Alexis Stamatikos, a faculty scholar in the Clemson University Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences Department and the School of Health Research, has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
The Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology conferred Stamatikos’s fellowship on March 30. The FAHA track he applied through was the Scientist/Researcher Track.
This fellowship recognizes and awards premium professional members for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in scholarship, practice and/or education, and volunteer service within the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.
Stamatikos has been studying the link between atherosclerosis and gene therapy since his time at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he worked after graduating with his doctoral degree in nutritional sciences at Texas Tech University in 2014.
Current research involves determining how to modify two proteins – ABCA1 and ABCG1 – which could lead to more effective treatments for atherosclerosis, a condition marked by plaque accumulation in artery walls. This buildup, composed of fats, cholesterol and other substances, can lead to heart attacks and strokes, leading causes of death globally.
This study could offer new insights into how cells manage cholesterol removal, potentially creating a novel approach to combat one of the world’s leading causes of death.
Information about other research in which Stamatikos is involved can be found on the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine website.
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