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Robb MacLellan, MD is the Director of the UW Medicine Heart Institute and our Division Head of Cardiology. Since 2011 he has ensured our faculty and research goals are aligned with the needs and opportunities in the hospital. In addition to those important responsibilities, he is an active attending physician and Robert A. Bruce Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research.Robb's research interests include:Understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate cardiac failure and develop therapies to regenerate myocardiumUse genetic mouse models in an attempt to correlate molecular insights with whole organ physiologyDevelop stem cell and tissue engineering strategies to repair the heart1:15 - The Canadian Researcher6:00 - Why Cardiology7:27 - Research Training10:45 - Research Fundamentals13:15 - First Trial to the Lab Today26:40 - Complimentary Teamwork Success30:55 - Advice to the Future Academic35:50 - The Argument for the Physician Scientist41:20 - Struggle for Balance in Training and Future Need46:55 - Looking back as Division Head and Director52:30 - Regional Heart Center to Heart Institute56:30 - A new role in Department of Medicine
