With cardiovascular disease remaining the leading cause of death in the United States, FIU is establishing an interdisciplinary center designed to accelerate breakthroughs in heart disease research, education and innovation.
Backed by an $11.7 million investment from the Florida Heart Research Foundation, the FIU-Florida Heart Research Foundation Center for Innovation in Cardiovascular Health brings together experts in biomedical engineering, medicine, artificial intelligence, computer science, public health, nursing and the biological sciences. The goal: uncover the fundamental drivers of cardiovascular disease and translate discoveries into improved patient outcomes across Florida and beyond.
"There's really nowhere else in the state doing this at this scale and with this level of integration," said Joshua Hutcheson, the center's inaugural director. "When you bring engineers, physicians, data scientists, and public health experts together around a shared mission, you dramatically accelerate innovation. This is the right place, the right time, and the right group of people."
