The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's Henry J. M. Barnett Scholarships

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC)'s Henry J. M. Barnett Scholarship is presented annually to a highly rated investigator working in the area of cerebrovascular research. This prestigious award was established to honour Dr. Henry J. M. Barnett’s exceptional contributions to stroke research, education, and patient care in Canada.

2009 - 2010      Dr. Hsiao-Huei Chen (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Mechanisms to reduce injury and improve recovery from stroke.  

2008 - 2009      Dr. Roger Thompson (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       A critical role for pannexin-1 hemichannels in excitotoxic neuronal death.

2007 - 2008      Dr. Ken Butcher (University of Alberta)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Cerebral perfusion and blood pressure in intracerebral hemorrhage: a safety study.

2006 - 2007      Dr. Michael Colicos (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Role of neuroligin during photoconductive stimulation-driven synaptic reorganization                         of mammalian neuronal networks.

2005 - 2006      Dr. Philip Barber (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Magnetic resonance molecular imaging (MRMI) of the early endothelial inflammatory                        response in focal ischemia.

2004 - 2005      Dr. Kathryn Todd (University of Alberta)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Investigations of novel strategies to improve cellular and behavioral outcomes after                         adult and perinatal cerebral ischemia.

2003 - 2004      Dr. Shayna Rosenbaum (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto)
                       HSFC Research Fellow
                       Integration of affective and cognitive processing within the frontal lobes in stroke.

2002 - 2003      Dr. James Kennedy (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC Research Fellow
                       Patient preferences for outcome with thrombolysis following acute ischemic stroke.

2001 - 2002      Dr. Michael Hill (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Stratifying risk in acute ischemic stroke.

2000 - 2001      Dr. Richard Frayne (University of Calgary)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Endovascular MR system for stroke therapy.

1999 - 2000      Dr. David Steinman (University of Western Ontario)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Computational imaging of hemodynamics and vascular disease.

1998 - 1999      Dr. Peter Chidiac (University of Western Ontario)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                       Mechanism of receptor-effector coupling specificity.

1997 - 1998      Dr. Jerome Yager (University of Saskatchewan)
                       HSFC New Investigator
                     Influence of thermoregulation on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in the immature rat.