Category: Funds At Work
Press Release 03.06.14
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TSFRE Awards $375,000 in New Grants to Support Cardiothoracic Surgery Research
Awards aim to help expand the specialty’s knowledge about cardiothoracic surgical treatment options, enhance the care of patients, and develop the skills of cardiothoracic surgeons.
CHICAGO, …
Press Release 02.25.15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TSFRE Awards $270,000 in New Grants to Support Cardiothoracic Surgery Research
Awards aim to help expand the specialty’s knowledge about cardiothoracic surgical treatment options, enhance the care of patients, and develop the skills of cardiothoracic surgeons
CHICAGO, …
“The Use of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Tolerance Induction for Organ Transplantation”
2008 Nina Starr Braunwald Award Recipient ~ $220,000 over two years
Kimberly L. Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
The Nina Braunwald Career Development Award is a very generous research award. Receipt of this award has contributed significantly to …
“Simulation in Cardiac Valve Surgery and Cardiac Surgery Crisis Management”
2009 Simulation in Thoracic Surgery Education Award Winner ~ $18,000
James I. Fann, M.D.
Stanford University Medical Center
Like other surgical specialties, procedures in cardiac surgery can be partitioned into components and thus simulated suing partial-task trainers. The TSFRE Simulation …
“A MicroRNA Profile to Predict Recurrence After Surgical Resection of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”
2009 Research Grant Recipient ~ $60,000 over two years
Sai Yendamuri, M.D., Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Starting an independent laboratory was the next logical step after completion of a fellowship in thoracic surgery and starting my first job at the …
“The Role of Snail in the Regulation of the Invasive Phenotype in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”
2008 Research Fellowship Recipient ~ $70,000 over two years
Jane Yanagawa, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles
The TSFRE research fellowship has provided me with an amazing learning experience. After my third year of general surgery residency, I entered the …
“Radioguided Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”
Chukwumere Nwogu, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Center
TSFRE – NCI K-23 Award Recipient ~ $75,000 per year for 5 years
In 2008, I received a 5-year ‘Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)’ from the National Cancer Institute. The matching …
Calcineurin Inhibition in Lung Reperfusion Injury
Michael S. Mulligan, MD
University of Washington
TSFRE – NHLBI K08 Award Recipient 2002 ~ $75,000 per year for five years
As the first recipient of the TSFRE/NIH jointly sponsored K08, the impact on my career was tremendous. It raised …
Alley-Sheridan Scholar
Jeffrey Rich, MD
2011 First Vice President, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
2000 Alley-Sheridan Scholar
As a past Alley-Sheridan scholar I was privileged to attend the Harvard Kennedy School of Government courses on “Understanding the New World Of Health Care”. These …
