2006 Winners
Joel Glasgow, PhD UAB School of Medicine
- Mentor: David Curiel, MD
- Project Title: Endothelial Gene Delivery for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Zhigang Hong, MD, PhD University of Chicago
- Mentor: Kenneth Weir, MD
- Project Title: Endothelin-Induced Increase in Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle Calcium; The Role of Calcium Channels
- Published in European Respiratory Journal, 2008
- Published abstracts: American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting, 2007; ATS International Conference, 2007; Circulation, 2008 and 2010
Peter Oishi, MD UCSF School of Medicine
- Mentor: Jeffrey Fineman, MD
- Project Title: Endothelin-1 Reactive Oxygen Species Interactions in Pulmonary Hypertension
- Published in American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2008
- Abstract presented at the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting
- Book chapter published in Congenital Diseases in the Right Heart, 2009
Rajni Rao, MD UCSF School of Medicine
- Mentor: Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
- Project Title: Quantitative and Qualitative Properties of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
- Presented at 2007 International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation meeting
Giuseppe Valacchi, PhD University of Siena
- Mentors: Carol Cross, MD, Gian Paolo Pessina, Professor
- Project Title: Does Tocopherol Homeostasis Play a Role in Endothelin Mediated Endothelial Dysfunction?
Roham Zamanian, MD Stanford University School of Medicine
- Mentor: Ramona Doyle, MD
- Project Title: The Effect of Endothelin A and B Antagonism on Insulin Resistance and Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
