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Follow on Google News | American Heart Association honors new research grant recipients in the S.F. Bay AreaMore than 100 people, including prominent leaders and pioneers in the health community, gathered this week to honor the American Heart Association’s newest recipients of cardiovascular research funding at the Four Seasons San Francisco.
By: American Heart Association The Tuesday evening reception, made possible with support from Gilead Sciences Inc., is the first ever gathering dedicated to the Association’ Deepak Srivastava, M.D., President of the American Heart Association’ “Young scientists in the room: Never give up. It does not matter if you are a post-doctoral scholar, a medical student or an undergraduate. There are opportunities for you to pursue your dream.” Dr. Srivastava first received American Heart Association funding early in his career; today he serves as Director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of California, San Francisco. Junaid Khan, M.D., President of the Association’ This year’s awardees are recipients of nearly $4 million in grants funded by the American Heart Association’ The 34 recipients of the 2010 AHA Western States funding are: • Children’ • Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease: Nathalie Gaborit, Ph.D. • Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, Inc: Patricia Nguyen, M.D. • Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine: Marion Buckwalter, Ph.D., M.D.; Cindy Chung, Ph.D.; Shijun Hu, Ph.D.; Kiran Khush, M.D.; Josh Knowles, Ph.D., M.D.; Nick Leeper, M.D.; Merritt Maduke, Ph.D.; Foteini Mourkioti, Ph.D.; Mikyoung Park, M.S.; Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D.; Iqin Xiiong, M.D.; Masayuki Yazawa, Ph.D.; Yaozhong Zou, Ph.D. • University California, San Francisco: Gregory Marcus M.D.; Khanh Nguyen, M.D.; Jose Perez, Ph.D.; Sharon Poisson, M.D.; Sven Reischauer, Ph.D.; Carrie Shiau, B.A.; Jeoung-Sook Shin, Ph.D.; James Smyth, Ph.D.; Samantha Stehbens, Ph.D.; Hua Su, M.D.; Monika Suchanek, Ph.D.; Shantel Weinsheimer, Ph.D.; Yafeng Zhang, Ph.D. • UCSF and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Elaine Tseng, M.D. • University of California, Davis: Colleen Clancy, Ph.D.; Javier López, M.D.; Jon Sack, Ph.D.; Fan Yang, B.S. Tuesday’s event was also a celebration for the Bay Area’s productive cardiovascular research community and the American Heart Association’ In addition to Dr. Khan and Dr. Srivastava, other notable speakers Tuesday night included: José Cisneros, Treasurer for the City and County of San Francisco, and Luiz Belardinelli, M.D., Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences Inc. Dr. Khan gave special recognition to the following attendees for their dedication to and support of the American Heart Association, including: • Rod Starke, Former Chief Science Officer for the American Heart Association • Fredric B. Kraemer, MD, Western States Affiliate Board Member • Hal Barron, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Genentech • Shaun Coughlin, Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF • R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams, President of The J. David Gladstone Institutes • Mark Hlatky, Professor of Health Research and Policy and of Medicine at Stanford University • Hans Reiser, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs, at Gilead Sciences • Patricia Sprincin, Chair of the American Heart Association’ • John Woods, Executive Vice President and CFO of Union Bank and Chair of the Bay Area Heart Walk • Amanda Wallis-Blue, Chair of the Patron Committee for the Celebrate with Heart Gala. These individuals are “true leaders in the world of research and leaders within the American Heart Association,” The American Heart Association is the second largest funder of cardiovascular research, after the National Institutes of Health. The Association has invested more than $3.2 billion nationally in cardiovascular research since 1949. Tuesday’s event was the first of what will become an annual celebratory gathering to highlight the lifesaving work quietly being carried out every day by so many members of the Bay Area community. # # # About the American Heart Association: End
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