Scholar Awards

Cardiovascular Scholar Awards
Jamil Aboulhson, M.D.
UCLA
"Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center Quantification of Pulmonary Calcium Deposits in Patients With Primary and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Using Computed Tomography"

Christine E. Bixby
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
"Platelet Activator Factor Plays a Significant Role in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling Associated With Chronic High Altitude Hypoxia (HAH) in Ovine Fetal Lambs"

Yolanda E. Bogaert
UCHSC
"Type 1 Collagen Regulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype By Down-Regulation of CREB and SRF Through an AKT-Dependent Mechanism"

Michelle Dew
University of Arizona
"Attenuation Correction Affects Sum Stress Score in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Among Women at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease"

Shannon E. Hamrick
University of California San Francisco
"Validating Cerebral NIRS in Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Surgery"

Elizabeth Juneman, M.D.
University of Arizona
"Implantation Of 3DFC Patch Improves Left Ventricular Systolic Function and Prevents LV Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction"

Hussain A Khawaja, MD
Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center
"Influence Of Metabolic Syndrome On Blood Vessels In Women With Spinal Cord Injury"

Eric S. Miguelino, M.D.
UC-Davis Medical Center
"C-Reactive Protein (CRP): AdiponectinRatio-A Novel Diagnostic Biomarker of the Metabolic Syndrome"

Shelley D. Miyamoto
University of Colorado
"Cell-Specific Responses in an Apoptotic Model of Viral Myocarditis"

Christian H. Pott
UCLA
"Increased Transient Outward Current, Shortened Action Potential Duration and Ìshort-Qt-Syndromeî In Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Knockout Mice"

Benjamin Schaefer, M.D.
University of Washington
"Variation in Cardiac Index by Thermodilution Methods in Heart Transplant Recipients"

Uma Singh, Ph.D.
UC Davis
"CRP Downregulates Il-10 Secretion from Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages via Inhibition of Protein-Kinase A"

Sara O. Weiss, M.D.
University of Colorado
"Trichostatin A Differentially Regulates Pathologic and Physiologic Hypertrophy"