Orly Vardeny, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was elected as Fellow of American Heart Association (AHA) through The Council on Clinical Cardiology.

Election as a Fellow of the American Heart Association provides a mean to recognize and award members for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in the areas of scholarship, practice and/or education, and volunteer service and/or leadership within the AHA.

The AHA Fellowship conferred by the Council on Clinical Cardiology is generally reserved for physicians and scientists who are board certified in cardiovascular disease. In exceptional circumstance and at the discretion of the Leadership Committee, Fellowship may be granted to individuals who do not have subspecialty boards in cardiovascular disease.

Vardeny’s research interests include the metabolic effects of cardiovascular medications; pharmacogenetics of cardiovascular medications, insulin resistance and heart failure; immune function and influenza vaccine response in patients with cardiovascular disease.