February 20, 2026
Luqi Zhao, M.D., University of Houston College of Pharmacy postdoctoral research scientist in the Department of Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPS), is working to uncover a new mechanism in left ventricular non-compaction. She has received a two-year, $163,864 postdoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association to investigate the “Pathogenesis of acquired left ventricular non-compaction,” a rare and severe cardiomyopathy.