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2009 Award Recipients


Henry Christian Awards are supported by a grant from Merck.
Richard K. Murray, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Vice President, External Medical and Scientific Affairs
Global Human Health (U.S.)
Merck & Co., Inc.

AFMR President
Alan L. Buchman, MD, MSPH

AFMR President-Elect
Abdulla K. Salahudeen, MD, MSc, FRCP


Henry Christian Award

Isaac E. Hall, MD
Yale University
"Novel Urinary Biomarkers Predict Graft Recovery and the Need for Dialysis After Kidney Transplantation"

Sabah F. Iqbal, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
"Dexamethasone Synchronizes Respiratory Epithelial Repair in Vitro"

Mark Y. Jeong, MD
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
"AFos Inhibits Phenylephrine-Mediated Contractile Dysfunction by Altering Phospholamban and Troponin T Phosphorylation"

Suma P. Shankar, MD, PhD
University of California San Francisco
"Visual and Auditory Features in Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome"

Amit Varma, MD, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
"Endogenous Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protects Against Apoptosis and Cardiac Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction"


AFMR Outstanding Investigator

Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA


AFMR Junior Physician-Investigator

Neil A. Segal, MD
University of Iowa
"Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis Are Not Associated With Impaired Quadriceps Strength or Bulk"


 


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