GRANT WINNERS

2010 SCA Foundation Grant Recipients

SCA/IARS Starter Grants

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Timo Brandenburger, M.D.
University Hospital Duesseldorf, Germany
Effects of microRNA-1 knockdown on IGF-1 and cMet expression and impact on hypoxia-induced cell death in rat myoblast cells H9c2

Tetsuro Sakai, M.D., Ph.D
University of Pittsburgh
Role of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase in Stem Cell Mediated Neuronal Protection In Vitro

Roizen Anesthesia Research Foundation New Investigator Grant

Joern A. Karhausen, M.D., Ph.D
Duke University Medical Center
The intestinal injury in a rat model of deep hypothermic cardiac arrest: critical role of mucosal mast cells for barrier function and inflammation

SCA/IARS Mid-Career Grant

Gregory MT Hare, M.D.
St. Michael's Hospital
Determining the Hemoglobin Threshold for Hypoxic Cellular Responses: Studies in Anemic Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-ODD-Luciferase Mice


2009 SCA Foundation Grant Recipients

SCA/IARS Starter Grants

Mark A. Lovich, M.D., Ph.D.
Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University Medical Center
Pericardial Inotropic Therapy: a new paradigm for studying heart contraction

Martina Nowak-Machen, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
CD39 modulates NKT cell-induced oxygen toxicity in the lung

Roizen Anesthesia Research Foundation New Investigator Grant

Matthias L. Riess, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Free radicals and mitochondrial function - how does genetic predisposition affect cardioprotection by volatile anesthetics?

SCA/IARS Mid-Career Grant

Qing Ma, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
PPAR gamma as a novel therapeutic target in perioperative cerebral injury following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest