Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Karen Christman
University of California, San Diego, Department: Engineering (All Types)
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Ventrix, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Christman is a founder and a member of the board of directors of Ventrix, Inc. She receives compensation at (b)(4) from Ventrix for consulting activities, and holds approximately (b)(4) equity valued at (b)(4). Ventrix is to develop and commercialize an injectable cardiac scaffold for treating myocardial infarction. Dr. Christman is the mentor of this fellowship, which is to determine whether new cardiomyocyte formation is a contributing mechanism to myocardial matrix cardiac repair.
Investigating Whether Myocardial Matrix Therapy Induces New Cardiomyocyte Formation Following Myocardial Infarction
Project Narrative In the United States, ischemia heart disease is the leading cause of death with approximately 750,000 annual deaths from myocardial infarction and an increasing number of individuals progressing towards heart failure after surviving an infarct. An injectable decellularized cardiac extracellular matrix therapy has demonstrated therapeutic outcomes in animal models including greater cardiac function and muscle, and is currently in clinical trials. This project will determine whether new cardiomyocyte formation is a contributing mechanism to the observed therapeutic outcomes, which will help improve our biomaterial therapies by focusing on promoting specific repair mechanisms capable of significant cardiac muscle repair.
Filed on January 12, 2018.
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| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Karen Christman | Emory University | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | $40,000 - $59,999 |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | >$600,000 |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | >$600,000 |
| Karen Christman | Emory University | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | >$600,000 |
| Karen Christman | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Ventrix, Inc. | >$600,000 |
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