Awards – Scientific Sessions 2024

Basic Research Prize:
Lauren Sansing, MD, MS, FAHA

Clinical Research Award:
Herman A. Taylor, Jr., MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC

Population Research Award:
Virginia J. Howard, PhD, FAHA

Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award:
Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, FAHA

Research Achievement Award:
Roderic I. Pettigrew, PhD, MD

Chairman's Award:
Robert Harrington, MD, FAHA

• Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, FAHA
• Pedro J. del Nido, MD, FAHA
• Jiang He, MD, PhD, FAHA
• Debra K. Moser, PhD, RN, FAHA
• Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, FAHA
• Stephen G. Young, MD, FAHA

Joseph A. Vita Award
Katherine A. Gallagher, MD

Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Research Goes Red® Award
Silvi Shah, MD, MS

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture
• Alan T. Remaley, MD, PhD, FAHA
• Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology
• Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD, FAHA
• Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis
• Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD, FAHA

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• George E. Brown Memorial Lecture
• Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD
• Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture
• Jane E. Freedman, MD, FAHA
• Thomas W. Smith Memorial Lecture
• Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD, FAHA

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Mid-Career Achievement Award and Lecture
• Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)

• Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture
• Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• William W. L. Glenn Lecture
• Debra A. Schwinn, MD, FAHA

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology
• Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC

• Laennec Clinician Educator Lecture
• Allan L. Klein, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture
• Holli A. DeVon, PhD, MS, RN, FAHA, FAAN
• Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award
• Anna Strömberg, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN, FESC

Council on Epidemiology and Prevention (EPI)

• Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture
• Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH, FAHA
• EPI Mid-Career Research Award and Lecture
• Christy L. Avery, PhD, FAHA

Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health (LCH)

• Robert I. Levy Memorial Lecture
• Jean-Pierre Després, CQ, PhD, FAHA

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Helen B. Taussig Memorial Lecture
• Gail D. Pearson, MD, ScD, FAHA
• William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecture
• Georges Bordage, MD, MSc, PhD

Stroke Council

• Stroke Council Award & Lecture
• Hooman Kamel, MD, FAHA

ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award in Arteriosclerosis

• Kathryn J. Moore, PhD, FAHA

BCVS Distinguished Achievement Award

• Xinliang (Xin) Ma, MD, PhD, FAHA

CLCD Distinguished Achievement Award

• Mina K. Chung, MD, FAHA

CVSN Distinguished Achievement Award

• Mariann R. Piano, RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN

Young Hearts Distinguished Achievement Award

• Brian W. McCrindle, MD, MPH, FAHA

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Arteriosclerosis       
• Hong Chen, PhD, FAHA
• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Thrombosis
• Elizabeth E. Gardiner, PhD
• ATVB Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology      
• Elizabeth J. Tarling, PhD, FAHA

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Best Abstract Award
  • Maki Niihori, PhD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• CVSN Best Abstract Award
• Dion Candelaria, PhD
• CVSN Clinical Article of the Year Award
• Lucinda J. Graven, PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN
• CVSN Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
• Ann Leonhardt-Caprio, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA
• CVSN Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award
• Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
• CVSN Mathy Mezey Excellence in Aging Award
• Tiny Jaarsma, RN, PhD, FAHA
• CVSN Research Article of the Year Award
  • Salah Al-Zaiti, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAHA
• CVSN Stroke Article of the Year Award
• Davide Bartoli, RN, MSN, PhD

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• CVSA Surgery and Anesthesiology Mentoring Award
• Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• Laennec Master Clinician Award
• Neil J. Stone, MD, FAHA
• Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award
• Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FAHA

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• GPM Medal of Honor
• Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD
• GPM Mentoring Award
• Thomas J. Wang, MD, FAHA

Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR)

• QCOR Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award
• Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHSc, FAHA

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young

• Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology
• Alicia M. Kamsheh, MD, MSCE
• Daniel O'Meara, MD
• Yanxu Yang, DPH
• Young Hearts Meritorious Achievement Award  
• Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA, FAHA

