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FAER Award Recipients: Anesthesiology’s Bright
Stars
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Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
Board of Directors is pleased to announce the award
recipients from the February 2004 submissions. The
Foundation is grateful to ASA, its individual members,
component societies, subspecialty societies and corporations
for their generous contributions, which allow the
funding of these awards. We also appreciate the work
of all the applicants who submitted proposals and
the ASA Committee on Research for review of the proposals.
Application deadlines for the FAER award program are
February 15 and August 15
of each year. For the latest information,
please see FAER’s Web site at <www.FAER.org>.
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in Education Grant Recipient ($25,000 for two
years)
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Susan
Tebich, M.D., Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: “Validation
of a Method to Predict Sedation-Induced
Upper-Airway Obstruction.”
Mentor: Armin Schubert, M.D. |
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Fellowship Grant Recipient ($50,000 for one
year)
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Ken
M. Brady, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland: “The Role of
Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 alpha in Stroke
Pathogenesis.” Mentor: Raymond
Koehler, Ph.D. |
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| Research
Starter Grant Recipients ($85,000 for two years)
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Suzanne
Karan, M.D., University of Rochester,
New York: “Validation of a Method
to Predict Sedation-Induced Upper Airway-Obstruction.”
Mentors: Denham S. Ward, M.D., Ph.D.,
Michael L. Perlis, Ph.D. |
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Frederick
W. Lombard, M.B., Ch.B., Duke University
Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina:
“The Role of Platelet-Derived Growth
Factor AB in Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage in the Rabbit.” Mentors:
Laura E. Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., Cecil O.
Borel, M.D. |
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Christina
M. Pabelick, M.D., Mayo Clinic
and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota: “Regulation
of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Stores in
Airway Smooth Muscle: The Role of Cyclic
Nucleotides.” Mentors: Gary
C. Sieck, Ph.D., David O. Warner, M.D. |
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Kane
O. Pryor, M.B., Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, New York, New York:
“Resistance of Negative Emotional
Memory to GABA Drug Effect.” Mentor:
Robert A. Veselis, M.D. |
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Training Grant Recipients ($175,000 for two
years)
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A.
Murat Kaynar, M.D., Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts: “The
Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Neutrophil
Elastase in the Pathophysiology of Ventilator-Induced
Lung Injury.” Mentor: Steven
D. Shapiro, M.D. |
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Max
B. Kelz, M.D., Ph.D., University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
“Hypocretin Neurons and Hypnosis:
A Novel Site for Inhaled Anesthetic Action.”
Mentor: Roderic G. Eckenhoff, M.D. |
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Wolfgang
Steudel, M.D., University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado:
“HMG-CoA-Reductase Inhibitors and
Pulmonary Hypertension.” Mentor:
Uwe Christians, M.D., Ph.D. |
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