Welcome to The Gebhard Lab

Cardiovascular diseases rank among the main causes of death and disease worldwide. Although mortality rates for men have steadily declined since the 1980s, the diseases are becoming increasingly more common in women. Moreover, clinical outcomes from cardiovascular diseases are consistently worse for women than for men. Notably, the gender-specific mechanisms and variables underlying these differences in disease progression and outcome remain largely unknown, as most studies, in both pre-clinical animal models and clinical trials in humans, have been performed on male subjects. In fact, patients still receive similar treatments, regardless of sex.  At the Gebhard Lab, we aim to change this.