Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Clinican Scientist Special Competition

Competition Results

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) is pleased to announce the scientists from Ontario who were awarded the Clinician Scientist award in the 2006 competition.

These results posted below are to be considered preliminary only. The standard stipend applies to Clinician Scientist awards.

Details are listed below:

Phase I

Name
Institution
Project
Supervisor
Gladstone, David J.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Stroke prevention for high-risk patients: Identifying barriers and creating solutions
Kapral, Moira K. ICES
Co-supervisor: Black, Sandra E.
Gollob, Michael H.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Genetic determination of atrial fibrillation
Roberts, Robert,University of Ottawa Heart Institute
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Dennis T.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Genetic Appropriateness and necessity of coronary angiogram
Alter, David, ICES
Spears, Julian
St. Michael's Hospital
International, Prospective, Multi-Centre Study of Radiographic and Clinical Events in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysms >= 1 cm
Wallace, Christopher M. Toronto Western Hospital

Phase II

Name
Institution
Project
Bates, Shannon M.
McMaster University
Simplifying the diagnosis and prevention of venous thromboembolism in challenging patient populations
Birnie, David H.
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Importance of Mechanical Dyssynchrony and Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients
Kahr, Walter H.A.
Hospital for Sick Children
The role of VPS33B in platelet alpha granule formation
Kutryk, Michael J.B.
St. Michael’s Hospital
Novel Applications of Progenitor Endothelial Cells
Martino, Rosemary
University of Toronto
Psychometric testing of three new scales measuring impairment in stroke patients with swallowing disorders
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 June 2007 )