Dera gave a talk entitled, "Connecting molecules and society: CaMKII activation & community engagement" at the inaugural Department of Pharmacology Retreat in May 2024. Her talk, highlighting her accomplishments in both science and service, was voted as one of three best Trainee Talks at the retreat!

Ben was awarded a 2023 Regional Pilot Feasibility Award by the Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) for his unique and innovative research proposal aiming to uncover the link between diabetes and heart failure using a new clinically relevant heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) mouse model.

Our work on SparkMaster 2 published this year (2023) in Circulation Research and co-authored by Jakub, Chris, and Don, along with our collaborators Madeline and Manuel, was featured in news articles by UC Davis Health and the University of Oxford. Download the SparkMaster 2 (SM2) software here!

Don was awarded the Eric N. Olson Mentorship Award (ENOMA) of the International Society for Heart Research - North American Section (ISHR-NAS) at the ISHR-NAS meeting in Madison, WI this June (2023). Don was nominated by a team of a dozen current and former trainees from around the world and was competitively selected from a prestigious pool of nominees. Click here to learn more!