2023
December 22, 2023: Congratulations to Sarbjeet Niraula, who just received an AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship!
September 14, 2023: Great work by all lab members at Lewis Landsberg Research Day!
August 13, 2023: We had a very special VIP visit the lab today…. all the way from Nepal
July 12, 2023: Goodbye, SQBRC and hello again, Tarry! We are moving again…. to Tarry 2
July 5, 2023: Potluck lunch at lab meeting today! Lots of good cooks in our group!
June 9, 2023: Our former VSSTP fellow, Vivek Pamulapati, graduates from general surgery residency today! So proud of his accomplishments and wish him the best as he moves on to acute care surgery fellowship at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
June 2, 2023: Dinner at the Galway Arms. We say a fond farewell to Jon Jung and Spencer Stirewalt and wish them the best as they leave the lab and head off to shiny bright futures. We will miss you. Thank you both for your hard work and cameraderie!
May 12, 2023: Sarbjeet Niraula gives a talk at Vascular Discovery in Boston, his first at a national conference. Way to go! Jon Jung presents a poster at Vascular Discovery. Karen gets FAHA. An all around great meeting!
May 11, 2023: We join Bin Jiang and Calvin Chao for dinner at Giulia’s in Cambridge and everyone gets to see where Karen used to live (a trip down memory lane)
May 10, 2023: Jon Jung gives a research talk at Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in Boston!
April 20, 2023: Steve Jo joins the lab as a postdoctoral researcher Welcome!
April 3, 2023: Megan Alagna joins the lab as a study coordinator. Welcome!
February 24, 2023: Jon Jung is invited to give a research talk at Department of Surgery Grand Rounds (and shows his Northwestern spirit with his tie): “Lentivirus shRNA-mediated knockdown of FFAR3 inhibits endothelial cell function”
February 16, 2023: Vivek Pamulapati‘s paper on a multi-parameter flow cytometry analysis of the inflammatory infiltrate after murine femoral artery injury has been accepted to Cells! Lots of hard work and help from Jon, Liqun, Tracy, and collaborators. YAY!
January 7, 2023: Jon Jung gives a great talk about his research project on FFAR3 at the Academic Surgical Congress in Houston, TX. 
2022
December 14, 2022: Division of Vascular Surgery holiday party at the historic “Tip Top Tap” Warwick Allerton Hotel. Grandma Ho is excited to meet everyone!
December 7, 2022: We joined the Department of Surgery lab residents for holiday lunch and secret Santa at Robert’s Pizza!
October 19, 2022: Our paper on microbe-derived metabolites and PAD is accepted for publication in Microorganisms!
September 17, 2022: Vivek Pamulapati gives a plenary session talk at Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Annual Meeting and receives the Esther Tsai Sugg Research Award!
September 15, 2022: We have 3 posters at FSM’s 16th Annual Landsberg Research Day – the culmination of everyone’s hard work. Look forward to seeing these projects develop!
August 19, 2022: The lab celebrates Karen’s birthday in absentia. Food and cake look GREAT, guys!
June 24, 2022: Lynnette Dangerfield was awarded the “Administrative Excellence in Public Service Award” from Admin Awards! She was honored at a very special Chicagoland Admin Awards Gala at the Chicago Marriott Marquis Hotel – check out the gallery images here. Our lab’s tribute video clip is 00:23-00:30!
June 10, 2022: The William H. Pearce, MD Research Symposium was another smashing success! Thank you, Lynnette, for your hard work coordinating this event for the department. All lab members contributed to poster presentations – YAY! Sarbjeet Niraula received “Research with Distinction” in the Fellows abstract competition.
May 18, 2022: Happy birthday, Sarbjeet! And welcome to the lab for the summer, Katia Valdez and Jae Jang!
March 16, 2022: We celebrate Jon Jung and Monica’s engagement. Congratulations!
February 3, 2022: Vivek Pamulapati gives a talk at the Basic Science Plenary Session of the Academic Surgical Congress. Wow, great job, Vivek!
February 3, 2022: Vivek Pamulapati is awarded the 2022 Esther Tsai Sugg Award for the highest scored abstract by a member of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons at the Academic Surgical Congress. Kudos, Vivek!
February 1, 2022: Vivek Pamulapati gives a quickshot presentation at the AAS Resident/Fellow Competition at the 17th Academic Surgical Congress in Orlando, FL. His abstract scored in the top 10% of all submissions. Good luck, Vivek!
January 17, 2022: James Du joins the lab. Welcome, James!
January 13, 2022: Our new “home sweet home” in SQ 7.
January 12, 2022: Progress unpacking. Lots of crates and boxes!
January 11, 2022: Moving day. Goodbye, Tarry!
January 10, 2022: Sarbjeet Niraula joins us as a new postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Sarbjeet!
