Boehringer Ingelheim Developing World Award

Purpose: This award is for a researcher in the developing world* who has done outstanding work in the region.
(*BASED ON THE RESOURCE POOR COUNTRIES, ZONES AND TERRITORIES DEFINED BY HINARI)

Criteria: The nomination should include full curriculum vitae, a short resume of his/her research, no more than 5 publications, which the applicant considers as important publications and a letter of support from the applicant's mentor. The awardee will be expected to submit an abstract of his/her research for the ISH Scientific meeting.

Eligibility: Must be a member of the ISH. Previous winners of any senior award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

The ISH 2010 Boehringer Ingelheim Developing World Award will be presented at an Awards Ceremony and Presidential Lecture during its 23rd Biennial scientific meeting in Vancouver. Date: Wednesday 29th September 2010 Time: 16:00-17:30 hrs Venue: Vancouver Convention Centre New for 2010, the ISH Presidential Lecture will be given, not by the ISH President, but by Dr. Gary Owens, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville. USA and is entitled Epigenetic Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and Phenotypic Plasticity in Cardiovascular Disease. We hope to see you there! The ISH would like to thank corporate sponsors for their generous support.

Past winners:

2008	A Damasceno
2006	T Forrester
2004	O Akinkugbe
2002	L Liu