Cardiovascular Experts

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD

Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; Professor Emerita | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing.

Children's Environmental HealthClimate ChangeCommunity & Public Health NursingEnvironmental Health/Health impacts of UOGDEpidemiology

Crystal Park, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Connecticut

Meaning MakingPsychology of Religiousness and SpiritualityStress, Trauma and CopingYoga ResearchCancer Survivorship

Inez A. Caudill Distinguished Professorship in Biomedical Engineering; Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S., Lehigh University | M.S., University of Wisconsin | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityVCU

Dr. Lemmon's research lies in cell-generated traction forces and extracellular matrix biology

Cell-generated traction forcesExtracellular matrix biologyCellular mechanotransductionMechanobiology of fibrosisMatrix mechanics and signaling in the tumor microenvironment;

Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Chen's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, & indoor and urban air pollution control.

Nanofiltration and ultrafiltrationAir pollution controlAerosol sampling and instrumentationIndoor Air QualityCFD simulation

John Bukowy, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. John Bukowy's area of expertise include software development and machine learning.

Jeremy Jamieson

Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Rochester

Jeremy Jamieson is a national expert on stress, our responses to it, and how it's not always a bad thing.

Good StressSocial AnxietyPositive StressStress RegulationStress

Neil Wimmer, M.D., MS

CardiologistChristianaCare

Dr. Neil Wimmer is a cardiologist at ChristianaCare who specializes in minimally-invasive care for structural heart disease.

Minimally-Invasive Care for Structural Heart DiseaseTranscutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)Structural Heart Disease CardiologyInterventional CardiologyCardiology