2006 Student Presentation Award Competition

Basic Research Category

Winner:

SH Mei, Toronto, ON
RESCUE OF ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN RESPONSETO LPS BY MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS OVEREXPRESSING ANGIOPOIETIN-1

Runner-ups:

MC Lekas, Toronto, ON
IMPAIRED NEOVASCULARIZATION IN RESPONSE TO HINDLIMB ISCHEMIA IN TIE2-DEFICIENT MICE

EK Butler, Toronto, ON
DYNAMIC ENGRAFTMENT OF ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS IS DEPENDENT ON TIMING OF CARDIAC INJECTION POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Clinical Research Category

Winner:

M Lordkipanidzé, Montreal, QC
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT DOSING REGIMENS OF CLOPIDOGREL GIVEN BEFORE ELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION ON PLATELET FUNCTION

Runner-up:

BS Schick, Vancouver, BC
DECREASED SKELETAL MUSCLE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA IN PATIENTS ON HIGH-DOSE SIMVASTATIN THERAPY