CHF funded more than $1 million in congenital heart disease research in 2021
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The Children’s Heart Foundation announced it funded more than $1 million in congenital heart defects research and scientific collaborations in 2021.
According to a press release from the foundation, this year’s funding spans four initiatives:
- Independent research funded by CHF and the Cortney Barnett Research Award.
- Collaborative research with the American Heart Association through the AHA/CHF Congenital Heart Defect Research Awards.
- Funding the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Pediatric Cardiology Research Fellowship Award.
- Funding of Cardiac Networks United, a national pediatric and congenital CV research network.
The recipient of the Cortney Barnett Research Award, Eduardo Divo, PhD, MS, BS, professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was awarded for work on the “Investigation of an injection-jet self-powered Fontan circulation: a novel bridge and destination therapy for the failing Fontan.”
Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS, associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, also received funding for work on “Early brain networks that predict school-age neurodevelopmental outcomes in critical congenital heart disease.”
"We’re so proud to be funding over $1 million of CHD research this year with the help of our generous supporters,” Gail Roddie-Hamlin, president and CEO of the CHF, said in the release. “It’s such an incredible way to close out our 25th anniversary year and we look forward to seeing how this research helps save and improve lives.”
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