Pfizer Awards

Criteria: To be given to an investigator presenting a superior research project, at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meeting, in the study of basic mechanisms by which blood pressure and lipids interact in the development of cardiovascular disease.

Eligibility: Must be willing to join the ISH as a member following nomination/receipt of award. Previous winners of this award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

The ISH 2010 Pfizer 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. Dr. Owens is the foremost authority in terms of smooth muscle phenotype changes which occur during the development of cardiovascular diseases such as atheroma. Having studied with the famous Seattle group headed by Russell Ross, he has established his group in Charlottesville at the very forefront of cardiovascular research. Having had the opportunity to visit the group in 2009, the ISH President (Professor AM Heagerty) was very impressed by the vibrancy and enthusiasm of many of the young graduate students that Dr. Owens is attracting to his programmes and felt that he would be an ideal candidate to give the 2010 Presidential Lecture. There is no doubt that his lecture will be exciting and at the cutting edge of vascular biological science. We hope to see you there! The ISH would like to thank corporate sponsors for their generous support.

Past winners:

2008
M Iwai	J Kostis	M van der Giet
2006	O Yasuda / J Zhang
2004	J R Romero
2002	A Mihailidou / M Isshiki
2000	M Mardini / L Ludwig
1998	AD Hughes / RH Rao
1996	RD Bukoski / R Carmona
1994	J Floras
1992	SN Orlov
1990	H Nielsen