2010 Winners
Eric Douglas Austin, MD, MSCI Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Mentor: James E. Loyd, MD
- Project Title: Sex Hormone Abnormalities in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Presented at 2014 International Conference on Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease, 2014 International Pediatric Academic Society meeting, 2013 American Heart Association meeting, 2011, 2012, and 2013 American Thoracic Society Conferences, 2012 Alfred P. Fishman Symposium, and 2011 Grover Conference
- Published in Pulmonary Circulation, 2011 and 2013, and Biology of Sex Differences, 2012
- Published abstracts: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 and 2012
Angela V. Ghatnekar, PhD Medical University of South Carolina
- Mentor: Richard M. Silver, MD
- Project Title: The Role of GATA-6 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Jason Gien, MD University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Mentor: Steven H. Abman, MD
- Project Title: ET-1-Rho-kinase Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension
- Presented at 2010, 2011, and 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies meetings
- Published in American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 2013 and 2014, and Pediatric Research, 2013
Michael J. Passineau, PhD Allegheny Health Network
- Mentor: Raymond L. Benza, MD
- Project Title: Gene Therapy to Drive Endogenous Biosynthesis of Prostacyclin
- Published abstract: Molecular Therapy Supplement, 2012
- Presented at 2012 American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting
Michael York, MD Boston University Medical Center
- Mentor: Harrison Farber, MD
- Project Title: dsRNA Stimulates Toll-like Receptor-3 and Increases Endothelin-1 Production by Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells
- Published in Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2011, Expert Review in Clinical Immunology, 2011, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2010 and 2011, and Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2010
