The Hope Heart Program at The Benaroya Research Institute

The Hope Heart Program at BRI was founded in 2004 when primary investigators, and their teams, from The Hope Heart Institute joined the labs at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. The marriage of the two research programs created The Hope Heart Program and launched a new chapter in basic scientific research. The program is part of The Hope's bench-to-bedside philosophy for combating heart disease.
The Hope Heart Program includes:

The Department of Vascular Biology led by E. Helene Sage, PhD and Tom Wight, PhD. The department focuses on understanding the regulation of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis - two processes by which capillaries and larger blood vessels are formed.

The Department of Translational Medicine and Public Health led by Margaret Allen, MD