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)

• 3CPR Junior Investigator Travel Grant
• Tapan Dey, PhD
• Takahiro Hiraide, MD, PhD
• Merve Keles, PhD
• Timothy Klouda, DO
• Louise Linde, MD
• Fan Qiu, MD, PhD
• Luca Zazzeron, MD
• Katarina Zeder, MD, PhD

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)

• ATVB Scientific Sessions Travel Grants for Early Career Investigators
• Arinal Chairul Achyar, MD
• Aditya Adinata, MD
• Jae Hyun Byun
• Sarvesh Chelvanambi
• Constance Delwarde, PhD
• Krishan Gupta, PhD
• Hauke Horstmann, MD
• Prabhash K. Jha, PhD
• Fariborz Soheili, PhD, MSc
• Livia Stanger
• Lukas Tomas, MD, PhD
• Amelie Vromman, PhD
• Boyu Xia, MB, MS
• Xiaodong Xu
• Shikha Yadav, PhD

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• BCVS Abstract Travel Grant
• Mamata Hiraman Chaudhari, MS
• Shaoni Dasgupta
• Joice Thomas Gavali, PhD
• Pavi Guttipatti, MS
• Emily R. Hudson, MBA
• Henry Huo, PhD
• Muthu Kumar Krishnamoorthi, PhD
• Xisheng Li, PhD
• Wenting Lu, PhD
• John Lu, MPhil
• Immaculeta Osuji, MS
• Sushrut Shah

• BCVS International Travel Grant
• Vikash Jaiswal, MD
• Ashwin Roy, MBChB
• Emma Savoie
• M. Ahsan Siraj, PhD
• Amandine Vergnaud, MSc
• Kun Yu, MD

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)

• CVRI Early Career Investigator Travel Grant
• Elena Rimskaya, MD, PhD
• Camila Veronica Souza Freire, MD

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)

• CVSA Abstract Travel Grant
• Yuki Kuroda
• Meilynn Shi
• Zhuoming Zhou, MD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• CVSN Early Career Research Travel Grants
• Everlyne G. Ogugu, PhD, RN

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)

• GPM Abstract Travel Grant
• Syed Faaz Ashraf, MD
• Manasa Gurumoorthi, MD
• Aviram Hochstadt, MD, MPH
• Samuel Khodursky, PhD
• Ghaith Sharaf Dabbagh, MD

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)

• Young Hearts Abstract Travel Grant
• Robert Lao, HBSc
• Meredith K. Srour

Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR)

• QCOR Early Investigator Travel Grant
• Arya Aminorroaya, MD, MPH
• Anjali Bhatla, MD, MBA
• David Füller, MD
• Joshua Jacobs, PharmD
• Takahiro Nakashima, MD, PhD
• Havisha Pedamallu
• Aline Pedroso Camargos, PhD
• Kimberly L. Yan, MD

Stroke Council

• Stroke Travel Grant
• Temidayo Abe, MD
• Vibhor Agrawal, MBBS
• John Giacona, PhD, PA-C
• Hritvik Jain, MBBS
• Hans Mautong, MD
• Mohammad Ali Sheffeh, MD
• Shubham Tomar, MBBS, MPH
• Gabriela Trifan, MD
• Edward Woods, MD, MBA

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)

• BCVS Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
  • Dylan Valencia, PhD

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

• CLCD Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
  • Omar Cantu Martinez, MD
  • Valentina Castro

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)

• CVSN Educational Fund Travel Grant
  • Lori A. Erickson, PhD, MSN, CPNP-PC, FAHA

• CVSN Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant
  • Victoria M. Puplampu

Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

• PVD Fit Travel Grant
• Hanqiang Deng, PhD
• Andrea Elia, PhD
• Amanda M. Morrison, MD
• Sarbjeet Niraula, PhD
• Denis J. Wakeham, PhD