ISHLT2024: Philip K. Caves Award Session

10 April, 2024 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CEST

Forum Hall, Prague Congress Centre
  • Annual Meeting
  • Early Career
  • Grants, Awards & Scholarships
  • ISHLT2024
  • Scientific Abstract Award
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Established in 1982, the Philip K. Caves Award encourages and rewards original high-quality research performed by residents, fellows, trainees, and graduate students. The award is bestowed annually on the candidate whose oral presentation is judged to be the best of those selected for the Caves Award Session at the Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions.

The winner will be announced during the General Session on Saturday, 13 April.

Award Finalists

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Saskia Bos, MD

Translational and Clinical Research Institute / Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Abstract Title: High-Dimensional Lung Tissue Imaging Reveals Temporal Changes in Immune Cell Populations and Cell Interactions During Progression of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD)

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Alessia Giarraputo, MSc, PhD

Paris Institute for Transplantation and Organ Regeneration
Paris, France

Abstract Title: Short-Term Immuno-Molecular Landscape in 10-Gene Edited Pig-to-Human Heart Xenografts

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Toshiyuki Ko, MD, PhD

The University of Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, Japan

Abstract Title: Quantification of Myocardial DNA Damage Predicts Prognosis of Heart Failure from Various Underlying Diseases

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Kumi Mesaki, MD

University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Abstract Title: CRISPR-Cas Genome Editing in Ex Vivo Human Lungs

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Donghai Tian, MD

German Heart Center Of Charité
Berlin, Germany

Abstract Title: Physiological Mechanisms of Reverse Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease