# Multidisciplinary training in cardiovascular engineering

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2022 · $278,773

## Abstract

Project Summary
In spite of great effort and many medical advances, heart disease remains the leading cause of
death in the United States causing 1 in 4 deaths annually. In 2010, the treatment of these
diseases accounted for about $1 of every $6 spent on healthcare in the U.S. The demand for
cardiovascular devices is only going to increase as the incidence of cardiovascular diseases
rises, the population ages, and medical technology continues to advance. To help meet this
demand, we need biomedical engineers with the appropriate advanced multidisciplinary
education and training. The proposed T32 training program is designed uniquely to educate,
train, and experientially sharpen doctoral students in biomedical engineering, within a
multidisciplinary context that specifically engages clinicians and clinician-scientists towards that
end. During their participation as trainees in their first two years of predoctoral study in the
University of Minnesota (UMN)'s established biomedical engineering graduate program, six
trainees per year will interact with a strong training faculty in numerous ways, including these
distinctive activities beyond commencing their doctoral research:
 • complete the courses Advanced Cardiac Physiology and Anatomy (organized by the
 leader of UMN-Medtronic Visible Heart Lab collaboration) and Cardiovascular Devices
 (taught by local cardiovascular device company experts);
 • complete a clinical immersion in one of the UMN cardiovascular clinics;
 • attend an innovation lecture series (offered through the UMN Medical Devices Center);
 • attend monthly clinical focus lunches with invited clinicians presenting specific
 cardiovascular diseases and associated medical device limitations; and
 • attend monthly professional development lunches with invited speakers addressing
 broad career opportunities including medtech company R&D, FDA, and patent law.
We will recruit a diverse group of trainees, and the program will be reviewed periodically by an
advisory committee to ensure its success in all respects. We expect that the resulting
multidisciplinary research and perspective of our trainees will enable them to meet the
aforementioned demand by driving future technological advancements, either as R&D
engineers at cardiovascular device companies, device regulators at federal labs, or as
professors leading their own research programs in cardiovascular engineering.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10468303
- **Project number:** 5T32HL139431-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** VICTOR H BAROCAS
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $278,773
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10468303

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10468303, Multidisciplinary training in cardiovascular engineering (5T32HL139431-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10468303. Licensed CC0.

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