Previous Award Winners
2009 Winners | 2008 Winners | 2007 Winners | 2006 Winners
2009 Winners
Daniel J. Kass, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
New York, New York
Project Title: Targeting the MetAP2 Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Sean E. McLean, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Pediatric Surgery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Project Title: Smooth-Muscle Cell Related Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Alexander R. Opotowsky, MD, MPH
Senior Fellow
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension
Department of Cardiology
Children’s Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Project Title: The Epidemiolgy and Determinants of Hospitalizations for Pulmonary Hypertension in the United States
Michael Eric Yeager, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Project Title: Circulating Mesenchymal Precursors in Severe PAH and the Role of Endothelin-1 in their Recruitment and Differentiation into Fibrocytes
2008 Winners
Gaurav Choudhary, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Brown University
Project Title: The Role of
Endothelin-induced PKC delta activations
in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Abstract | Research Page
Hyung J Chun, MD
Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Project Title: Role of the Apelin-APJ Pathway
in Endothelin-1 Signaling and
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD
Fellow, Division of Pulmonary,
Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics
University Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Project Title: Racial Differences in Responsiveness
to Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Sayyed A Hamidi, MD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Pulmonary/Critical Care Division
State University of New York, Stony Brook
Project Title: A New Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
Bosentan and VIP
Abstract | Research Page
Venkataramana Sidhaye, MD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: Endothelin-1 Medicated Pulmonary
Smooth Muscle Migration is Medicated by AQP1
Abstract | Research Page
Sanjiv Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical Center
Project Title: Genetic Risk Factors for Connective Tissue Disease
(CTD)-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Research Page
Ari Lev Zaiman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
John Hopkins Children's Hospital
Project Title: Role of Endothelin Abrogration of TGF Signaling in the Vascular Endothelium Attenuates Hypoxia Induced Pulmonary Hypertension
2007 Winners
Yabing Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Title: PAI-1 Regulates Vascular Remodeling in Hypoxia-Included
Pulmonary Hypertension
Abstract | Research Page
Christopher Flack, MD
Senior Fellow
Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Boston University Medical Campus
Project Title: Pulmonary Hypertension due to the Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Anna R Hemnes, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary Care and Critical Care
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Project Title:The Role of Endothelin-1 in Right Ventricular Response to Pressure Overload
Abstract
Jeffrey C Horowitz, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan
Project Title: Regulation of Myofibroblast Resistance to Apoptosis by Endothelin-1
Abstract | Research Page
Meredith A Preuss, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Human Gene Therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Title: Downstream Redox Regulation of Endothelin B Receptor in the Pulmonary Endothelium
Abstract | Research Page
Olga Rafikova, PhD, MD
Postdoctural Associate
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Project Title: Protein Nitration and Inhibition of Cardiac and Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension Endothelin Receptor Antagonists
Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: Effect of Endothelin Receptor Blockade on Circulating Endothelial
Microparticle Levels in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Abstract | Research Page
2006 Winners
Joel Glasgow, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine/Cardiology
University of Alabama
Project Title: Gene Delivery for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Zhigang Hong, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
VA Medical Center
Project Title: Endothelin-Induced Increase in Pulmonary Vascular
Smooth Muscle Calcium; The Role of Calcium Channels
Abstract
Peter Oishi, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: Endothelin-1 Reactive Oxygen Species Interactions
in Pulmonary Hypertension
Rajni Rao, MD
Cardiology Fellow
Department of Medicine/Cardiology
University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: Quantitative and Qualitative Properties of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Giuseppe Valacchi, PhD
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Siena
Project Title: Does Tocopherol Homeostasis Play a Role in Endothelin
Medicated Endothelial Dysfunction?
Abstract | Research Page
Roham Zamanian, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Service
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Stanford University School of Medicine
Project Title: The Effect of Endothelin A and B Antagonism on Insulin
Resistance and Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Research Page