SCA Research Starter and Mid-Career Grants Winners

2007 SCA Starter Grants

Andre Heinen, M.D.
Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Does the Noble Gas Helium Protect the Aged Myocardium in Vivo? – Impact of Mitochondrial Ca++ K+-sensitive Channels”

Thomas Drabek, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Safar Center for Resuscitation
“The Effect of Microglial Activation on Neurologic Outcome after Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Rats”

2007 SCA Mid-Career Grant

Harry van Wezel, M.D., Ph.D.
Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Cerebrospinal Fluid Insulin and Glucose Concentrations and Endogenous Glucose Production during Neurohumoral Stress in Patients Undergoing CABG”

Gregory Hare, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Toronto and St. Micahel’s Hospital
Toronto, Canada
“The Threshold Hematocrit for Cerebral Hypoxia is Maintained by Protective Cerebrovasclar Mechanisms: The Role for Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS)”

Benjamin Drenger, M.D.
Hadassah University Hospital
Jerusalem, Israel
“:Hyperglycemia Abolishes Postconditioning Protection by Sevoflurane in the Diabetic Rat Heart”

Runner-Up

Nina Guzzetta, M.D.
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
“Coagulation Factor Levels and Thrombin Generation Curves: A Comparison Between Adults and Newborns”