Training Programs – Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center

Edwards Summer Undergraduate Research Program

July 8, 2021/in Training Programs

The Edwards Lifesciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (E-SURP) provides training for UCI undergraduates who are conducting summer research projects under the guidance of UCI faculty mentors who are associated with the Edwards Lifesciences Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Center (CIRC). The program offers students the opportunity to become immersed in a cardiovascular-related research topic for a full-time ten-week period, or the equivalent of 400 hours.

CardioStart

July 8, 2021/in Training Programs

Do you love science? • Have you ever wanted to see and work with a live cell? • Do you find yourself asking questions beyond the scope of your classes? • Would you like to know what it is like to work in a tissue-engineering laboratory? • Do you want to experience the awe of discovery? • Then you are the right person for the CardioStart program!

Our newly developed online workshops with interactive assessments will enrich students’ knowledge of tissue and cardiac engineering. The workshops and assessments will be available 24/7 making this enhanced learning platform convenient for all students. To supplement the workshops, graduate students will be available to answer questions throughout the duration of the program and will be holding weekly office hours via Zoom to facilitate discussion and interaction between students. Students who have participated in the CardioStart Program have been accepted to universities such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Pepperdine, University of Chicago, and Rice University.

Heart-to-Heart Training Club

January 30, 2021/in Training Programs

First launched in December 2010, the “Heart-to-Heart” training club was designed as a mechanism to enhance knowledge, communication, and collaboration amongst the cardiovascular labs on campus through a formal presentation followed by informal discussion and networking. The club also serves to improve oral communication and presentation skills, and stimulate cohesion within the training program between the pre-doctoral and cardiology fellow tracks. On the second Tuesday of each month, either a trainee from a Center lab presents stumbling blocks of their project and receives suggestions on how they might progress through these obstacles, or faculty member presents a new project idea to get feedback from the trainees and faculty in the other cardiovascular labs.