Report from the 2013ISHLT Grants and Awards Committee
Duane Davis, ChairJohn DarkLori West
Sonya SchrepferScott PalmerDavid Wilkes
Daniel R. GoldsteinAndrew FisherJosef StehlikJudy Currey
Geographical Distribution of 2013 Grant Applications
USA Canada Europe Asia Australia
Submitted (29 total)
19 6 4 0 0
Awarded 3 0 1 0 0
% Awarded 16% 0% 25% 0% 0%
2013 Research Fellowship andBranislav Radovancevic Memorial
Grant Award ReviewersHartwig, MattJeevanandum, ValluvanJohnson, MarylKeshavjee, ShafKreisel, DanielLin, ShuLiu, MingyaoMartinu, TeresaMarboe, CharlesMilano, CarmeloMoffatt-Bruce, SusanMohanakumar,
ThalachallourMulligan, MichaelPagani, FrancisPalmer, Scott
Allan, JamesArdehali, AbbasAris, RobertBoehler, AnnetteChristie, JasonDark, JohnDe Perrot, MarcDeng, MarioEgan, ThomasEisen, HowardFisher, AndrewGeorge, JamesGoldstein, Daniel R.Griffith, Bart
Parameshwar, JayanPierson, RichardRao, VivekReichenspurner,
HermanRussell Hopkins,
StuartSchrepfer, SonjaShah, AshishSlaughter, MarkSnyder, LaurieStarling, RandallStehlik, JosephStrueber, MartinSweet, StewartWagner, FlorianWilkes, DavidVega, David
2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award
Recipient: Raymond Givens, MD, PhDColumbia University, New York, NY, USA
Project: MicroRNA Profiling in Patients with Orthotopic Heart Transplant Rejection
Chief of Staff: Alan Schwartz, MDDirector of Research: P. Christian Schulze , MD, PhD
2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award
Recipient: Nikolaos Diakos, MDUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Project: Humans as a model organism to study metabolic changes in
heart failure and myocardial recovery
Chief of Staff: Dean Y Li, MD, PhDDirector of Research: Stavros G Drakos, MD, PhD
Accepting award: Jose Nativi, MD
2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award
Recipient: Ivana Ferrer, PhDEmory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Project: Characterizing the Impact of Chronic Cytomegalovirus
Infection on Transplantation Tolerance
Chief of Staff: Prof. Freddie Hamdy, Univ. of OxfordDirector of Research: Dr. Kathryn Wood, Univ. of Oxford
Dr. Ferrer would also like to recognize Drs. David Neujahr and Mandy Ford at Emory University.
Accepting award: Dr. David Neujahr
2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award
Recipient: Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhDUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Project: Increasing the number and outcomes of lung transplants by
using mesenchymal stem cells.
Chairman, Dept of Surgery: Dr Stephen T. BartlettChief of Div of Cardiac Surgery: Dr James S. GammieDirector of Research: Dr Bartley P. Griffith
Dr. Sanchez would also like to recognize Drs Mark Pittenger and Zhongjun Wu
2013 ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic MemorialFellowship Grant Award
Recipient: Leonardo Salazar, MDStollery Children’s Hospital and the University of
Alberta
Project: Relation of physical activity measured through triaxial
accelerometry and Brain natriuretic peptide in children with
heart failure, heart transplant and on ventricular assist
devices
Chief of Staff: Simon Urschel, MD Research co-supervised by: Lori J. West, MD, DPhil, FRCPC and
Holger Buchholz, MD
Accepting award: Dr. Simon Urschel
2013 Philip K. Caves Award
Judges:
Duane DavisHermann Reichenspurner
Jim GeorgeSonja SchrepferShaf Keshavjee
Daniel R. GoldsteinLaurie SnyderTereza MartinuFlorian Wagner
Stephan EnsmingerKim Gandy
2013 ISHLT Philip K. Caves Award
Recipient: Alexey Dashkevich, MDUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
Abstract Title: (65) Intracoronary Treatment with VEGF-C/D
Inhibitor Enhances Cardiac Allograft Survival
and Prevents Chronic Rejection by Regulating
Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Activation
Mentor: Karl Lemstrom, MD, PhDUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
2013 ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic Memorial
Best Paper Awardfunded by a grant from Thoratec
Recipient: Claire Watkins, MDUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract Title: Evaluation of the Infant Jarvik Ventricular Assist Device in a
Chronic Juvenile Sheep Model
