Masanori Aikawa,MD, Ph.D became Chief Editor of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Celebrating Women in Women in Medicine and Science (WMSS)’s fifth year, the symposium was co-sponsored by the BWH Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (CFDD), the Brigham Research Institute, the Center for Clinical Investigation and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology. Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D the event founder and co-chair, noted the symposium provides an opportunity for clinicians and researchers from various disciplines—whose paths may not ordinarily cross—to learn about their colleagues’ work. Sited from the Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D became the first women president of the The International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology.

Congrats to Casper on being awarded the Biomaterials Innovation Research Center Award for Scientific Excellence Award!! Casper attended the Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Medicine: Emerging Frontiers and Applications Workshop in Cambridge

Dr Masanori became Specialty Chief Editor of the section Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. Masanori Aikawa and his group have won the 2015 Cover Art Award for their November Manuscript! Congrats!!

Jessica Ruiz presented a poster at the Annual ATVB conference in Nashville, TN. Congrats Jessica!!

Dr Elena Aikawa is featured in the March issue of BWH Clinical and Research News

Dr Elena Aikawa presents a keynote lecture at the Heart Valve Society Meeting, NYC in March

Casper van der Ven has joined the lab! Casper is a Phd student from Utrecht, Netherlands! Welcome Casper!!

Congrats to Jona Krohn on his publication in ATVB. Also on the paper are Eduardo Martinez-Martinez and Whitney Irvin.

Congrats to Whitney Irvin and Dr Elena Aikawa on their Mitral Valve paper in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

Dr Masanori Aikawa is a plenary speaker at US-HUPO this March.

Congrats to Jessica Ruiz on her publication in Nature Materials. Congrats Jessica!