2017 Winners
NADINE AL-NAAMANI, MD
- Co-Investigator: David Lederer, MD
- Mentor: Steven Kawut, MD
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, PA
- Project Title: Exploring the association of visceral intrathoracic fat with vascular stiffness in pulmonary hypertension
JONATHAN DAVIES, MD
- Mentor: Michael Blackburn, PhD
- Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
- Project Title: The role of adenosine signaling in pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
REBECCA KAMENY, MD
- Mentor: Jeffrey Fineman, MD
- Institution: University of California, San Francisco
- San Francisco, CA
- Project Title: Translating the natural history of pulmonary vascular disease secondary to congenital heart disease into basic mechanisms and therapeutic targets
STEPHANIE THORN, PHD
- Mentors: Hyung Chun, MD, and Albert Sinusas, MD
- Institution: Yale University
- New Haven, CT
- Project Title: Pilot study to engage the Apelin-MEF2 signaling axis for myocardial preservation in a large animal model of right ventricle failure
