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• March 29 - April 1, 2008
ACC 2008 Annual Scientific Session
Chicago, IL USA
• March 31, 2008
International Competitive Grants Awards Program for Young
Investigators Awards Ceremony and Reception
Chicago, IL USA
• May 14 - 17, 2008
ASH 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition
New Orleans, LA USA
• August 30 - Sept 03, 2008
ESC Congress 2008
Munich, Germany
• June 14 - 18, 2009
XV International Symposium On Atherosclerosis
Boston, MA USA
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February 09, 2006
WINNERS SELECTED FOR THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS
The GlaxoSmithKline Research & Education Foundation for Cardiovascular Disease today announced the winners
of its research grants program. The Competitive Grants Award Program for Young Investigators is a two-year
grant program enabling young investigators and advanced cardiovascular disease fellows from around the world to obtain funding for
innovative research. The grants awarded were for $55,000 per year for two years for each recipient.
Awards will be presented by Dr. Valentin Fuster, Chairman of the Foundation, at a dinner reception on March 11, 2006, during the
American College of Cardiology 55th Annual Scientific Session* in Atlanta, Georgia.
Congratulations to this year's award recipients.
- Alejandro R. Chade, MD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Research Title: Utility of Autologus Progenitor Cell Delivery in Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease
- Neil Chi, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Research Title: Zebrafish Cardiac Conduction Mutants: An Understanding Towards Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Human Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Arjun Deb, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Research Title: Role of Secreted Frizzled Related Protein 2 (Sfrp2) in Mediating Paracrine Effects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Cardiomyogenesis
- Marion Hofmann-Bowman, MD, PhD
University of Chicago
Research Title: The Role of the Pro-Inflammatory Mediator S100A12 in Atherosclerosis and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Brian C. Jensen, MD
Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE)
Research Title: Alpha-1-Adrenergic Receptors in the Human Heart
- Cindy M. Martin, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Research Title: Nkx2.5 Regulated Networks in the Developing Mouse Heart
*This event is not part of the official American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session as planned by the Annual Scientific Session Program Committee
(AASPC).
The GlaxoSmithKline Research & Education Foundation for Cardiovascular Disease receives support through a grant from
GlaxoSmithKline.
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