![Researcher looking at microscope findings on a monitor. Researcher looking at microscope findings on a monitor.](/Research/Centers-and-Institutes/Centers/Cardiovascular-Renal-Research-Center/images/renal-lab-slideshow_1800x660.jpg)
Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center
Welcome to the Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center. Our mission is to:
- Foster excellence in basic and clinical cardiovascular and renal research
- Promote the education of basic researchers, physicians, and the general public in the area of cardiovascular and renal diseases
- Develop resources to enhance cardiovascular and renal research
- Use our resources and new research findings to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular and renal diseases in the state of Mississippi.
CRRC in the News
![Nathan Campbell, who began working in laboratory research at UMMC as a high school student 11 years ago, is now graduating with a PhD in Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacology.](/news/News_Articles/2024/05/images/Nathan-Campbell_05.png)
#2024UMMCGrad: Nathan Campbell’s scientific training at UMMC began in high school
Published on Monday, May 20, 2024
![Dr. Utsav Nandi, an emergency department physician, earned a master's degree from the School of Population Health to better serve his patients.](/news/News_Articles/2024/04/images/Utsav-Nandi.png)
#2024UMMCGrad: ER doc masters population health
Published on Monday, April 15, 2024
![UMMC faculty, staff garner national recognition](/news/News_Articles/2017/June/ummc_distinctions.jpg)
UMMC faculty, staff garner national recognition
Published on Monday, April 15, 2024
![UMMC faculty shine in national spotlight](/news/News_Articles/2017/June/ummc_distinctions.jpg)
UMMC faculty shine in national spotlight
Published on Monday, March 18, 2024
Meet Our Director
Dr. David E. Stec is a professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, and director of the Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center. He earned his PhD in physiology from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and received postdoctoral training in molecular genetics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
More![Portrait of Dr. David E. Stec, director of the Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center.](/common/People-Headshots/David-Stec.jpg)