Mandel Gift Funds Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Research

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	Home > Giving to Duke > Recent Gifts and Development News > Mandel Gift Funds Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Research Mandel Gift Funds Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Research From left: Chancellor Dzau; Mandel Foundation trustees Edwin Ruthman, Henry Lawrie, Jr., and Judith Pieper, and Thomas Coffman, MD. A commitment of over $2 million from the Edna and Fred L. Mandel, Jr. Foundation will support Duke research on the causes and treatment of atherosclerosis and hypertension, as well as collaboration among scientists at Duke and other medical centers. An initial $750,000 grant has established the Mandel Center for Hypertension and Atherosclerosis at Duke and is renewable for an additional two years. Senior investigator awards went to Victor J. Dzau, MD, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and chancellor for health affairs; Thomas Coffman, MD, chief of nephrology; Laura Schanberg, MD, associate professor of pediatrics in rheumatology; and the team of Michelle Winn, MD, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, and Paul Rosenberg, MD, assistant professor of medicine in cardiology. A separate Young Investigator Award went to Thomas Povsic, MD, assistant professor of medicine in cardiology, to study the cells that repair damage in atherosclerosis and their possible use in preventing heart attack and stroke. To increase scientific collaboration among scientists at Duke and other research institutions, the Mandel Center will offer monthly seminars at Duke beginning in May 2007, and a later off-campus scientific retreat.