U.S.-Brazil Program Planning Visit: Studies on the Biomechanics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

这个美洲项目奖将支持爱荷华大学的Madhavan Raghavan博士进行一次计划访问，与巴西圣保罗大学的Erasmo S.da Silva博士合作。这次规划访问将允许研究人员进行试点研究，并规划合作研究提案。这项研究的总体目标是：(1)利用圣保罗大学医学院尸检获得的标本研究腹主动脉瘤(AAA)的生物力学特性；(2)评估长期合作的可行性。计划访问的结构考虑了两位参与研究人员的智力和物质资产。长期目标是全面研究腹主动脉瘤的生物力学特性。这项研究的参与者和他们的同事都将学到更多关于他们同行实践的科学和技术。如果后续行动取得成功，结果将在全球范围内带来重大好处。

0123456RaghavanThis Americas Program award will support Dr. Madhavan Raghavan of the University of Iowa to make a planning visit to work in collaboration with Dr. Erasmo S. da Silva from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. This planning visit will permit the researchers to perform pilot studies and plan a collaborative research proposal. The overall objectives of the proposed research are: (1) To study the biomechanical properties of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) using specimens obtained during autopsies performed at Sao Paulo University School of Medicine and (2) To evaluate the practicalities of the long-term collaboration. The structure of the planning visit takes into account the intellectual and physical assets of both participating investigators.The long-term goal is to comprehensively study the biomechanical properties of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Both of the participants in the study, and their associates, will learn much about the science and the technique practiced by their counterparts. If the follow up were successful, the results would be of significant benefit worldwide.