2021
November 10, 2921: Nina Byskosh and Vivek Pamulapati’s paper is accepted in Journal of Vascular Surgery!
October 13, 2021: Lab lunch to celebrate new members and fall birthdays!
September 20, 2021: Spencer Stirewalt‘s first day as clinical research coordinator. Welcome, Spencer!
September 2, 2021: Jon Jung starts his postdoc. Welcome, Jon!
July 16, 2021: Vivek Pamulapati and JR Guitart et al’s manuscript is published in Vascular Medicine! Great news!
June 30, 2021: Ed Chen graduates from general surgery residency. He is headed to Duke for MIS fellowship. Good luck, Ed!
June 11, 2021: Nina Byskosh is awarded “Research with Distinction” in the Student Competition in the William H. Pearce, MD Research Symposium. Congratulations!
June 9, 2021: Maeve Eskandari re-joins us for the summer. Welcome back, Maeve!
May 26, 2021: Lunch party to celebrate birthdays (Vivek and Nina), a wedding (Vivek), and Tracy’s fellowship.
May 5, 2021: Tracy Smith is awarded an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. WOW! Congratulations, Tracy!
April 28, 2021: We have a very special guest at lab meeting today! Can you spot her?
April 19, 2021: Erik Wu joins the lab for the summer. Welcome, Erik!
April 14, 2021: Socially distanced lab party to celebrate Nina’s award, JR’s match, and the R01. Very good cake, but it looks strangely small in this picture.
March 24, 2021: Nina Byskosh receives an SVS Foundation Student Research Fellowship. Way to go!!!
March 18, 2021: Karen receives an R01 from NHLBI!
March 17, 2021: Nina Byskosh gives a research presentation to the Bergan Visiting Professor, Dr. Paula Shireman, from UT San Antonio. Great talk, Nina!
February 2-3, 2021: Vivek Pamulapati, Nina Byskosh, and JR Guitart give oral presentations on their research at the 2021 Academic Surgical Congress – great job, all!
2020
November 20, 2020: Karen is appointed the John Marquardt Clinical Research Professor in Vascular Surgery
August 10, 2020: Tracy Smith joins the lab – welcome!
July 29, 2020: Good bye lunch for Nina and Maeve
June 15, 2020: Nina Byskosh joins the lab for the summer – welcome!
June 12, 2020: JR Guitart receives a William H. Pearce, MD Research Award – First place, student category. He and Vivek Pamulapati present posters at the William H. Pearce, MD Research Symposium.
May 25, 2020: Andre Son and Jason Ngo Khanh et al.’s manuscript is accepted in Journal of Vascular Surgery!
May 21, 2020: Jason Ngo Khanh et al.’s manuscript is accepted in Annals of Vascular Surgery!
May 15, 2020: Michael Nooromid et al.’s manuscript is accepted in Journal of the American Heart Association!
April 23, 2020: Jason Ngo Khanh et al.’s manuscript is accepted in Annals of Vascular Surgery!
March 3, 2020: Our collaborative manuscript with Stanley Hazen’s lab is accepted in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology!
January 17, 2020: Ed Chen et al.’s manuscript is accepted in Journal of the American Heart Association!
January 10, 2020: Falen Demsas presents a poster on her work in our lab at Dartmouth:
2019
December 6, 2019: Karen gets a new grant from the Rheumatology Research Foundation!
November 17, 2019: Ed Chen presents a poster at the “Best of AHA Specialty Conferences: ATVB/PVD 2019” at AHA Scientific Sessions.
September 19, 2019: Our collaborative research project with Dr. John Varga gets funded by NIAMS!
August 2, 2019: Karen gets a new grant from the NIH! Yay!
June 27, 2019: Maeve Eskandari is awarded a Lanterman Vascular Surgery Student Award and joins the lab. Welcome!
June 17, 2019: Falen Demsas is awarded a Lanterman Vascular Surgery Student Award and joins the lab. Welcome!
June 21, 2019: Ed Chen ties for first prize in the basic science category of the abstract competition on Edelstone-Bendix Day. Jason Ngo Khanh and Katie Shapiro both win William H. Pearce, MD Research Awards in the student category! Cori Cason graduates from general surgery residency. Congratulations to all!
June 13, 2019: Ed Chen and Jason Ngo Khanh present posters at SVS Vascular Annual Meeting.
June 10, 2019: Cori Cason and Tom Kuntz’s manuscript is accepted in Journal of Vascular Surgery!
May 29, 2019: Ed Chen gives a talk at FCVRRI Research Day. He and Katie Shapiro also have poster presentations.
May 19, 2019: Ed Chen has an oral and poster presentation at Digestive Disease Week.
May 15, 2019: Ed Chen gives a talk at Vascular Discovery. He and Michael Nooromid also have poster presentations.
