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Lisheng Zhang

Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Duke Box 3187, Durham, NC 27710
447 Clin Res Lab Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


IND-enabling studies for an RNA therapeutic to treat atherosclerosis

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2028

Mechanisms by which Small Nucleolar RNAs Exacerbate Atherosclerosis

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Mechanisms Regulating Vascular Homeostasis

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

Anti-Atherogenic Mechanisms of Drebrin

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Regulation of Vascular Inflammatory Signaling by the Deubiquitinase USP20

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Role of Debrin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Transdifferentiation

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2019 - 2019

Role of Drebrin in Atherosclerosis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2019

Anti-atherogenic Mechanisms of the Dual Rho-GEF Kalirin

ResearchAssociate Research Professor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2018

Role of Drebrin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Remodeling

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018

Molecular Mechanisms by which Chronic Kidney Disease Potentiates Vein Graft Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2015 - 2017

Mechanisms of Arterial Wall-Mediated Atherogenesis

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2009

Aging, Atherosclerosis, and the Arterial Wall

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2009

Inflammation in Vein Graft Disease: A Genetic Approach

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2006

TNF-Inhibitor Gene Therapy for Neointimal Hyperplasia

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2005

Receptor Kinase Gene Therapy for Neointimal Hyperplasia

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2004