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The Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute (FCVRI) was established in 1988 with a generous gift from the Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation. The Institute originally began operating under the leadership of two acting directors: Michael Lesch, MD, then professor of medicine, and Donald O. Nutter, MD, then senior associate dean at Northwestern University's medical school. Under their leadership the physical facilities of the Institute's administrative and research base were planned and initial investigators were appointed. Francis J. Klocke, MD, was recruited as the Institute's first full-time director in 1991, a position he held until November 2006. Douglas W. Losordo, MD then became the Institute's director. FCVRI currently occupies the entire 12th and 14th floors of the Tarry Research and Education Building, providing over 18,000 square feet of research and office space, and is scheduled to occupy an additional 6,600 square feet of space in the Lurie Research Building in the summer of 2008. A major component of Northwestern University's medical research and life sciences development, the Tarry Building enabled the University to grow as a leader in life sciences research. The Feinberg gift originally helped develop the 12th floor's 9,000 square feet, establish premier cardiovascular research laboratory space, and furnish these laboratories with state-of-the-art research equipment. |  | | The Lurie Building |
Today, FCVRI investigators focus on a wide variety of complex problems at the forefront of cardiovascular research. Our research programs involve exploration of fundamental molecular- and cellular-level disease mechanisms, development of unique in vitro and in vivo model systems, and translational medicine, wherein our exciting laboratory discoveries are tested in the clinical setting. |
