Joseph R. Cavallaro, PhD (IMAGE) Texas Heart Institute Caption Through a new four-year NIH grant, Dr. O.H. Frazier and Yaxin Wang, PhD, and researchers in the Innovative Device Engineering & Applications (IDEA) Lab at The Texas Heart Institute will collaborate with researchers at Rice University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University to create and leverage innovative technologies to improve left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). Pictured: Rice University’s Joseph R. Cavallaro, PhD. Credit © RICE UNIVERSITY Usage Restrictions None License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.