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Grant Application Increase Shows
Healthy Growth; 2003 Award Recipients Announced
The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(FAER) Board of Directors is pleased to announce 10
award recipients from the August 2003 submissions
(seven Research Training Grants, one Research Starter
Grant and two Research Education Grants). The news
this year is quite good. The ASA Committee on Research
reported that the quality of the proposals was the
best in recent memory. The yearly applications increased
from 36 to 45 (25 percent), and the FAER Board voted
to fund 19 out of 45 (42 percent).
We now have 30 active grants and have committed program
expenditures of $1.4 million for the year versus $70,000
in 2002. In spite of this significant increase, there
remained several grant-worthy proposals that we are
unable to fund. Their existence is good news and a
challenge to generate ongoing support for anesthesiology
research.
FAER Mentorship Program
In addition to the outstanding new recipients, the
FAER Board is initiating a program to recognize the
past, present and future contributions of research
mentors. At the fall FAER Board meeting, John P. Kampine,
M.D., Ph.D., and Mentor Committee members, Ronald
G. Pearl, M.D., Ph.D., Ronald D. Miller, M.D., Alex
S. Evers, M.D., and Simon Gelman, M.D., Ph.D., recommended
that FAER initiate a Mentorship Award and establish
an Academy of Mentors. This academy will recognize
academic anesthesiologists and others who have demonstrated
outstanding contributions to the development of young
anesthesiologist investigators. This should be a highly
select group who will be a resource for the development
of new mentors and role models in academic anesthesiology.
Congratulations again to the following award recipients
and their mentors.
Research Starter Grant ($35,000
Year 1, $50,000 Year 2)
Jian-Zhong Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
“Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide in B-adrenergic
Stimulation Induced Myocardial Ischemic Injury in
the Aging Heart.” Mentor: Xin L. Ma, M.D.,
Ph.D.
Research Training Grants ($75,000 Year 1, $100,000 Year
2)
Jason A. Campagna, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts
General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts: “Characterization
of the Distribution and Function of DL-M, a Novel Gene
of the DRAGON Family, at the Neuromuscular Junction.”
Mentor: Clifford Woolf, M.D., Ph.D.
Joseph F. Cotton, M.D., Ph.D., University
of California, San Francisco, California: “PIP2
and Volatile Anesthetic Regulation of Tandem Pore Potassium
Channels.” Mentor: Charles S. Yost, M.D.
Giovanni Cucchiaro M.D., Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
“Neurophysiological Basis of Epibatidine-ABT-594
Mediated Analgesia.” Mentor: Rita G. Valentino,
Ph.D.
Juan C. Ibla M.D., Children’s
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts: “Pulmonary Barrier
Function: Hypoxic Modulation by the Ecto-5'nucleotidase
(CD73).” Mentor: Sean P. Colgan, Ph.D.
Chanhung Z. Lee M.D., Ph.D., University
of California, San Francisco, California: “Role
of Matrix Metalloproteinase in Cerebral Angiogenesis.”
Mentor: William L. Young, M.D.
Sean C. Mackey M.D., Ph.D., Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford, California:
“Imaging Neural Systems in Complex Regional Pain
Syndrome.” Mentor: Gary Glover, Ph.D.
Guido Musch M.D., Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts: “Regional Effects
of Alveolar Recruiting Strategies on Gas Exchange and
Cellular Inflammation in Acute Lung Injury.” Mentor:
Jose G. Venegas, Ph.D.
[More award recipients will be featured in the
next “FAER Report.”]
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