Faculty

DeLisa Fairweather, Ph.D.

Clinical Studies

Collection of Adipose Tissue for Regenerative Medicine Research in Cardiovascular Disease Jacksonville, Fla.
The purpose of this study is to obtain adipose tissue from patients undergoing vascular surgery where EVs can be isolated from the fat and used for research purposes to examine their effect on inflammation and remodeling in culture and in animal models. The samples will immediately be processed to obtain EVs for research purposes - this is not a biorepository.
Sex and age differences in Ehlers Danlos syndrome Jacksonville, Fla.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether serum biomarkers and comorbidities differ between subjects with hEDS/HSD vs. other non-hypermobile EDS subtypes and whether sex and/or age differences exist, and to determine whether serum biomarkers and comorbidities differ between subjects with hEDS vs. HSD and whether sex and/or age differences exist.
The Economic Impact Of Chronic Pain: A Study On Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders And Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Symptoms In The Workplace Jacksonville, Fla.
The purpose of this study is to determine if symptoms of Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS/HSD) will have a direct impact on work ability and a negative economic impact.

hEDS and HSD: Assessing criteria and their modification in clinical practice Jacksonville, Fla.
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how signs and symptoms of hypermobility are related to a diagnosis of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorders to decide if the diagnostic criteria should be revised.
sST2/IL1R in Diagnosis and Treatment of Fulminant Myocarditis and Myopericarditis Rochester, Minn.
If serum sST2 predicts heart failure (HF) in several cardiovascular disorders, in myocarditis patients.