Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's McDonald Scholarships



The McDonald Scholarship was established in honour of Mr. Ewing (Mac) McDonald, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s Executive Director from 1968 to 1987. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to the highest-rated applicant in the New Investigator competition. The award is valued at more than $300,000 over a period of five years.

2009 - 2010    Dr. David Hess (Robarts Research Institute)
                     Cellular progenitors and molecular mediators of vascular regeneration.   

                     Dr. Shelagh Coutts (University of Calgary)
                     CT and MRI in the triage of TIA and minor cerebrovascular events (CATCH).

2008 - 2009    Dr. Christopher Ahern (University of British Columbia)
                     Investigating anti-arrhythmic inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels with                              unnatural amino acids and fluorescence spectroscopy.

2007 - 2008    Dr. John Seubert (University of Alberta)
                      Role of eicosanoids in the heart: implications of arachidonic acid and its metabolites                       in regulating myocardial function and ischemic injury.

2006 - 2007    Dr. Angela Devlin (University of British Columbia)
                      Nutrition, epigenetics & risk for cardiovascular disease.

2005 - 2006    Dr. Gregory Miller (University of British Columbia)
                     Depression, inflammation, and risk for coronary heart disease.

2004 - 2005    Dr. Michael Czubryt (University of Manitoba)
                     Roles of MEF2 and HDAC5 in cardiac failure and hypertrophy.

2003 - 2004    Dr. Fang Liu (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto)
                    Protein-protein interactions in the regulation of AMPA receptor mediated neurotoxicity.

2002 - 2003    Dr. Darren E. Richard (Laval University)
                    Vasoactive hormones and hypoxia in the control of vascular endothelial growth factor.

2001 - 2002    Dr. Donald Welsh (University of Calgary)
                     Basis of pyrimidine-induced vasoconstriction.

2000 - 2001    Dr. Terence E. Hébert (Université de Montréal)
                     Organization and specificity in G protein-coupled receptor signalling.

1999 - 2000    Dr. Eric Thorin (Université de Montréal)
                    Influence des changements de couplages récepteurs / protéines G sur la fonction                           endothéliale vasculaire.

1998 - 1999    Dr. Stephen Ferguson (University of Western Ontario)
                     Role of B-arrestins in B2-adrenergic receptor resensitivization.

1997 - 1998    Dr. Louise Pilote (McGill University)
                   Health services and outcomes research to assess the treatment and prevention of                          coronary artery disease.

1996 - 1997    Dr. Yu Tian Wang (University of Toronto)
                     GABa receptors in the solitary complex of the rat - regulation by  protein tyrosine                           phosphorylation.

1995 - 1996    Dr. Marlys Koschinsky (Queen's University)
                     Analysis of structure-function relationships in human apolipoprotein(a).

1994 - 1995    Dr. Rui Wang (Université de Montréal)
                    Altered calcium handling mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic                          rats.

1993 - 1994    Dr. Zemin Yao (University of Alberta)
                     Mechanism for intracellular degradation of hepatic apolipoprotein B.

1992 - 1993    Dr. Hoda Eid (University of Ottawa)
                    Plasticity of adult cardiac myocyte phenotype in monoculture and in co-culture with                          epicardial mesothelial cells.

1991 - 1992    Dr. David Fedida (Queen's University)
                     Control of the alpha1-adrenoceptor-mediated positive inotropic effect in the heart and                      modulation of ion channels.

1990 - 1991    Dr. Robert Hegele (University of Toronto)
                     Family-based approaches in the assessment of dyslipoproteinemias.

1989 - 1990    Dr. Mona Nemer (Université de Montréal)
                     Expression of natrial natriuretic factor in normal and diseased hearts.



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