The Cardiovascular Research Institute supports the education of Baylor College of Medicine’s future scientists, trainees, and clinicians. A variety of educational opportunities in the cardiovascular area are available to students, residents, and fellows.
Graduate Programs
- Cancer & Cell Biology
- Chemical, Physical & Structural Biology
- Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics
- Genetics & Genomics
- Immunology & Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Physician Scientist Training Programs
- Medical Scientist Training Program
- Clinical Scientist Training Program (BCM Employees only)
CVRI and its Education and Training Committee created curriculums for three cardiovascular graduate school courses in Terms 3-5.
Courses Offered
GS-DD-6210
Cardiovascular Diseases
This course provides a general overview of the main common cardiovascular diseases and their causes. Topics covered include: atherosclerosis, hypertension, congenital heart disease, ischemic heart disease, cerebral stroke, cardiac arrhythmias, and the effects of aging on the cardiovascular system. The course will be taught by a combination of clinicians, basic scientists, and physician scientists throughout the Texas Medical Center.
Term: 2
Director: Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
GS-DD-6403
Advanced Topics in Cardiac Pathophysiology & Disease
Topics covered include cardiac cycle, cardiac contractility, neural and nonneural control of the circulation, biomedical instrumentation, and physical analytical methods. The various components of the cardiovascular system is integrated to define its basic control functions.
Term: 3
Director: Na Li, Ph.D. and Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
GS-DD-6404
Advanced Topics in Vascular Pathophysiology & Disease
This course explores cause and mechanism of cardiovascular disease. Specific topics include mechanistic discussion of atherosclerosis (lipids and lipoproteins, inflammation, oxidatively modified LDL), hypertension (epidemiology, mechanisms, and consequences), hemostasis (thrombosis and bleeding disorders), cerebral stroke, heart failure (systolic and diastolic dysfunction), cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia (healing and remodeling, cardia fibrosis, myocarditis), laterality in heat disease and aging in the cardiovascular system.
Term: 4
Director: William Lagor, Ph.D. and Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Additional Educational Opportunities
CVRI hosts bi-weekly seminars and annual symposia. Additional training opportunities are also offered through the CVRI. For more information regarding all educational opportunities and events, contact us at cvri@bcm.edu.