Division of
Cardiovascular Pharmacology Best Abstract Competition for EB2005
The chairs of the competition are Dr. John Kermode of the
Univ of Mississippi Med Center and Dr. Ann Tobin of the Medical College
of Wisconsin. Prizes were awarded for best graduate student and
best postdoctoral poster submissions. Awards were made at the
annual Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division Mixer.
The first prize winner for the graduate student
section is Jianzhong Shen (advisor: Dr. Michael Sturek and Peter Wilden
of Univ of Missouri-Columbia). The second prize winner is Fang Li
(advisor: K.U. Malik of the Univ of Tennessee Health Science Center).
The third prize winner is Erin Booth (advisor: Ben Lucchesi of the Univ
of Michigan). And the fourth prize winner is Kathryn A. Brown (
advisor: F.M. Faraci of the Univ. of Iowa Med Center).
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Graduate Student Poster Winners.
From left to right: Dr. Kermode, Ms. Brown, Ms. Booth, Ms. Li, Mr.
Shen and Dr. Tobin. (click picture to enlarge) |
Graduate Student Poster Winners and
their Advisors. From left to right:
Ms. Brown, Dr. Faraci, Dr. Ting Ting Hong, Ms. Booth, Mr. Shen,
Dr. Sturek, Ms. Li and Dr. K.U. Malik(click picture to enlarge) |
Postdoctoral Fellow Poster
Winners. From left to right: Drs.
Kermode, Xia, Brannen, Earley and Tobin.
(click picture to enlarge) |
For the
post-docs, the first prize winner is Dr. Scott Earley (advisor:
Joseph Brayden of the Univ of Vermont College of Medicine). The
second prize winner is Dr. Melissa Brannen (advisor: D. Goodman of
the Children's Memorial Hospital and D. Mehta of the Univ of
Illinois at Chicago). The third prize winner is Dr. Zhengyuan Xia
(advisor: Dr. John McNeill of the Univ of British Columbia.
Congratulations to ALL participants!
Facts about the competitions:
GRADUATE STUDENT COMPETITION
Number of applications received: 32
Applicants with different advisors: 30
Number of schools represented: 22
Number of finalists chosen: 04 |
POSTDOCTORAL COMPETITION
Number of applications received: 13
Applicants with different advisors: 12
Number of schools represented: 10
Number of finalists chosen: 03 |
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Pictures from EB2005
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Graduate
Student and Postdoctoral
Scientist Best Paper Competition at EB2004
Congratulations to the
following finalists for the Best Paper Awards (Chairs: Steven P. Jones and
Richard H. Kennedy. Monday 1:30-3:00, EB2004):
Graduate Student Competition
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Eric Gross, Medical
College of WI
(advisor: Garrett Gross)
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Willmann Liang, Univ of
British Columbia
(advisor: Cornelis van Breemen)
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Jake Stitham, Dartmouth
Med School
(advisor: John Hwa)
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Ann Tobin, Medical College
of WI
(adivisor: Nancy Rusch)
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Postdoctoral Scientist
Competition
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Rayna Gonzales, UC- Irvine
(advisor: Sue Duckles)
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Hemal Patel, UC- San Diego
(advisor: Paul Insel)
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Jason Peart, Medical
College of WI
(advisor: Garrett Gross)
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New Division Officers on
July 2004
The votes are tallied, and the
following new officers will begin a 2-year term in July 2004:
Chair: Mariana Morris, Wright State Univ
Sec/Treas: Edwin Jackson, Univ of Pittsburgh
Chair-Elect: Nancy Rusch, Med Coll of WI
Sec/Treas-Elect: Debra Diz, Wake Forest
NIH Budget Status
The President's
$2.4 trillion budget for FY'05 calls for a 2.6% increase for NIH. The
Biomedical Research & Development Price Index (BRDPI), which measures the
rising cost of NIH sponsored research, is predicted to increase by 3.8% in
FY'04. Thus, the possibility of zero growth at NIH remains strong. Competing
budget priorities, the growth of the federal deficit, and a sense in
Congress that science spending needs to be spread more evenly among other
disciplines and other agencies conspire for a difficult funding period in
the years ahead. News from EB 2003 Meeting:
2003 Budget:
The Cardiovascular Division budget for 2003 is $21,667. Revenues include
membership dues ($8,705), FASEB base ($5,000), and carryover ($7,962).
Expenses for 2003 will include symposia sponsorships, the EB 2003 Mixer,
graduate student and postdoc awards, and communication expenses.
News from EB 2002 Meeting:
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The graduate student winners of the Best Paper Awards at EB
2002 were Carrie Northcott, Michigan State (Advisor: Stephanie
Watts), Steven Jones, LSU (advisor: David Lefer), and Hemal
Patel, Medical College of Wisconsin (advisor: Garrett Gross).
Congratulations to the winners and all participants!
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Pictures of our 2002 Annual
Division Meeting and Mixer |
Division Sponsored
Symposia at EB2003
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Two pore-domain potassium channels:
background currents come to the fore.
Chair Steven J. Feinmark.
Saturday, April 12 2003. |
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G-protein coupled receptor kinases: hope or
hype for heart failure (joint with Division for Molecular
Pharmacology).
Chair (Susan Steinberg.
Saturday, April 12. |
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Non-genomic effects of estrogen in
endothelial cells.
Chairs: Edward J. Kilbourne and James K. Liao.
Saturday, April 13, 2003. |
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Cyclooxygenase-2 and COX-2 inhibitors in
cardiovascular disease.
Chairs Leslie J. Crofford and Ben Lucchesi.
Monday April 14, 2003. |
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Transgenic models of heart failure and
heart failure therapeutics (joint with Molecular Pharmacology).
Chairs: J. David Port and Joan Heller Brown.
Tuesday, April 15, 2003 |
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Also of Interest - Prolonged QT intervals:
Clinical aspects and drug development (sponsored by Clinical
Pharmacology Division).
Chair: Peter K. Siegl
Saturday, April 12, 2003 |
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