Dr. Jane Freedman is the Edward Budnitz Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School, attends in the Division of Cardiology and is Director of Research and Translational Research for the UMass Memorial Heart & Vascular Center. Dr. Freedman graduated from Yale University, Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed residency and cardiology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, respectively. Dr. Freedman has received many awards locally and nationally and was elected to the A.S.C.I. and the A.U.C. She was a previous Senior Editor for Circulation and is the Editor-in-Chief for Circulation Research. She has been extensively involved in NIH committees and peer review, as well as the American Heart Association. The major research initiatives in Dr. Freedman’s laboratory emphasize the regulation of pathways contributing to atherothrombotic and cardiometabolic disease. She oversees two research progr