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Ravi Karra

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Box 102152 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
247A CARL Building, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Myovascular interactions stimulate cardiac regeneration in self-assembling cardiac organoids

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cardiac organoids to model myovascular interactions (Parker, Lauren)

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2026

Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Myovascular interactions stimulate cardiac regeneration in self-assembling cardiac organoids

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Cardiac organoids to model myovascular interactions (Parker, Lauren)

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2024 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Mechanisms Regulating Vascular Homeostasis

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

Epithelioid Mechanisms of Sarcoidosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ann Theodore Foundation · 2022 - 2025

Printed Electronic Biosensors for Point-of-Care Testing of Cardiovascular Biomarkers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

MYK-461-019 (EMBARK)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MyoKardia, Inc. · 2021 - 2023

Angiogenic Approaches to Stimulate Heart Regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

Oral Doses of MYK-491 in Patients with Stable Heart Failure

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MyoKardia, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

AMG 986_20150183

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Amgen, Inc. · 2018 - 2019

BMS-986231_Heart Failure

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company · 2018 - 2019

IW-1973 Caplet

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2017 - 2019

Biomarkers of Heart Regeneration

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

External Relationships


  • Alnylam
  • McGraw-Hill Publishing

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