2016 Winners
OLIVIER BOUCHERAT, PHD
- Mentor: Sébastien Bonnet, PhD
- Institution: Québec Heart and Lung Institute Research Centre
- Québec, QC, CANADA
- Project Title: Impact of mitochondrial heat shock protein 90 inhibition in pulmonary arterial hypertension
VITALY O. KHEYFETS, PHD
- Co-investigator: Shelley Miyamoto, MD
- Mentors: Robin Shandas, PhD and Dunbar Ivy, MD
- Institution: University of Colorado Denver
- Denver, CO
- Project Title: Inter-ventricular decoupling is an overlooked contributor to right ventricular myocardial stress and dysfunction in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
TODD M. KOLB, MD, PHD
- Co-Investigator: David Kass, MD
- Mentor: Paul Hassoun, MD
- Institution: Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore, MD
- Project Title: PDE9A in right ventricular and pulmonary vascular remodeling
JEFFREY C. ROBINSON, MD
- Mentor: Rubin Tuder, MD
- Institution: University of Colorado
- Aurora, CO
- Project Title: Iron deficiency and hypoxic signaling in pulmonary hypertension
HAIYANG TANG, PHD
- Co-Investigator and Mentor: Jason Yuan, MD, PhD
- Institution: University of Arizona
- Tucson, AZ
- Project Title: Differential role of mTORC1 and mTORC2 in hypoxic vasoconstriction and the development of pulmonary hypertension
