Award
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 5R01HL139796-08
Improving Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft Performance via Computational Modeling
Recipient
Research Institute Nationwide Children's Hospital
Award Amount
$666,476.00
Ceiling
$666,476.00
Awarded
April 16, 2025
Identifier
5R01HL139796-08
NIH awarded a research grant to improve tissue engineered vascular grafts for congenital heart surgery through computational modeling and animal studies, aiming to optimize graft design and accelerate clinical application.
Description
This NIH research grant focuses on cardiovascular tissue engineering, specifically developing optimized tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) for congenital heart surgery using a novel computational-experimental approach. The project involves pre-clinical juvenile ovine models, multiscale computational models, and aims to accelerate the development and FDA approval of improved TEVGs.