Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Prevention

About Us

The Center provides diverse core services that are available to internal and external laboratories.

The Center is home to several core facilities designed to support human clinical trials laboratory research, including an accredited clinical reference laboratory and a mass spectrometry analytical laboratory. One of the Center’s goals is to develop and validate novel diagnostic tests for cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases. These tests are then made available for clinical trials use through the Preventive Research Lab (PRL).

Core Services:

Leadership

Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD

Department Chair
The Jan Bleeksma Chair in Vascular Cell Biology and Atherosclerosis
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Prevention
Director, Center for Microbiome & Human Health
Lab Profile

Our Research

The Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Prevention hosts a diverse range of research programs and core facilities in the areas of inflammation and preventive cardiovascular medicine.

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