Mentor: Bartley P. Griffith, MDUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
2012 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Awards
Ramin E. Beygui, MDKevin C. Carney, MSN
Alexandre Souza Cauduro, MDEsme Dijke, PhD
Rochelle M. Gellatly, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmDDaniel R. Goldstein, MD
Manon Huibers, MScMarco Masetti, MD
Ana Belen Mendez, MDLaveena Munshi, MD, FRCPC
David Schibilsky, MDAleem Siddique, MBBSAmparo Solé, MD, PhD
The ISHLT awarded 13 traveling scholarships in 2012 to the following individuals:
2013 ISHLT Leach-Abramson-ImhoffLinks Travel Awards
Writer of the Year, $2,500Michele Estabrook, St. Louis, MO, USA
First Runners-up, $1,000Melanie Everitt, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Christina Migliore, Newark, NJ, USA
Honorable Mention, $500Veronica Franco, Columbus, OH, USAManreet Kanwar, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Luciano Potena, Bologna, ItalyMace Schuurmans, Zurich, Switzerland
Jeff Teuteberg, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
The Links Newsletter awarded 8 writing awards for 2012-2013:
2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award Reviewers
Josef StehlikLeah Edwards
Lars LundRoger YusenRichard Kirk
Christian BendenFabienne Dobbels
Axel RahmelJason Christie
Anne Dipchand
2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award
Recipient: Eugene DePasquale, MDUCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Project: Influence of Chronic Kidney Disease Stage on Patient
Selection for Heart and Heart-Kidney Transplantation
Chief of Cardiology: James Weiss, MDCo-Chief of Cardiology: Gregg Fonarow, MDDirector of Research: Mario Deng, MD
2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award
Recipient: Aaron Healy, MDUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Project: Predictors of Post-Transplant Outcomes in Patients Bridged
to Transplantation with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular
Assist Devices – an Analysis of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation Transplant Registry
Chief of Staff: Patrick Cartwright, MDDirector of Research: Craig Selzman, MD
Accepting award: Stephen McKellar, MD
2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award
Recipient: Chesney Castleberry, MDCincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Project: mTOR Inhibitors in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Do the
potential benefits outweigh the risks, clues from the ISHLT
Registry.
Chiefs of Staff: Drs. Jeffrey Towbin, Jeffrey Robbins, and
David MoralesDirector of Research: Dr. Clifford Chin
2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Grant Award Reviewers
Judy CurreyConnie White-Williams
Louise FullerCatherine Murks
Samantha AnthonyJane McIver
Dorothy LockhartChad Hare
2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Research Grant Award
Recipient: Jo Wray, PhDGreat Ormond Street Hospital for ChildrenNHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Project: An exploratory study of the psychological impact of a
ventricular assist device for children and their families
Co-Investigators:Helen Boardman, Bnurs RN (Child)Vicky Kelly, BSc D ClinPsy
2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Research Grant AwardSupported by Funding from CSL Behring
Recipient: Jane Haines, DNP, RN, CMSRNUniversity of Pittsburgh School of NursingPittsburgh, PA, USA
Project: A randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of
mindfulness-based stress reduction on stress and anxiety in
caregivers of lung transplant patients.
Co-Investigators:Alice Blazeck, DNS, RN JiYeon Choi, PhD, RN
2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Excellence In Research
Award
Judges:
Lut BerbenLouise Fuller
Annemarie KaanJane McIver
Connie White-Williams
2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Excellence In Research
AwardRecipient: Jane Haines, DNP, RN, CMSRN
University of Pittsburgh School of NursingPittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract: (99) Stress and Anxiety in Caregivers of Lung Transplant
Patients: Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
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