Brian Wamhoff

Brian R. Wamhoff is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia (UVa) in the Cardiovascular Division of UVa's Department of Medicine, with a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Wamhoff has expertise in small and large animal models of vascular disease, molecular biology and cell-based systems, and interventional vascular device development. He has obtained funding from the NIH, the pharmaceutical industry, the American Heart Association, and other organizations to study fundamental mechanisms that regulate smooth muscle cell biology vascular disease. Dr. Wamhoff has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as several book chapters and commentaries. Dr. Wamhoff has also received multiple awards for his successes, including the 2004 American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Young Investigator Award; the 2008 Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Irvine H. Page Award; the 2010 American Physiological Society New Investigator Award for Cardiovascular Research; and the 2011 Rhodes College Distinguished Alumni Award, from his alma mater. Dr. Wamhoff obtained a B.S. degree in biology with a minor in business administration from Rhodes College in 1996 and received his Ph.D. degree in medical physiology from the University of Missouri in 2001.