See descriptions of these awards.
![]() AHA/ASA/American Brain Lawrence M. Brass, M.D., Stroke Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Julie Siegenthaler, Ph.D. University of San Francisco Project Title: Regulation of blood vessel formation in the meninges and cerbral cortex by the transcription factor Foxc1 Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2007; Award End Date: June 30, 2009 Award Amount: $81,000 Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Project Title: Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Stroke and Consequences of Stroke Among Three Racial/Ethnic Groups Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: January 1, 2012; Award End Date: December 31, 2013 Award Amount: $130,000 Clotilde Balucani, M.D. SUNY, Downstate Project Title: The Rapid vascular Ultrasound evaluation and serial Neurological assessment in minor stroke and rapidly improving stroke Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: January 1, 2013; Award End Date: December 31, 2014 Award Amount: $130,000 |
![]() AHA/ASP Career Development Award David Seo, M.D. University of Miami Project Title: Identifying Novel Blood Biomarkers for Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly Program Type: Beginning Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2006; Award End Date: June 30, 2008 Award Amount: $132,000 Brian Stauffer, M.D. Denver Health Hospital. Project Title: Metabolic Syndrome and Endothelial t-PA Release in Older Adults Program Type: Beginning Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2007; Award End Date: June 30, 2009 Award Amount: $132,000 Erik Schelbert, M.D. University of Pittsburgh Project Title: Risk Stratification with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Program Type: Scientist Development Grant Award Start Date: July 1, 2009; Award End Date: June 30, 2013 Total Award Amount: $308,000 Michael Widlansky, M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin Project Title: Effect of a Combined Pedometer/Computerized Feedback Intervention on Vascular and LV Function in Older Adults Program Type: Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2010; Award End Date: June 30, 2012 Award Amount: $143,000 |
![]() AHA/CCF Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Research Award George Porter, M.D. Yale University Project Title: Calcium channel disruption, a new model of non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Program Type: Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2008; Award End Date: June 30, 2010 Award Amount: $198,000 Jay Reddy, D.V.M., Ph.D. University of NebraskaProject Title: Delineating autoimmunity in postinfectious myocarditis. Program Type: Scientist Development Grant Award Start Date: July 1, 2009; Award End Date: June 30, 2013 Award Amount: $308,000 |
![]() AHA/ASA/Emergency Medicine Foundation/Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Research Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award Erik Paul Hess, M.D. University of Ottawa Project Title: A Study to Derive and Validate a Clinical Decision Rule for Triage of Patients with Chest Pain Program Type: Fellow-to-Faculty Transition Award Award Start Date: July 1, 2007; Award End Date: June 30, 2012 Award Amount: $593,000 Micahel Cudnick, M.D. The Ohio State University Project Title: Improving Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Regional Geospatial Analysis Program Type: Scientist Development Grant Award Start Date: July 1, 2008; Award End Date: June 30, 2012 Award Amount: $308,000 |
![]() AHA/Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance Cardiology Research Award Mark Payne, M.D. Indiana University Project Title: Use of TAT-Frataxin to reverse the cardiomyopathy of Friedreich's Ataxia Program Type: Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2008; Award End Date: June 30, 2010 Award Amount: $143,000 Jonathan Silberg, Ph.D. Rice University Project Title: Split protein biosensors for imaging mitochondrial iron-sulfur clusters Program Type: Beginning Grant-in-Aid Award Start Date: July 1, 2009; Award End Date: June 30, 2011 Award Amount: $140,000 |
![]() AHA/Myocarditis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Brian Avanznio BS University of California, Davis Project Title: Regulation of cardiovirulent picornaviral protein synthesis Program Type: Predoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: January 1, 2013; Award End Date: December 31, 2014 Award Amount: $50,000 |
![]() AHA-Philips Resuscitation Fellowship Award Zeng-Jin Yang, Ph.D. John Hopkins University Project Title: Mechanisms of neonatal brain injury after asphyxic cardiac arrest Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2007; Award End Date: June 30, 2009 Award Amount: $100,000 Ohad Ziv, M.D. Rhode Island Hospital Project Title: The influence of underlying heart disease and genetic background on mechanism of Ventricular Fibrillation Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2008; Award End Date: June 30, 2010 Award Amount: $100,000 Patrick Sips, Ph.D. Massachusetts General Hospital Project Title: Impact of the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway on the outcome of cardiac arrest and resuscitation Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2009; Award End Date: June 30, 2011 Award Amount: $100,000 Hung Wei Lin, Ph.D. University of Miami Project Title: Protein Kinase C Delta Exacerbates Post-ischemic Cerebral Blood Flow Derangements After Cardiac Arrest Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2010; Award End Date: June 30, 2012 Award Amount: $96,476 Carmen Teodorescu, M.D., Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Project Title: Risk factors for pulseless electrical activity Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2011; Award End Date: June 30, 2013 Award Amount: $102,000 Nidia Quillinan, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Denver Project Title: NMDA receptor regulation in Purkinje cells following transient global ischemia Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2012; Award End Date: June 30, 2014 Award Amount: $100,000 |
![]() AHA/Pulmonary Hypertension Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Swapnil Sonkusare, Ph.D. University of VermontProject Title: TRPV4 and pressure modulation of calcium signaling in vascular endothelium Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2010; Award End Date: June 30, 2012 Award Amount: $83,000 Salina Garihe, Ph.D. University of South Alabama Project Title: Sphingosine 1 Phosphate Mediates Sustained Vasoconstriction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Program Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Start Date: July 1, 2011; Award End Date: June 30, 2013Award Amount: $85,496 |








