Shaping the future of cardiovascular research and care

The Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center (CCVC) advances team science, supports collaboration, and provides infrastructure for clinical research, training, and community outreach, accelerating innovation from basic discovery to effective treatments.

Research

Advancing discovery and innovation in cardiovascular science

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Clinical

Transforming care through evidence-based cardiovascular treatments

Education

Training the next generation of cardiovascular leaders

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UAB Medicine welcomes 12th cohort of Institute for Leadership
January 14, 2026

UAB Medicine’s Leadership Development Office would like to welcome 19 individuals in its 12th cohort of the Institute for Leadership in the spring of 2026. The goal of the UAB Medicine Institute for Leadership is to enhance existing personal, leadership, and management competencies while leveraging current leadership strategies and trends.
Payne Named Director of the UAB Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center
October 8, 2025

Gregory Payne, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed director of the UAB Comprehensive Center, effective Oct. 1.
Zhao awarded pilot funding to investigate obesity-related heart failure
July 14, 2025

Jianli Zhao, M.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded $30,000 in pilot funding to further develop a research project focused on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in patients with obesity.
Tiny deletion in heart muscle protein briefly affects embryonic ventricles but has long-term effects on adult atrial fibrillation
July 24, 2024

These findings in zebrafish and human heart muscle cells have clinical implications for patients with atrial fibrillation.