Sasha Z Prisco
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Credentials
MD, PhD, FACC
Bio
Dr. Prisco is a cardiovascular physician-scientist who specializes in treating pulmonary hypertension. She has a basic science laboratory that investigates mechanisms of right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed her training in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease at the University of Minnesota through the Physician-Scientist Training Pathway. As a cardiology fellow, she secured a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral grant (NIH F32) and won early career investigator awards from the American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology, and Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators’ Forum.
Research Summary
Right Ventricular Failure; Pulmonary Hypertension; Translational Research
Creative Activity Summary
- NIH Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08 Grant) (2023-2028)
- American Heart Association Career Development Award (2023-2026)
- American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation Cournand and Comroe Early Career Investigator Award Winner (2021)
- American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award Winner in Basic and Translational Science (2021)
- National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32 Grant) (2021-2022)
- Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum Winner in Fellows Basic Science (2020)
- National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (T32 Grant) (2019-2021)
- University of Minnesota Department of Medicine Peter Bitterman Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Basic Research (2021)
- University of Minnesota Yang Wang Cardiology Research Fellowship Award (2021)
- University of Minnesota Cecil J. Watson Award (2021); University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Retreat (CardioPalooza) Best Postdoctoral Fellow Oral Presentation (2021)
- University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Translational Research Development Program Grant (2020-2022)
Teaching Summary
Training Future Physicians and Scientists.
Clinical Summary
Pulmonary Hypertension; Right Ventricular Dysfunction