Narine Sarvazyan joined the AUA in March of 2023 after three decades of a successful academic career in the United States which professorships at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Throughout these years, Dr. Sarvazyan's lab was continuously funded by the United States National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the American Heart Association, and other major funding agencies. Her research interests and publications span novel medical devices, cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin, oxidative stress, stem cell therapy, adverse effects of plasticizers, cellular origins of arrhythmias, and cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Sarvazyan holds several patents in her name. She has mentored numerous students, postdoctoral researchers, medical fellows, and junior faculty. She is the recipient of the Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association and the Fulbright Scholar Award from the US State Department.
Higher Education
1991, PhD in Biological Sciences
Institute of Experimental Biology
1986, MSc in Biophysics
Moscow State University
1983, BSc in Physics
Moscow State University
Courses taught:
- Tissue Engineering
- Human Physiology
- Systems Biology
- Basics of Pharmacology
Publications:
Out of 67 peer-reviewed articles & 14 book chapters (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2002-5630)
- LeFevre, N., Sarvazyan, N. (2022). The essential role of arterial pulse in venous return. American Journal of Physiology, Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 323.6: R962-R967.
- Mirdamadi E, Muselimyan N, Koti P, Asfour H, Sarvazyan N (2019). Agarose Slurry as a Support Medium for Bioprinting & Culturing Freestanding Cell-Laden Hydrogel Constructs. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 8(3)
- Swift LM, Asfour H, Muselimyan N, Larson C, Armstrong K, Sarvazyan NA (2018). Hyperspectral imaging for label-free in vivo identification of myocardial scars and sites of radiofrequency ablation lesions. Heart Rhythm 15(4):564-575.
Research database ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2002-5630
Awards:
Fulbright Scholar Award
Distinguished Teacher Award, George Washington University
Teacher of the Year Award, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
American Heart Association Established Investigator Award
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