For more than 10 years, Dr. Xupei Huang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical science in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, and his collaborators have painstakingly been investigating the mechanisms of restrictive cardiomyopathy in the laboratory. The investigation provides important clues on how a "normal" heart becomes an "abnormal" one in the diseased mouse models, as well as how to prevent this rare, life-threatening condition, and develop optimal personalized treatments. Dr. Huang recently received $433,500 from the National Institutes of Health to further his project titled "Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Caused by Cardiac Troponin Mutations" [READ MORE].
Dr. Deborah W. Louda, Associate Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science in the Charles E. Schmidt College of
Medicine, has been selected as the "2012 Distinguished Teacher of the Year," which is Florida Atlantic University's
highest recognition of teaching University-wide. [READ MORE][Honors Convocation Address].