SSCI Young Investigator Award

First Place
Fadi Hage, University of Alabama at Birmingham for Exaggerated Neointima Formation in Human C-Reactive Protein Transgenic Mice is IGG FC Receptor Type I (FCyR1) Dependent.

Second Place
Tomomi Toubai, University of Michigan for Induction of Indoleamine 2, 3 Dioxygenase (IDO) in Dendritic Cells by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors is Critical for Regulation of Actute GVHD Following Experimental Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Third Place
John Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham for IL-17 Augment Type I IFN-Mediated Antibody Production in BXD2 Auto-Immune Mouse

SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Travel Awards

S Ahmad, University of Mississippi
S Alsafwah, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
P Atwal, Coney Island Hospital
E Barkoudah, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
DL Battin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
AR Bhuiyan, Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health
PA Deshmukh, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
AR Gosmanov, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
S Haq, University of Oklahoma
SE Harrington, Virginia Commonwealth University
KR Hegazy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
M Idowu, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
WS Jaber, Emory University
JS Jensen, Emory University
J John, Oklahoma University
G Kamalov, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
RR Kempker, Emory University
QM Khan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
P Kumar, Tulane University
C Lassiter, Emory University
N Lomtadze, Emory University
MC McDonald, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
AJ Mehr, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Z Mulkey, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
RE Nisbet, Emory University
EA Nyenwe, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
C Pant, Louisiana State University, Shreveport
DG Patel, Medical College of Georgia
NA Patel, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
BM Paulus, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
K Phisitkul, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
E Pimenta, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Y Selektor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
MS Shook, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
NK Somanna, Tulane University
S Stavrakis, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
AL Sumrall, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Y Sun, University of South Florida
NJ Talati, Emory University
B Tang, University of Tennessee
BA Taylor, Emory University
JK Taylor, University of Mississippi Medical Center
E Vellaichamy, Tulane University
AJ Weissman, Lenox Hill Hospital
D Zhao, Tulane University













Award Recipients

TINSLEY HARRISON AWARD

Vijaya Juturu, Nutrition 21, Inc. for Chromium Picoinate and Biotin Combination Reduces Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial


The Tinsley Harrison Award was presented by Hop Weschler, Publisher, Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins (left) and David W. Ploth, MD, Editor, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (right).

SAFMR/SSCI YOUNG FACULTY AWARDS

R Raj, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
JS Hrom, University of Mississippi
Y Higashi, Tulane University School of Medicine


From left to right: Shanthi Sitaraman; John M. Arthur; R Raj, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; JS Hrom, University of Mississippi; Y Higashi, Tulane University School of Medicine; Donald E. Wesson; L. Lee Hamm


SSCI Young Investigator Award – 1st place Fadi Hage, University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented by L. Lee Hamm, MD


SSCI Young Investigator Award – 2nd place Tomomi Toubai, University of Michigan, presented by L. Lee Hamm, MD


SSCI Young Investigator Award – 3rd place John Wang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, presented by L. Lee Hamm, MD

 






S-AFMR/SSCI Student Research Awards

KI Davis, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
KD Goodwin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
ED Hood, University of South Florida
LB McMullan, University of Mississippi Medical Center
M Neal, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
W Odunusi, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
M Roberts, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
L Semprun-Prieto, Tulane University School of Medicine
HF Todd, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
JT Whaley, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
YH Zeidan, Medical University of South Carolina

Acknowledgments
The SSCI and SAFMR would like to acknowledge Abbott, Centocor, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Novartis Pharmaceutical, Ortho Biotech, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals for their generous unrestricted educational grant support of the 2007 awards program and meeting.

SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Research Award

Jason K. Taylor

SAFMR/SSCI Best Scoring Abstract by a Faculty Member

Yusuke Higashi, MD, Tulane University

SAFMR/SSCI Best Scoring Abstract by a Trainee:

Rachel E. Nisbet, MD, Emory