 2012.
Four grants of each 25 000 SEK are available for PhD students and Post docs who wish to spend time in a VWP-laboratory in Lund or Malmö different from their own.
If you are interested in taking part of clinical rotations (from clinical to preclinical or vice versa) please contact David Erlinge, DivisionII/Cardiology, Dept. of Clinical Sciences David.Erlinge@med.lu.se
