2018 Winners
CATHERINE AVITABILE, MD
- Mentors: Stephen Paridon, MD, and Babette Zemel, PhD
- Institution: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- Philadelphia, PA
- Project Title: The association between skeletal muscle deficits and exercise performance in pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients
MEGHAN BERNIER, MD
- Co-Investigator: Larissa Shimoda, PhD
- Mentor: Lewis Romer, MD
- Institution: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Baltimore, MD
- Project Title: Endothelial to mesenchymal transition in pulmonary hypertension: Formin a new identity
STEPHEN J. COLEMAN, MS, PhD
- Mentor: Milton Thomas, PhD
- Institution: Colorado State University
- Fort Collins, CO
- Project Title: Investigation of calcium regulatory processes and their role in a natural large animal model of altitude-associated pulmonary hypertension sensitivity leading to heart failure
DANIEL LACHANT, DO
- Mentor: R. James White, MD
- Institution: University of Rochester Medical Center
- Rochester, NY
- Project Title: Extracellular vesicles as a marker of vascular disease activity in PAH
