Thaxton Carly, Gallagher Katherine, Dardik Alan
Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
The Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
JVS Vasc Sci. 2023 Jul 10;4:100117. doi: 10.1016/j.jvssci.2023.100117. eCollection 2023.
The 2023 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) was held in Boston, Massachusetts, and coincided with the first day of Vascular Discovery 2023, hosted by the American Heart Association. VRIC attracts vascular clinicians, surgeon-scientists, and basic science researchers to a common arena to facilitate the exchange of basic and translational science to stimulate and inspire participants to study and find solutions to vascular conditions. The theme of the conference this year was "Structural and Immune Cells in Vascular Disease." Abstract sessions focused on venous disease, vascular regeneration, stem cells and wound healing, aortopathies, and the role of the immune system in atherosclerosis. A moderated translational science panel included talks from Dr Chiara Giannarelli and Dr Bhama Ramkhelawon. Recipients of Society for Vascular Surgery partner grants and National Institutes of Health K08 awardees presented their progress reports, and the Resident Research and VRIC Trainee Awardees were acknowledged. The Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecture, entitled "Co-stimulatory Immune Checkpoints in Atherosclerosis: Novel Immunotherapeutic Targets to Combat Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease" was given by Dr Ester Lutgens. VRIC continues to foster interdisciplinary collaborations across the translational field of vascular disease.
2023年血管研究倡议会议（VRIC）在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行，与美国心脏协会主办的2023年血管发现大会首日同期举行。VRIC吸引了血管临床医生、外科科学家和基础科学研究人员齐聚一堂，促进基础科学与转化科学的交流，以激励和启发参与者研究并找到解决血管疾病的方法。今年会议的主题是“血管疾病中的结构和免疫细胞”。摘要会议聚焦于静脉疾病、血管再生、干细胞与伤口愈合、主动脉病变以及免疫系统在动脉粥样硬化中的作用。一个主持的转化科学小组讨论包括了基娅拉·詹纳雷利博士和巴玛·拉姆凯拉翁博士的演讲。血管外科学会合作基金获得者和美国国立卫生研究院K08奖获得者展示了他们的进展报告，住院医师研究奖和VRIC学员奖获得者也受到了表彰。埃斯特·卢特根斯博士发表了亚历山大·W·克洛斯杰出演讲，题为“动脉粥样硬化中的共刺激免疫检查点：对抗动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病的新型免疫治疗靶点”。VRIC继续促进血管疾病转化领域的跨学科合作。
