Nicholas Chavkin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CDBRM) and in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The primary interest of the Chavkin Lab at Seattle Children’s Research Institute is to better understand dynamic cardiac tissue resilience during heart disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying therapeutic strategies that increase resilience to stressors on the heart.
Dr. Chavkin received his PhD from the University of Washington, Department of Bioengineering, in the lab of Dr. Cecilia Giachelli. He then trained as a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Karen Hirschi and Dr. Kenneth Walsh, starting at Yale University and continuing through a lab move to the University of Virginia. Dr. Chavkin was awarded an American Heart Association Career Development Award in 2023.