Risha Patel is a Clinical Research Manager working with Dr. Arash Harzand at the Atlanta VA. Risha has worked in research for over 12 years, primarily focusing on cardiothoracic, cardiology, and vascular research studies. She has been with the Atlanta VA for more than seven years and has experience in recruiting and managing large clinical trials, involving medical devices and drugs interventions. She joined the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation (CVRN) in the fall of 2022.

Research Interests:

• Enhanced Home-Based Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease through Mobile Health and Remote Monitoring (Smart MOVE) 

• Virtual Care Strategies to Improve Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation among Veterans (IMPACT) 

• National Institute on Aging / “A multifaceted adaptive mobile application to promote self-management and improve outcomes in heart failure: ManageHF”

Publications:

Rationale and design of the granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor in peripheral arterial disease (GPAD-3) study - PubMed (nih.gov)

Reproducible porcine model of thoracic aortic aneurysm - PubMed (nih.gov)

Plasma biomarkers for distinguishing etiologic subtypes of thoracic aortic aneurysm disease - PubMed (nih.gov)

Targeted overexpression of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-4 modifies post-myocardial infarction remodeling in mice - PubMed (nih.gov)

Mechanistic relationship between membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase and the myocardial response to pressure overload - PubMed (nih.gov)

Long-term localized high-frequency electric stimulation within the myocardial infarct: effects on matrix metalloproteinases and regional remodeling - PubMed (nih.gov)

Pulmonary artery endothelial cell phenotypic alterations in a large animal model of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after the Glenn shunt - PubMed (nih.gov)

Direct regulation of membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase following myocardial infarction causes changes in survival, cardiac function, and remodeling - PubMed (nih.gov)

Continuous localized monitoring of plasmin activity identifies differential and regional effects of the serine protease inhibitor aprotinin: relevance to antifibrinolytic therapy - PubMed (nih.gov)

Inhibition of class I histone deacetylase activity represses matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 expression and preserves LV function postmyocardial infarction - PubMed (nih.gov)

Hematopoietic stem cell-derived cancer-associated fibroblasts are novel contributors to the pro-tumorigenic microenvironment - PubMed (nih.gov)