February 24, 2026

Ying Xu Receives Prestigious AHA Fellowship to Combat Heart Failure

For Ying Xu, a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UHCOP, cardiovascular research is both scientific and personal. Inspired by her family’s history of heart disease and hypertension, Xu studies the molecular drivers of cardiac dysfunction. With support from a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association, Xu is investigating how disrupted signaling inside heart muscle cells contributes to heart failure.

• Research

February 20, 2026

UH ETI’s Energy in Action Seminar Series So Far and the Road Ahead

• Storage & Grid Systems
• Distribution & Infrastructure
• People & Partnerships
• Energy Transition Institute

February 20, 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher Earns AHA Fellowship to Uncover New Mechanism in Rare Heart Disease

Luqi Zhao, M.D., University of Houston College of Pharmacy postdoctoral fellow, is working to uncover a new mechanism in left ventricular non-compaction with the help of a two-year, $163,864 American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship award.

• Research