Rosanne Rouf, assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology, recently won a 2017 Discovery Innovation Award from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Innovation Awards are designed to provide seed funding to support bold, innovative projects to enable new scientific directions and achievements of the highest quality and impact and consist of up to $50,000 with an award term of one year. Rosanne received this award for her project entitled “Targeting Angiotensin Receptor Type 2 as a Treatment Strategy for Mitral Valve Prolapse.”
For more information about the projects and awards, visit: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/research/resources/synergy/discovery-fund.html