Research Areas

The research areas available include both basic and clinical projects. Trainees are encouraged to reach out beyond the division into other divisions or the Basic Science Departments of the Medical School. Research is currently ongoing in many areas including:

• Interventional Techniques in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease
  
  
• Natural History of Congenital Cardiac Defects
  
  
• Epidemiology and Inheritance of Congenital Cardiac Defects
  
  
• Management of Pediatric Heart Failure
  
  
• Inflammatory Mediators in Cardiac Transplantation and Myocarditis
  
  
• Fetal Echocardiography
  
  
• Electrophysiology and Radiofrequency Ablation
  
  
• Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease
  
  
• Cardiac Gene Therapy in Transplantation and Cardiomyopathy
  
  
• Regulation of Pulmonary Blood Flow and Nitric Oxide Therapy

COURSE WORK

Course work is available within the Health Sciences Center at the University of Florida as well as within the Graduate Programs at the University.