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HomeHypertensionVol. 49, No. 3Awards Free AccessNewsPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessNewsPDF/EPUBAwards Originally published1 Apr 2018https://doi.org/10.1161/hyp.49.3.588Hypertension. 2007;49:588–589Merck New Investigator Award/United StatesThe purpose of the Merck New Investigator Award is to encourage young investigators to undertake or continue hypertension research and participate in the conference. The award permits a young investigator to travel to the annual meeting and to present research orally or in poster format and to engage in discussion with senior investigators. The candidates are young investigators (MD or PhD), fellows in training, and academicians who hold an academic rank no higher than that of instructor at the time of submission of an abstract. Each awardee (up to 10) receives $1200.The recipients of this award are Elangovan Vellaichamy, Shetal Padia, Kelly Parsons, Jennifer Sullivan, Andreas Beyer, Jeffrey Olearczyk, Sandra Malakauskas, Youping Wang, Jeffrey Peterson, and Jiang Xu. Download figureDownload PowerPointThe Merck New Investigator Award/United States and Latin America. Pictured from left to right: Sandra Malakauskas, Jennifer Sullivan, Kelly Parsons, Shetal Padia, Youping Wang, Robert M. Carey (Chair, Council for High Blood Pressure Research), Veronica Peotta, Jeffrey Peterson, Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero, Andreas Beyer, L. Gabriel Navar (Chair, Programming Committee), Jiang Xu, Jefffrey Olearczyk, and Elangovan Vellaichamy.Merck New Investigator Award/Latin AmericaThe Merck New Investigator Award/Latin America is presented with the same criteria to up to 5 qualified new investigators who plan to pursue their careers in Latin America. Each awardee receives $1250.The recipients of this award are Veronica Peotta, Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero, Anderson Ferreira, and Fernando Carneiro.New Investigator Travel Award for Japanese Fellows (Supported by an Educational Grant From Pfizer)The purpose of this award is to encourage new investigators from Japan to undertake or continue hypertension research and to participate in the Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research. The award is presented to up to 5 qualified new investigators from Japan who present papers at the annual fall conference. Each awardee receives $2000. Download figureDownload PowerPointThe New Investigator Travel Award for Japanese Fellows. Pictured is Megumi Fujita. Not pictured: Koga Mitsuhisa, Hiroshi Kudo, Kayoko Miyata, and Kimiko Ishiguro.New Investigator Award for European Fellows (Supported by an Educational Grant From AstraZeneca)This New Investigator Award is presented to up to 5 qualified new investigators from Europe who present abstracts at the Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, in association with the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease. The purpose of this award is to encourage new investigators from Europe to undertake or continue hypertension research and to participate in the conference. Each awardee receives $1200. Download figureDownload PowerPointThe New Investigator Award for European Fellows. Pictured from left to right: Analia Loria, Fara Saez, Marija Markovic, and Petra Gratze. Not pictured: Francisca Rodriguez.New Investigator Award for US Fellows (Supported by an Educational Grant From CV Therapeutics)The purpose of this competition is to encourage new investigators to undertake or continue hypertension research and to participate in the conference. The award is presented to up to 6 new investigators who present abstracts at the Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, in association with the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease. Each awardee receives $1200. Download figureDownload PowerPointThe New Investigator Award for US Fellows. Pictured from left to right: Tang-Dong Liao, Cyndya Shibao, and Rasna Sabharwal. Not pictured: Glaucia Callera, Carmine Savoia, and Kenichi Matsushita.Kidney Council New Investigator Travel AwardYoung investigators from the Kidney Council are invited to participate in the general area of hypertension at the Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. The program is in association with the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease. The New Investigator Travel Award is presented to qualified new investigators who have submitted an abstract for the conference. The goal is to encourage council members and their collaborators to get more involved in the annual conference. Each awardee receives $1200. Download figureDownload PowerPointThe Kidney Council New Investigator Travel Award. Pictured is Marcela Herrera. Not pictured: Songcang Chen. 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