Past Recipients

ASCTS Foundation Research Grants for 2009

The Executive endorsed the issue of 4 grants at a total of $50,000:

• Two assessments at $15,000 each to David Winlaw and Silvana Marasco and,
• Two assessments at $10,000  each to Julie Mundy and Satsuki Fukushima.

1. David Winlaw -- "Modeling and treating the low cardiac output state".
2. Silvana Marasco -- "Carbon dioxide insufflation in cardiac surgery".
3. Julie Mundy -- "Randomized study to determine outcomes following AVR in age 55 to 70 years".
4. Satsuki Fukushima -- "Role of HMGB1 in the pathogens of aortic stenosis".

ASCTS Foundation Research Grants for 2010

The Executive endorsed the issue of 6 grants at $10,000 each at a total of $60,000.

Recipients of the grants were:

1. Julie Mundy "Randomized Aortic Valve Replacement Study in patients aged 55-70 years".
   
2. Bruce Garlick "Autologous Endothelialisation of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves".
   
3. Silvana Marasco _^"The role of apoptosis in primary graft failure in heart transplantation".
   
4. Pallav Shah "Treatment outcomes for IHD in dialysis-dependent patients".
   
5. Andrew Newcomb "Nitrix Oxide Metabolism, Cardiovascular Disease and Myocardial Injury".
   
6. Peter Pohlner "Functional outcomes, exercise capacity and recovery for patients after cardiac surgery".