Cournand and Comroe Early Career Investigator Prize in Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation

Award Recipients

Award Recipients
Year	Awardee
2022	Lloyd David Harvey, MD, PhD Genetic Control of Lysosomal Dysfunction Reprograms Sterol Metabolism in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2021	Sasha Z. Prisco, MD, PhD Intermittent Fasting Enhances Right Ventricular Function in Preclinical Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2020	Malik Bisserier, PhD Lung-targeted SIN3a gene therapy as a promising strategy to restore BMPR2 expression in pulmonary arterial hypertension
2019	Taijyu Satoh, MD, PhD Novel Rodent Model of Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension (EIPH) in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
2018	Lai-Ming Yung, PhD ActRIIA-Fc Rebalances Activin/GDF and BMP9 Signaling to Attenuate Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension
2017	Nobuhiro Kikuchi, MD, PhD Selenoprotein P Promotes the Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-A Possible Novel Therapeutic Target
2016	Ling Wang, MD, PhD Five-Coordinate H64Q Neuroglobin as a Ligand-Trap Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
2015	Alexander Rothman, MA, MSc MicroRNA-140 Regulates Disease Phenotype in Experimental PAH and Identifies SMURF1 as a Novel Therapeutic Target
2014	Ke Yuan, PhD Activation of the Wnt/Planar Cell Polarity Pathway is Required for Pericyte Recruitment During Pulmonary Angiogenesis
2013	Roxane Paulin, PhD Mitochondrial Suppression Due to Loss of Sirt3 Deacetylase Activity Causes Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2012	John Ryan, MB, MCh Augmenting Mitofusin-2 in Females With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Increases Mitochondrial Fusion, Reduces Smooth Muscle Cell Hyperproliferation and Regresses Experimental Disease
2011	Hirofumi Sawada, MD Reduced BMPR2 Increases GM-CSF mRNA Translation by Inhibiting eIF2α Mediated Stress Granule Formation and Propensity to Pulmonary Vascular Disease
2010	Thenappan Thenappan, MD A Central Role for CD68(+) Pulmonary Intravascular Macrophages in the Etiology of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: Syndrome Reversal by Macrophage Depletion
2009	Dechaboon Changsirivathanathamrong, MBBS Kynurenine Is a Novel Contributor to Hypotension in Human Sepsis
2008	Paul Chan, MD Long-Term Effects of a Rapid Response Team on Hospital-Wide Code Rates and Mortality

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must be working in an area of research related to pulmonary, perioperative, resuscitation, or critical care biology.
Abstract must be submitted to one of the categories for presentation at Scientific Sessions in which the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation is the lead/primary sponsor. View a list of Council Awards and Travel Grants Available by Abstract Category and Community (PDF). Make sure that your abstract has been submitted in a category listed under the award for which you want to apply.
Applicant must be active in research and within 10 years of completion of terminal degree or highest certificate (e.g., MSc, PhD), or within 10 years of completing medical fellowship or residency, as of the award application date. Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, instructors, and research associates are welcome to apply.
All applicants for the award must be members of the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR). If you need to become an AHA Professional Member, you should do so one week prior to the application submission deadline for your member status to be processed in time for the application submission deadline. Learn more about AHA Professional Membership.
An individual may not compete for similar early career investigator awards from the other American Heart Association Scientific Councils for the same conference.
Only one manuscript per candidate will be considered.
The applicant must be the first and presenting author, although the manuscript may have co-authors. The presenting author of an accepted abstract must be registered for Scientific Sessions. Additional information about registration and fees may be found on the Scientific Sessions website.
Previous winners and finalists are not eligible to re-enter the competition in subsequent years. However, applicants may apply for a different award program in which they haven't previously been a winner or finalist
Abstracts associated with a published manuscript can be presented an AHA scientific event if the manuscript was published after the time the abstract was submitted to the event, however the abstract will not be published as a part of the journal publication.
Applicants must adhere to the AHA Embargo Policy.
The work covered by the abstract must not have been presented at a national or international meeting or world congress before the date and time of presentation at Scientific Sessions.
The abstract must comply with the General Abstracts Submission Guidelines (PDF) as outlined by the Committee on Scientific Sessions Program.
Abstracts eligible for this award must be based upon projects that adhere to the American Heart Association’s policies governing all research awards, regardless of whether the project was funded by the American Heart Association. These policies include (but are not limited to) research using human subjects or animals and stem cell research.
Notwithstanding the above, the AHA Officers have the discretion to determine eligibility for the award in extraordinary circumstances when there is an issue relating to AHA policy or positions or other potentially controversial issue relating to the positioning or perception of the AHA.

Evaluation Criteria

Panels of distinguished researchers, scientists, nurses, clinicians, and academicians representing the breadth of cardiovascular disease and stroke will judge applications. Applications will be judged on the:

Scientific merit of the abstract.
Quality and originality of the manuscript.
Letter from the candidate's sponsor and any other included reference letters.
Oral abstract presentation at Scientific Sessions (finalists only). The finalist must be the presenter of his/her submission and no alternates or proxy will be allowed.

How to Apply / Required Documents

Electronic submission through the Council Awards Application System is required. Hard copies of any part of the application cannot be accepted.

Your application file should contain the following documents in PDF format:

AHA abstract in accordance with AHA rules and regulations for submitting abstracts to Scientific Sessions. Please note that this abstract must first be submitted through the AHA's Scientific Sessions website before the abstract submission deadline. Visit Scientific Sessions to submit your abstract before submission of this award application. Your abstract control number will be needed on the award application form.
An unpublished manuscript or manuscript in preparation based on independent research to be presented in the submitted abstract. (35-page limitation, including references, tables, and figures.) The applicant must be the first and presenting author, although the manuscript may have co-authors. The work covered by the submitted abstract must not have been presented at a national or international meeting before presentation at the AHA scientific event. If so, the abstract must be withdrawn.
Curriculum vitae and bibliography.
A letter of support detailing how much of the design and research work was done by the candidate and by any co-investigators. The candidate's immediate supervisor, division head, department chairman, or institute director must write this statement. In case of multi-authored manuscripts, the supervisor should also indicate that among all the co-authors the applicant is the most appropriate candidate for the award, and offer rationale for this opinion. Supportive statements of the candidate and his or her relevant qualifications as a researcher are also encouraged.

Though not required, up to two additional letters of support or reference from individuals familiar with the applicant, his or her background, or his or her research may be submitted. Inclusion of additional support letters does not guarantee higher consideration of an application, but can be beneficial.

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Prize

Finalists for the Early Career Investigator Awards competitions associated with Scientific Sessions will be announced in August. The top candidates for the Cournand and Comroe Award will present their research results at Scientific Sessions.

Each finalist will also receive the following:

Cash award: The first-prize winner will receive a plaque and $1,500; the other finalists will each receive a plaque and $1,000.
Complimentary council dinner ticket, plus recognition at the council dinner.

Each finalist will be designated in the Scientific Sessions online supplement to Circulation. Acceptance for the competition does not guarantee publication in any other American Heart Association sponsored journal. Abstracts associated with a published manuscript can be presented an AHA scientific event if the manuscript was published after the time the abstract was submitted to the event, however the abstract will not be published as a part of the journal publication.

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