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(Circulation. 1998;97:511-515.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.

Cardiovascular News

Awards and Named Lecturers at the American Heart Association 70th Scientific Sessions

The 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association were held in Orlando, Fla, November 8 through 12, 1997. A traditional highlight of the annual AHA Scientific Sessions is the recognition of excellence in clinical and basic cardiovascular research via the Scientific Councils' distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator competitions. The awardees and nominees for these distinguished lectureships, awards, and Young Investigator competitions are as follows.

Research Awards

Council on Cardiovascular Nursing New Investigator Award: Sabina DeGeest (second place), Leuven University, Belgium; Barbara Drew (first place), University of California, San Francisco; and Shirley Moore (third place), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Fig 1).

View larger version (117K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Cardiovascular Nursing New Investigator Award. From left: Kathleen King, council vice chair; nominees Sabina DeGeest, second place; Barbara Drew, first place; and Shirley Moore, third place; Kathy Grady, program chair; and Gayle Whitman, council chair.

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention for Investigators in Training: Julie Dubnisson (winner), Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Amy Hakim, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville; and Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen, University of Kuopio, Finland (Fig 2).

View larger version (115K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. (top) Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award. From left: Tom Pearson, council chair; nominees Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen; Amy Hakim; and Julie Dubnisson, winner; and Aaron Folsom, program chair.

Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research Awards for Young Investigators: Jan Boren (winner), Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco; Stanley L. Hazen, Washington University, St Louis, Mo; Makoto Kuro-o, National Institute of Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan; Toyoaki Murohara, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, . . . [Full Text of this Article]