He is the Principle Investigator of a 5-month pilot project form the CPVB COBRE entitled, “Pulmonary Artery Stiffness and Right Ventricular Fibrosis in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Magnetic Resonance Study.” Dr. Abbasi’s project investigates the relationship between pulmonary artery stiffness to right ventricular fibrosis by cardiac MRI in an effort to better understand the maladaptive right ventricular response to increased ventricular pressure in pulmonary hypertension.