Melissa G. Farb, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine

PhD, University of Illinois
BSc, University of Vermont



Melissa Farb, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. For her research, she has received two grants and since 2011 she has been a member of both the American Heart Association and the Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center. Throughout her career, she has trained research assistants, mentored graduate students, and taught courses. She has received the Warren Palmer Award for Outstanding PhD student in College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, multiple travel grants, and was a finalist for the Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award.

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Boston University
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute




Determinants of obesity-related insulin resistance
02/01/2017 - 01/31/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3K23HL135394-05S1

Vascular Insulin Resistance in Human Obesity
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2014 (PI)
American Heart Association




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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2021 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 3K23HL135394-05S1 5
2021 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 5K23HL135394-05 5
2020 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 5K23HL135394-04 5
2019 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 5K23HL135394-03 5
2018 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 5K23HL135394-02 5
2017 Determinants of obesity-associated insulin resistance 1K23HL135394-01 5

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  1. Okazaki RA, Rizvi SH, Bretón-Romero R, Zhou Y, Weisbrod RM, Li Z, Farb MG, Farber A, Hamburg NM. Novel microRNA pathways of impaired angiogenesis in human peripheral artery disease adipose tissue. Vasc Med. 2025 Oct; 30(5):537-544.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40855713
     
  2. Ahmed B, Farb MG, Gokce N. Cardiometabolic implications of adipose tissue aging. Obes Rev. 2024 Nov; 25(11):e13806.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39076025
     
  3. Ahmed B, Farb MG, Karki S, D'Alessandro S, Edwards NM, Gokce N. Pericardial Adipose Tissue Thrombospondin-1 Associates With Antiangiogenesis in Ischemic Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2024 Jan 01; 210:201-207.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37863116; PMCID: PMC10842123; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.104;
     
  4. Li Y, Gray A, Xue L, Farb MG, Ayalon N, Andersson C, Ko D, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Rong J, Xanthakis V, Liu C, Fetterman JL, Gopal DM. Metabolomic Profiles, Ideal Cardiovascular Health, and Risk of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jun 20; 12(12):e028022.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37301766; PMCID: PMC10356055; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.122.028022;
     
  5. Moreira JD, Gower AC, Xue L, Alekseyev Y, Smith KK, Choi SH, Ayalon N, Farb MG, Tenan K, LeClerc A, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Lenburg ME, Mitchell RN, Padera RF, Fetterman JL, Gopal DM. Systematic dissection, preservation, and multiomics in whole human and bovine hearts. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2023; 63:107495.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36334690; PMCID: PMC10031913; DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107495;
     
  6. Gokce N, Karki S, Dobyns A, Zizza E, Sroczynski E, Palmisano JN, Mazzotta C, Hamburg NM, Pernar LI, Carmine B, Carter CO, LaValley M, Hess DT, Apovian CM, Farb MG. Association of Bariatric Surgery With Vascular Outcomes. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2115267.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34251443; PMCID: PMC8276087; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15267;
     
  7. Mazzotta C, Basu S, Gower AC, Karki S, Farb MG, Sroczynski E, Zizza E, Sarhan A, Pande AN, Walsh K, Dobrilovic N, Gokce N. Perivascular Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Ischemic Heart Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 03; 41(3):1239-1250.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33504180; PMCID: PMC7904602; DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315865;
     
  8. Karki S, Farb MG, Sharma VM, Jash S, Zizza EJ, Hess DT, Carmine B, Carter CO, Pernar LI, Apovian CM, Puri V, Gokce N. Fat-Specific Protein 27 Regulation of Vascular Function in Human Obesity. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 06 04; 8(11):e011431.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31433737; PMCID: PMC6585348; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011431;
     
  9. Ngo DTM, Sverdlov AL, Karki S, Macartney-Coxson D, Stubbs RS, Farb MG, Carmine B, Hess DT, Colucci WS, Gokce N. Oxidative modifications of mitochondrial complex II are associated with insulin resistance of visceral fat in obesity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 02 01; 316(2):E168-E177.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30576243; PMCID: PMC6397365; DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00227.2018;
     
  10. Zuriaga MA, Fuster JJ, Farb MG, MacLauchlan S, Bretón-Romero R, Karki S, Hess DT, Apovian CM, Hamburg NM, Gokce N, Walsh K. Activation of non-canonical WNT signaling in human visceral adipose tissue contributes to local and systemic inflammation. Sci Rep. 2017 12 11; 7(1):17326.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29229927; PMCID: PMC5725530; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17509-5;
     
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