Benjamin Van Tassell
Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science · Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
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History
Research
Endothelial dysfunction and immunothrombosis as key pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19
Review · Nature reviews. Immunology · 2021 · 776 citations
Interleukin-1 and the Inflammasome as Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Disease
Review · Circulation Research · 2020 · 614 citations
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011 · 540 citations

179 papers · 34 as a fellow
- CT
58 papers · 32 as a resident
- RM
40 papers · 5 as a resident
- DK
38 papers · 27 as a fellow

38 papers

23 papers · 23 as a fellow
- JT
20 papers · 2 as a fellow
- GT
19 papers
Grants
- 2022–2027
Prevention of Heart Failure with IL-1 Blockade: A Mechanistic Study
National Institute on Aging · R01
Contact PI · $2.5M · Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2018–2024
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R33
Contact PI · $2.2M · Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2014–2019
Interleukin-1 Blockade in Acute Myocardial Infarction
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R34
PI · $648.8K · Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2018–2019
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R61
Contact PI · $532.7K · Virginia Commonwealth University
