Young Investigator Prize Research Articles

Awards and Named Lecturers at the American Heart Association 71st Scientific Sessions

The 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association were held in Dallas, Tex, November 8 through 11, 1998. 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. The awardees and nominees for these distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator competitions. The awardees and nominees for these distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator competitions follow. Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award: Lora E. Burke (first place), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; Gayle R. Whitman (second place), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa; and Theresa Beery (third place), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (Figure 1⇓). Figure 1. New Investigator Award, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. From left: Kathleen Grady, program chair; Lora E. Burke, winner; Gayle Whitman, 1st runner-up; Theresa Beery, 2nd runner-up; and Kathleen King, council vice chair. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators in Training: Jersey Chen (winner), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn; Kelly R. Evenson (finalist), UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Frank B. Hu (finalist), Harvard University, Boston, Mass (Figure 2⇓). Figure 2. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award, Council on Epidemiology. From left: Lori Mosca, program vice chair; Harlan Krumholz, mentor for Jersey Chen; Jersey Chen, winner; Kelly R. Evenson, finalist; Michael Criqui, council vice chair; Frank B. Hu, finalist; Wayne Rosamond, mentor for Kelly Evenson; Shiriki Kumanyika, council chair; and Aaron Folsom, program chair. Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research Awards for Young Investigators: M. Mahmood Hussain (winner), Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa; Benoit Lamarche (finalist), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Robert E. Gerszten (finalist), Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Mass; Devendra K. Vora (finalist), UCLA Medical Center, Los …

Winner of the John L. Harper Young Investigator's Prize for 1998

Winner of the John L. Harper Young Investigator's Prize for 1998

Report from the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Atlanta, Georgia, March 11–14, 1998

The 45th annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI)included three sessions specifically devoted to immunology. A concurrent slidesession on Thursday, March 12th moderated by Ware Branch (Salt Lake City)and Deborah Anderson (Boston) included six oral presentations. There weretwo poster sessions, Thursday and Friday, entitled ‘Infertility: AutoimmuneDisorders and IVF’ with eight poster presentations and ‘Immunology’ with10 presentations. Two breakfast sessions also highlighted immunologic topics.On Friday morning a discussion of ‘Immunotherapies of HPV InducedDiseases’ was held by Dr Ellen Sheets and Peggy Crowley-Nowick (Crowley-Nowick et al., 1998), (Boston). On Saturday morning ‘Controversies in theManagement of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss’ were discussed by ProfessorLesley Regan (London) and Dr Ware Branch (Salt Lake City). There wereseveral other immunological presentations in other sessions. Overall, six of66 (9%) of oral presentations, 25 of 576 (4.2%) of poster presentations andtwo of 20 (10%) of the breakfast sessions were devoted to immunologic topics.It was also commendable for reproductive immunologists that Dr DeborahAnderson (Boston) was awarded the Distinguished President’s Young Inves-tigator prize at this meeting for her research.