At the national meeting of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) on April 19, 2017, two Department of Medicine faculty members were recognized for their contributions. 

MESA, which is sponsored by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, is a medical research study involving more than 6,000 men and women from six communities in the United States. Hundreds of investigators and scientific working groups and analytic projects are involved in MESA research across the United States. As of April, 2017, the study has resulted in over 1,200 research papers that have been published or are in press. 

Matthew Tattersall, DO (pictured at right), assistant professor (CHS), Cardiovascular Medicine, received the 2017 MESA Young Investigator Award. The honor was presented in recognition of Dr. Tattersall’s work on predictors of carotid thickness and plaque progression over the span of a decade.

James Stein, MD (pictured at far right), professor, Cardiovascular Medicine and Robert Turell Professor in Cardiovascular Research, received the 2017 MESA Resilient Scientist and Leadership Award. The honor recognized Dr. Stein’s “excellent contributions to MESA by leading cutting-edge Exam 6 Ancillary Studies and outstanding efforts in scientific collaboration.”

Resources:

• Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) - NIH-NHLBI