Yipeng Su from Changcheng Zhou's Lab Receives AHA Travel Award

Yipeng Sui was awarded the American Heart Association (AHA) Atherosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Travel Award for Young Investigators. The international meeting will be held in Chicago at the upcoming American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. This award recognizes meritorious work by young investigators in training, encourages participation in the AHA Scientific Sessions, and provides a stipend to help defer travel expenses to present their work at the AHA Scientific Sessions. The award is distributed to a select number of young investigators based on the score of the submitted abstract. Yipeng’s abstract, entitled “Phthalate substitute plasticizers activate PXR and induce dyslipidemia in mice”, was selected for a poster presentation at the conference. Yipeng is investigating the role of a nuclear receptor, pregnane X receptor, in mediating adverse effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on cardiovascular disease risk in humans.