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2009 ISHLT GRANT AND AWARD RECIPIENTS

$40,000 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award underwritten by Astellas Pharma US

Hua Shen, MD, PhD
Yale University, New Haven, CT
"Impact of CD14 and CD36 Signaling in Co-Stimulatory Blockade Extension of Allograft Survival"
Director of Research: Daniel Goldstein, Yale University

$40,000 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award underwritten by Novartis

Tobias Deuse, MD, PhD
University of Hamburg, Germany
"Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation for Ischemic Myocardium: Immunobiology of Stem Cells"
Director of Research: Sonja Schrepfer, University of Hamburg, Germany

$40,000 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award underwritten by XDx

Masahiro Miyajima, MD, PhD
Harvard University, Boston, MA
"Role of T Regulatory Cells and Natural Killer Cells in the In Vivo Promotion of Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy"
Director of Research: Joren Madsen, Harvard University

$40,000 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award underwritten by Gilead

Shin Hirayama, MD, PhD
University of Toronto, Canada
"Role of Genetically Engineered IL-10 Producing T Regulatory Trl-like Cells in Immunoregulation After Lung Transplantation"
Director of Research: Shaf Keshavjee, University of Toronto, Canada

$75,000 ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic Memorial Fellowship Grant underwritten by Thoratec

Sasa D. Borovic, MD
Cardiovascular Institute Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia

ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic Memorial Best MCSD Paper Award underwritten by Thoratec

Nishant Shah, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
"Percutaneous LVAD Support Reverses Neurohumoral Dysregulation and Apoptosis but Increases Inflammation in Profound Refractory Cardiogenic Shock"

Philip K. Caves Award

Howard Huang, MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
"Deletion of IKKß from Myeloid Cells Prevents Induction of Mouse Lung Allograft Acceptance"
Project Mentor: Andrew Gelman, MD

$12,000 ISHLT Research Grant in Nursing and Social Sciences

Jane MacIver, RN, MSc
Toronto General Hospital, Canada
"HeartMate II Quality of Life Study"

ISHLT Nursing and Social Science Excellence in Research Award

Connie White-Williams, MSN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"The Relationship of Social Support and Quality of Life 5 to 10 Years after Heart Transplantation