Karin Bornfeldt, PhD, 1991, Linkoping University (Sweden). Signal transduction in vascular complications of diabetes. 

Daniel F. Bowen-Pope, PhD, 1979 University of California, Berkeley. Structure and fuction of PDGF receptors; expression and function of tyrosine phosphatases; use of chimeric mice and transgene expression in modified cells to evaluate gene function in vivo. 

Alexander W. Clowes, MD, 1972 Harvard Medical School. Regulation of vascular smooth-muscle cell growth after arterial injury and in the atherosclerosis; vascular gene therapy; vascular graft healing. 

Cecilia M. Giachelli, PhD, University of Washington. Adhesive molecules in cardiovascular disease and development.

John M. Harlan, MD, 1973 University of Chicago. Heterotypic cell adhesion molecules; cytokines. 

Michael Laflamme, MD, PhD, 1998-1999, Emory University. Stem cell biology, cardiac repair, cardiac electrophyiology. 

Arthur "Dusty" Miller, PhD, Stanford. Retroviral-mediated gene transfer. 

Charles E. Murry, MD, PhD, 1989, Duke University. Molecular biology of myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis. Cardiac and skelital muscle differentiation pathways. Cell proliferation in infarct repair.

Elaine Raines, MS, 1975 University of California Medical Center. Molecular mechanisms of vascular cell migration, proliferation and survival. 

Michael A. Reidy, PhD, 1976 University of Cambridge. Vascular biology; atherosclerosis; endothelial cell injury; smooth-muscle cell proliferation. 

Michael E. Rosenfeld, PhD, 1981, University of Wisconsin. Cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, inflammation, vascular biology, roles of pollution and respiratory infection on cardiovascular disease, nutrient:gene interactions. 

Stephen M. Schwartz, MD, 1967 Boston University; PhD, 1973 University of Washington. Development molecular biology; growth control of vascular cells. 

Tom N. Wight, PhD, New Hampshire. Proteoglycans in pathology; atherosclerosis.