Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

John D. Schultz Science Student Scholarships

RECIPIENTS FOR SUMMER 2009

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's John D. Schultz Science Student Scholarship awards.

In memory of John D. Schultz, a former President of HSFO who served for fifteen years as Director and was President from 1975 to 1978, the Board of Directors has established scholarships to allow Ontario university science students to spend three summer months in cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular research.

These scholarships are provided annually in Ontario for students enrolled in university science programs to introduce them to the field of medical research during the summer months. The scholarships are valued at $4,000.00 for a period of three months.

An official letter will be sent to all applicants and their supervisors the week of May 18, 2009. The Foundation requests that you do not write or telephone with any enquiries before receiving this letter.


 Student and Project

 Supervisor and Institution
 Timour Al-Khindi
 Neurocognitive function following aneurysmal sub-arachnoid
 hemorrhage.
  Dr Tom A. Schweizer
 St. Michael's Hospital
 Julia Assini
 Regulation of hepatic lipoprotein secretion by the flavonoid
 nobiletin.
 		 Dr. Murray W. Huff
 Robarts Research Institute
 Marko Balan
 Regulation of the coxsackie - adenovirus receptor in
 cardiomyocytes.
 		 Dr. Anne Opavsky
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Bogdan Mihai Beca
 High-throughput screening of mechano-biological factors that
 regulate valve fibrosis.
 		 Dr. Craig A. Simons
 University of Toronto
 Anu R. Bhagat
 Effects of cardiac rehabilitation for individuals after transient
 ischemic attack.
 		 Dr. Dina Brooks
 University of Toronto
 Rajesh Bhayana
 Genetic determinants of atherosclerosis: focus on metabolic
 syndrome.
  Dr. Robert Hegele
 University of Western Ontario
 Daniel E. Bierstone
 Therapeutic strategies in experimental chronic total occlusions.
  Dr. Bradley H. Strauss
 Sunnybrook Health Sciences
 Centre
 Michael Steven Bohnen
 Chronic total occlusions: clinical context and development of a
 porcine coronary artery model.
  Dr. Graham A. Wright
 Sunnybrook Health Sciences
 Centre
 Long (Jack) Cheng
 Finding dysregulated genes in a mouse model of aortic
 valvular stenosis.
 		 Dr. S. Lee Adamson
 Mount Sinai Hospital
 Ambuj Y. Dewan
 Resynchronization / defibrilation for Ambulatory Heart Failure
 Trial (RAFT): the health economic evaluation.
  Dr. George A. Wells
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 Nishant J. Fozdar
 The effect of nut consumption on cardiovascular risk factors:
 makers of oxidative damage.
  Dr. David J. A. Jenkins
 University of Toronto,
 St. Michael's Hospital
 Joanna Gotfrit
 Evaluation of metabolic pharmacological therapies in the
 treament of a human cardiac glycogen storage disease.
  Dr. Robert S. Beanlands
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 Yayi Huang
 Role of the elastin binding protein in the polymeric assembly of
 elastin.
  Dr. Fred W. Keely
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Dylan C. Kain
 Heat shock paradoxes and "danger signal" in post-MI
 remodeling.
  Dr. Peter Liu
 University of Toronto
 Amanda Khan
 The effect of erythropoietin treatment on metabolic changes in
 brain tissue after stroke.
  Dr. Robert Bartha
 University of Western Ontario
 Shane Daniel Klein
 Prevalence of metabolic syndrome X in acute coronary
 syndrome population - prospective observational study.
  Dr. Valeria E. Rac
 St. Michael's Hospital
 Stephanie C. Kulhawy
 Role of GRK2 in the regulation of hypertension. 		 Dr. Stephen S. G. Ferguson
 University of Western Ontario
 Runjun Kumar
 Statistical analysis of genetic variants influencing
 electro-cardiographic QT interval duration.
  Dr. Paul I. W. de Bakker
 Brigham and Women's
 Hospital, Harvard University
 Stanley Lam
 Structure - function analyses of drug interactions with L-type
 calcium channels.
  Dr. David Spafford
 University of Waterloo
 Aaron H. H. Lau
 Histidine-rich glycoprotein modulates coagulation.
  Dr. Jeffrey I. Weitz
 McMaster University
 Alexander Leung
 Regulation of the membrane-anchored chemokine fractalkine
 by thromboxane A2.
  Dr. Lisa Robinson
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Joyce W. M. Li
 Soluble endoglinin preeclampsia.
  Dr. Michelle Letarte
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Jennifer J. Liu
 Altered noradrenegic signaling transduction in the development of
 cardiac dysfunction in diabetes: role of glycemic therapy.
  Dr. Jean DaSilva
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 Emily A. Manthorp
 Elucidation of pathways involved in enhanced matrix therapy for
 tissue vascularization.
  Dr. Erik J. Suuronen
 University of Ottawa
 Lynda Mao
 Mechanisms of hepatic dyslipidema in insulin resistant states.
  Dr. Khosrow Adeli
 University of Toronto,
 Hospital for Sick Children
 Joseph G. Mathew
 Analysis of short-term and long-term risk factors for stroke post
 cardiac surgery.
  Dr. Richard P. Whitlock
 McMaster University
 Cameron S. McAlpine
 Investigating the role of glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3 in
 diabetic atherogenesis.
  Dr. Geoff H Werstuck
 McMaster University
 Jonathan K. McLeod
 Simulation of intra-cardiac heart-valve surgery.
 Dr. Terry Peters
 University of Western Ontario
 Sabrina Nurmohamed
 Timing of DNA replication and DNA methylation of endothelial
 specific genes during the cell cycle.
  Dr. Philip Marsden
 University of Toronto
 Mark Roufaiel
 Role of intimal dendritic cells in atherogenesis.
  Dr. Myron Cybulsky
 Toronto General Hospital
 Research Institute
 Bo Kyung (Alex) Seong
 Defining the functional determinants in the amino terminal domain
 of RGS4.
 Dr. Scott P. Heximer
 University of Toronto
 Ushananthini Shanmugalingam
 Biomaterials for endogenous stem cell brain repairt after stroke.
  Dr. May C. Griffith
 University of Ottawa
 Tushar Shukla
 Analysis of significant single nucleotide polymorphisms associated
 with coronary artery disease.
  Dr. Robert Roberts
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 Belle Song
 Dysregulation of protein expression in endothelial progenitor cells
 from patients with coronary artery disease: a proteomics
 approach.
  Dr. Duncan Stewart
 Ottawa Hospital Research
 Institute
 Stefania Spano
 Vascular effects of increased VEGF expression following NPC
 transplantation into injured rat spinal cord.
  Dr. Michael G. Fehlings
 University of Toronto,
 Toronto Western Hospital
 Michael J. Stein
 Risk factors for atherosclerosis in pediatric rheumatic diseases.
  Dr. Earl D. Silverman
 University of Toronto
 Matthew Ta
 Identifying the mechanism whereby a mitochondrial protease
 variant increases the risk for coronary artery disease
  Dr. Alexandre F. R. Stewart
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 Christopher L. Tarola
 Regulation of G protein-coupled receptor kinase-2 in
 hypertension.
  Dr. Robert Gros
 Robarts Research Institute
 Ashley L. Thomas
 Mechanisms underlying the anti-hypertrophic effect of adenosine.
  Dr. Morris Karmazyn
 University of Western Ontario
 Shelinna M. Y. Xu
 Molecular characterization of the common Pro88Ser Connexis
 mutation.
  Dr. Michael Gollob
 University of Ottawa
 Heart Institute
 
 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 May 2009 )