May 13, 2019: Ed Chen gives at talk at Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) and receives a VRIC Trainee Award from the SVS Foundation. Here he is with SVS Foundation president Dr. R. Clement Darling, III. Congratulations, Ed!
April 27, 2019: Ed Chen and Katie Shapiro present posters at the first annual poster session of the IL chapter of the American College of Surgeons
April 4, 2019: Ed Chen, Jason Ngo Khanh, and Katie Shapiro present research posters at Lewis Landsberg Research Day
May 6, 2019: Katie Shapiro is accepted to medical school!!!!!
May 6, 2019: Jason Ngo Khanh receives a 2019 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship from AOA!
March 19, 2019: Jason Ngo Khanh receives a 2019 Student Research Fellowship award from the SVS Foundation. Congratulations, Jason!
March 14, 2019: Jason Ngo Khanh receives a Medical Student Preceptorship from the Rheumatology Research Foundation for his collaborative project with Dr. John Varga. Congratulations, Jason!
February 14, 2019: Our collaborative work is featured by University of Chicago WELLNEWS
January 15, 2019: Kelly Wun‘s work is featured by Northwestern Medicine
2018
November 11, 2018: Kelly Wun‘s manuscript is accepted in PLOS ONE!
October 30, 2018: Congratulations to Jason Ngo Khanh, who was a finalist in the Image Gallery Competition at the Simpson Querrey Institute!
October 24, 2018: Our collaborative research with Dr. C. Keith Ozaki (Brigham and Women’s Hospital), Dr. Eugene Chang (University of Chicago), and Dr. Mary McDermott (Northwestern University) is featured by Vascular Cures on YouTube. Take a gander.
September 1, 2018: We are 5 years old!
June 29, 2018: Karen gets an award from the Eleanor Wood-Prince Grants Initiative of The Woman’s Board of NMH
May 10, 2018: Kelly Wun presents his research poster at the ATVB/PVD meeting in San Francisco
May 1, 2018: Jason Ngo Khanh and Katie Shapiro get Lanterman Vascular Surgery Student Awards and join the lab. Welcome!
April 11, 2018: Kelly Wun presents his research poster at FCVRI Cardiovascular Research Day
April 5, 2018: Ed Chen is chosen to give a talk on his research at Introduction to Academic Vascular Surgery in Tampa
April 5, 2018: Kelly Wun presents his research poster at the 14th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day
March 20, 2018: Cori Cason and Ed Chen‘s review article is accepted in J Gastrointest Surg!
January 31, 2018: Michael Nooromid gives a research talk at the Academic Surgical Congress in Jacksonville
2017
September 7, 2017: Cori Cason‘s manuscript on microbe-derived metabolites is accepted in J Vasc Surg!
August 16, 2017: Cori Cason‘s poster is presented at the “The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century” workshop at the NIH
June 12, 2017: Owen Eskandari gets a Lanterman Vascular Surgery Student award and joins the lab. Welcome!
June 1, 2017: Ed Chen gets an NIH T32 award and joins the lab. Kelly Wun gets a Lanterman Vascular Surgery Student award and SVS Student Research Fellowship and joins the lab. Welcome!
May 7, 2017: Cori Cason presents her research poster at the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology/Peripheral Vascular Disease Scientific Sessions in Minneapolis
April 17, 2017: Kim Zamor‘s paper is accepted in Annals of Vascular Surgery!
April 7, 2017: Cori Cason presents her research at the 11th Annual Introduction to Academic Vascular Surgery in Tampa
March 7, 2017: Cori Cason presents her research poster at FCVRI Research Day
February 9, 2017: Cori Cason gives a research talk at the Academic Surgical Congress in Las Vegas
2016
December 26, 2016: Karen gets an award from the Collaborative Patient-Centered Research Program of Vascular Cures
August 1, 2016: Rohan Kulkarni gets a Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Surgery from the American Heart Association and joins the lab. Also, this is Lynnette Dangerfield’s and Trina’s first day in the lab. Welcome!
June 1, 2016: Michael Nooromid gets an NIH T32 award and joins the lab. Welcome, Michael!
April 4, 2016: Karen gets an award from the SVS Foundation/American College of Surgeons
Jan 25, 2016: Karen gets a K award from NHLBI!
2015
October 20, 2015: Our first paper is published in Physiological Reports
July 29, 2015: The lab moves from Lurie 10 to Tarry 14
June 1, 2015: Cori Cason gets an NIH T32 award and joins the lab. Welcome, Cori!
May 1, 2015: Karen gets an award from the Alumnae of Northwestern University
2014
November 14, 2014: Karen gets an award from the Dixon Translational Research Grants Initiative
January 1, 2014: Liqun joins the lab. YAY!
2013
September 1, 2013: The lab opens its doors in Lurie 10