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The Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute 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. Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute occupies research space on the 12th and 14th floors of the Tarry Research and Education Building and the 10th floor of the Lurie Research Building, providing over 19,000 square feet of research and office space. 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, investigators at Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute focus on a wide variety of complex problems at the forefront of cardiovascular research. Our research programs involve exploration of fundamental disease mechanisms at the molecular and cellular levels, development of unique in vitro and in vivo model systems, translational research, and first-in-human clinical trials. |
