Extended deadline: June 1, 2006
Dr. Kiichi Sagawa was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University and is considered by many to be the founder of the Pressure-Volume Relationship concept of the heart (Professors Suga and Sunagawa are but two of the many prominent cardiovascular investigators that trained with Professor Sagawa). Kiichi Sagawa passed away in the fall of 1989, much too soon at and the pinnacle of his career. Initiated by his former students and endowed by a generous gift from the Millar company, The Kiichi Sagawa Young Investigator’s Award was established in 1992.
Eligibility criteria
Applicants with less than 8 years post-doctoral experience may compete for this Award. They need not be members of the Cardiovascular Systems Dynamics Society. On the basis of the same research work, qualified applicants may compete for the Nico Westerhof Award but not for the Ed Yellin Award.
Submission
The competition entry is based on an unpublished manuscript in the cardiovascular sciences of which the applicant must be the first author. Six copies, double-spaced with figures must be sent to:
Frits W. Prinzen, Ph.D.
President, Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society
Associate Professor of Physiology
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands
Alternatively, a PDF file submission may be emailed to:
Frits.prinzen@fys.unimaas.nl
The deadline for submission is June 1, 2006. Note that applicants are required to register for the meeting and also to submit an abstract of the award entry for poster presentation (DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006). The committee will select 5 applicants to present their papers at the CSDS meeting on July 2, 2006. Selection of the winners will be based on the oral presentation.
The Award
The winner will receive US$750, the applicant placed second, US$500, and the one placed third, US$250. Presentation of the awards will take place at the CSDS meeting on July 2, 2004. The 5 finalists in the Kiichi Sagawa Young Investigator’s Competition will also receive full registration refunds at the conclusion of the CSDS meeting.
Dr. Nico Westerhof has contributed greatly to our knowledge of the heart and the circulation. He developed various concepts from basic research which are applicable to the clinic. Who hasn't heard of his three-element Windkessel concept of the arterial system or of his elastance concept that describes the influence of cardiac contraction on coronary blood flow? The Nico Westerhof Award was initiated by his former trainees and the Free University of Amsterdam and was established in 2002.
Eligibility criteria
Students completing their doctoral degrees (MD, PhD) and young post-doctoral fellows who, at the date of the CSDS meeting, are no more than 3 years from the date their degree was awarded are eligible for this award. On the basis of the same research work, qualified applicants may compete for the Kiichi Sagawa Young Investigator’s Award but not for the Ed Yellin Award.
Submission
The deadline for submission is June 1, 2006. Note that applicants are required to register for the meeting and also to submit an abstract of the award entry for poster presentation (DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006). The committee will select 5 applicants to present their papers at the CSDS meeting on July 2, 2006. Selection of the winners will be based on the oral presentation.
The Award
His former PhD students, supported by the Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the VU University Medical Center, have raised a fund enabling the Nico Westerhof Award. They felt that Nico Westerhof can be honored best by assigning the Award for a striking new concept, presented by a beginning investigator. The winner of the award will receive US$ 750 and a sculpture.
Dr. Ed Yellin has performed most of his work at the Albert Einstein University, New York (Dr. Yellin always referred to it as “The Bronx”). Dr. Yellin has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the relaxation and the filling of the heart and has trained many distinguished cardiovascular scientists over the years. Dr. Yellin’s family has created an endowment to allow for the establishment of an award competition in his name to be held at the CSDS meetings. The first Yellin Award was presented in 2004.
Eligibility criteria The Ed Yellin Award has been established to reward research that promotes improved understanding of cardiovascular dynamics by exploring the relationships between cellular and organ-level function. If the research is primarily molecular/cellular, then, in keeping with the roots of the Cardiovascular Systems Dynamic Society, the relevance to cardiovascular function should be thoroughly and clearly introduced and discussed. Similarly, if the research is primarily at the organ/systems level, then the work should thoroughly and clearly introduce and discuss issues that are accessible to study at the molecular/cellular level. Qualified applicants may not concurrently compete in the other award categories based on the same work (i.e. Kiichi Sagawa Young Investigator’s or the Nico Westerhof Awards). There is no age limitation for this award.
Submission The competition entry is based on an unpublished manuscript only. Papers submitted for this award are not eligible for submission for other awards. Multiple authorships are acceptable, indeed encouraged to promote integration, but the authors must select only one person to receive the award, although all will be honored. Six copies, double-spaced with figures must be sent to:
Frits W. Prinzen, Ph.D.
President, Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society
Associate Professor of Physiology
Maastricht University
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands
Alternatively, a PDF file submission may be emailed to: Frits.prinzen@fys.unimaas.nl
The deadline for submission is June 1, 2006. Note that applicants are required to register for the meeting and also to submit an abstract of the award entry for poster presentation (DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2006). The manuscripts will be evaluated by a committee that will select the winner.
The Award The winner will present a 20-minute talk followed by 10 minutes for discussion during the regular invited speaker session of the meeting. Following the presentation, the award will be presented by Dr. Yellin. The winner will receive US$1000.