2005 Research Award Recipients

Malcolm V. Brock, MD
“Screening for Lung Cancer in the HIV Patient Pathway”
K23 NCI

Madison C. Cuffy, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
“The Role of Indoleamine 2, 3 Dioxygenase on Modulating Immune Responses in Inflammatory Arterial Diseases”
TSFRE  Research Fellowship

Andrew Kaufman, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
“Functional Analysis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Related Oncogene (SCCRO) in the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway”
TSFRE Research Fellowship

Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
“Matrix Metalloproteinases in Thoracic Aortic Dissection”
K08 NHLBI

Tom C. Nguyen, MD
Stanford  University
“Biomechanics of the Cardiac Support Device in Heart Failure: new Answers to an Old Problem”
TSFRE Research Fellowship

Barbara Robinson, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
“The Stunned Heart and Cardiac SuTSFRE Research Grantery: Apoptosis/Necrosis and the Role of Heat Shock Proteins”
TSFRE Braunwald Research Fellowship

Hisasha Sahara, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
“Indirect Recognition of Collagen (TypeV) in the Pathogenesis of Lung Allograft Rejection”
TSFRE Research Fellowship

Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
“Effect of Inflammatory Gene Polymorphism in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Resection”
TSFRE Research Grant