Circulation. 1997;95:1091-1094
(Circulation. 1997;95:1091-1094.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.
Awards and Named Lecturers at the American Heart Association 69th Scientific Sessions
Correspondence to Michael Schneider, MD, Molecular Cardiology Unit, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Room 506-C, Houston, TX 77030.
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The 69th Annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
were held in New Orleans, La, November 10-13, 1996. A traditional
highlight of the annual AHA Scientific Sessions is the recognition
of excellence in clinical and basic cardiovascular research
via the Scientific Councils' distinguished lectureships, awards,
and Young Investigator competitions. Awardees and nominees for
the Young Investigator competitions for 1996 are as follows.
Council on Cardiovascular Nursing New Investigator Award: Lynn V. Doering, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, Calif; Kathleen L. Grady, Rush-Presbyterian–St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Ill; and Julie A. Johnson (winner), Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill (Fig 
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Figure 1. (top). From left to right, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing New Investigator Award council chair Louise S. Jenkins, nominee Julie A. Johnson (winner), vice chair Gayle R. Whitman, and nominees Lynn V. Doering and Kathleen L. Grady.
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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators in Training: Alan J. Flint (winner), University of California, San Francisco, Calif; Janet E. Fulton, University of Texas–Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Tex; Robert L. McNamara, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md (Fig 2).
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Figure 2. (bottom). From left to right, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention chair Thomas Pearson; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators in Training nominees Alan J. Flint (winner), Janet E. Fulton, and Robert L. McNamara; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor; and program chair Aaron R. Folsom.
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Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research Awards for Young Investigators: Vincente Andres-Garcia, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Mass; David A. Dichek, Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco, Calif; David K.M. Han, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; Andrew P. Levy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass; and MacRae F. Linton (winner), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn (Fig 3).
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Figure 3. (top left). From left to right, Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research Awards for Young Investigators nominees Vicente Andres-Garcia, Andrew P. Levy, David K.M. Han, David A. Dichek, and MacRae F. Linton (winner).
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Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prizes for Young Investigators: Jeffrey R. Balser (winner), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md; Heping Cheng, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Md; Chiaki Hidai, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tenn; Steven O. Marx, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; and Deepak Srivastava, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Tex (Fig 4).
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Figure 4. (top right). From left to right, Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prizes for Young Investigators program chair Christine Seidman and nominees Heping Cheng, Chiaki Hidai, Steven O. Marx, Deepak Srivastava, and Jeffrey R. Balser (winner).
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Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Radiology: winner Mark A. Fogel, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa (Fig 5).
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Figure 5. (bottom left). From left to right, Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Radiology Judkins program chair Anthony C. Venbrux, nominee Mark A. Fogel (winner), and Council on Cardiovascular Radiology chair Michael A. Bettman.
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Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Awards in Cardiovascular Integrated Physiology: Roger J. Hajjar (winner), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Mitsunori Iwase, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Rupak Mukherjee, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; Koichi Node, Osaka University, Japan; and Catherine Y. Wang, Columbia University, New York, NY (Fig 6).
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Figure 6. From left to right, Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Awards in Cardiovascular Integrated Physiology program chair James M. Downey; award nominees Catherine Y. Wang, Rupak Mukherjee, Koichi Node, and Roger J. Hajjar (winner); and Council on Circulation chair Donald D. Heistad. Nominee Mitsunori Iwase is not shown.
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Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Awards: Djillali Annane, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France; Christopher J. Cooper, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Emile G. Daoud, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; Stefan Neubauer, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Würzburg, Germany; and Gary E. Newton (winner), Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Fig 7).
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Figure 7. From left to right, Council on Clinical Cardiology chair Bernard Gersch; Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Awards finalists Stefan Neubauer, Gary E. Newton (winner), Djillali Annane, Emile G. Daoud, and Christopher J. Cooper; and program chair Charles K. Francis.
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The Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Prizes in Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care: John Frederick Schmedtje, Jr, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Tex (Fig 8).
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Figure 8. (top left). Council on Cardiopulmonary and Critical Care chair Aubrey E. Taylor (left) and Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award winner John Frederick Schmedtje, Jr (right).
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Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Awards: winner Vivek Rao, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Fig 9).
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Figure 9. (top right). Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Awards program chair Richard D. Weisel (left), award winner Vivek Rao (middle), and Council on Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular Surgery chair D. Craig Miller (right).
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Young Investigator Prizes in Thrombosis: Jane E. Freedman, Boston University, Boston, Mass; Jian-Ning Liu, Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Ulhas P. Naik (winner), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Hanne B. Ravn, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (Fig 10).
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Figure 10. (bottom left). From left to right, Young Investigator Prizes in Thrombosis program chair Steven Prescott; nominees Jian-Ning Liu, Hanne B. Ravn, Jane E. Freedman, and Ulhas P. Naik (winner); and Council on Thrombosis chair Samuel Rapaport.
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Named lecturers for 1996 were, for the Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture, Charles H. Hennekens, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Young Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass; for the Sol Sherry Lecture in Thrombosis, George J. Broze, Jr, Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Mo; for the Thrombosis Distinguished Lecture, Alexander Tulinsky, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich; for the Paul Dudley White International Lecture, David T. Kelly, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia; for the George Lynn Duff Memorial Lecture, Ana Jones, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Urbana, Ill; for the Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture, Alberto Nasjletti, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY; for the William W.L. Glenn Lecture, C. Walton Lillehei, University of Minnesota Medical School, St Paul, Minn; for the Ancel Keys Lecture, Herman A. Tyroler, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; for the Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecture, Homayoun Kazemi, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass; for the Laennec Society Invited Lecture, Robert O. Bonow, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill; for the Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture, Julius H. Grollman, Jr, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Torrance, and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif; for the Alexander S. Nadas Lecture, Ronald M. Lauer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; and for the George E. Brown Memorial Lecture, Thomas W. Smith (Fig 11), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Recipients of the AHA Scientific Councils' Distinguished Achievement Awards were David C. Levin, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, Council on Radiology; James L. Ritchie, Seattle VA Medical Center, Seattle, Wash, Council on Clinical Cardiology; Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, Calif, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Allen W. Cowley, Jr, Milwaukee, Wis, Council for High Blood Pressure Research; William E. Mitch, Atlanta, Ga, Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease; and Hermes A. Kontos, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va, Stroke Council.
Other notable awardees included Daniel Steinberg (Fig 12), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif, winner of the Research Achievement Award; David E. Clapham, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minn, and Eva J. Neer (Fig 13), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, winners of the Basic Research Prize; David C. McKinnon, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, winner of the Council on Circulation Cardiovascular Research Prize; Karyn Holm, Chicago, Ill, winner of the Katharine A. Lembright Award; E. Marsha Elixson, Massachusetts General Hospital, Woburn, Mass, and Anna Gawlinski, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif, winners of the Excellence in Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Practice Award; Lynn V. Doering, UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, Calif, winner of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing Heart Failure Research Prize; Ralph Sabetai, San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego, Calif, winner of the Laennec Special Recognition Award; and Thomas J. Ryan, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, winner of the James B. Herrick Award (Fig 14).
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Figure 12. (top middle). Daniel Steinberg (left), Research Achievement Award winner receiving his award from Jan Breslow, AHA 1996-1997 President (right).
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Figure 13. (top right). Basic Research Prize winners David E. Clapham (left) and Eva J. Neer (middle) receiving their awards from Jan Breslow, AHA 1996-1997 President (right).
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