In the basic science arena, the new 12-story Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center is slated to open this year. Two floors in this new facility will be dedicated to basic and translational investigation in the area of Cardiovascular Biology.

This will include the laboratory of Glenn I. Fishman, MD, Director of the Division of Cardiology and an internationally recognized expert on cardiovascular genetics and arrhythmias; Edward Fisher, MD, PhD, Director of the Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology and Disease Program and an internationally recognized expert in the mechanisms of hyperlipidemia and atherogenesis, as well as the laboratories of Drs. David E. Gutstein and Gergory E. Morley, who have active programs in cardiovascular development, and electrophysiology and arrhythmic mechanisms. These investigators, along with other faculty with primary appointments outside the Division of Cardiology comprise the NYU Program in Cardiovascular Biology.

In addition, recruitment efforts to bring several new faculty members into the Cardiovascular Biology Program within the Smilow Research Center are currently underway. These basic science laboratories actively and successfully mentor those trainees interested in developing careers in bench and translational research.