Report from the 2013 ISHLT Grants and Awards Committee Duane Davis, Chair John Dark Lori West

1. Report from the 2013 ISHLT Grants and Awards Committee Duane Davis, Chair John Dark Lori West Sonya Schrepfer Scott Palmer David Wilkes Daniel R. Goldstein Andrew Fisher Josef Stehlik Judy Currey

2. Geographical Distribution of 2013 Grant Applications

3. 2013 Research Fellowship andBranislav Radovancevic MemorialGrant Award Reviewers Hartwig, Matt Jeevanandum, Valluvan Johnson, Maryl Keshavjee, Shaf Kreisel, Daniel Lin, Shu Liu, Mingyao Martinu, Teresa Marboe, Charles Milano, Carmelo Moffatt-Bruce, Susan Mohanakumar, Thalachallour Mulligan, Michael Pagani, Francis Palmer, Scott Parameshwar, Jayan Pierson, Richard Rao, Vivek Reichenspurner, Herman Russell Hopkins, Stuart Schrepfer, Sonja Shah, Ashish Slaughter, Mark Snyder, Laurie Starling, Randall Stehlik, Joseph Strueber, Martin Sweet, Stewart Wagner, Florian Wilkes, David Vega, David Allan, James Ardehali, Abbas Aris, Robert Boehler, Annette Christie, Jason Dark, John De Perrot, Marc Deng, Mario Egan, Thomas Eisen, Howard Fisher, Andrew George, James Goldstein, Daniel R. Griffith, Bart

4. 2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award Recipient: Raymond Givens, MD, PhD Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Project: MicroRNA Profiling in Patients with Orthotopic Heart Transplant Rejection Chief of Staff: Alan Schwartz, MD Director of Research: P. Christian Schulze , MD, PhD

5. 2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award Recipient: NikolaosDiakos, MD University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Project: Humans as a model organism to study metabolic changes in heart failure and myocardial recovery Chief of Staff: Dean Y Li, MD, PhD Director of Research: Stavros G Drakos, MD, PhD Accepting award: Jose Nativi, MD

6. 2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award Recipient: IvanaFerrer, PhD Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Project: Characterizing the Impact of Chronic Cytomegalovirus Infection on Transplantation Tolerance Chief of Staff: Prof. Freddie Hamdy, Univ. of Oxford Director of Research: Dr. Kathryn Wood, Univ. of Oxford Dr. Ferrer would also like to recognize Drs. David Neujahr and Mandy Ford at Emory University. Accepting award: Dr. David Neujahr

7. 2013 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Award Recipient: Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA Project: Increasing the number and outcomes of lung transplants by using mesenchymal stem cells. Chairman, Dept of Surgery: Dr Stephen T. Bartlett Chief of Div of Cardiac Surgery: Dr James S. Gammie Director of Research: Dr Bartley P. Griffith Dr. Sanchez would also like to recognize Drs Mark Pittenger and Zhongjun Wu

8. 2013 ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic MemorialFellowship Grant Award Recipient: Leonardo Salazar, MD StolleryChildren’s Hospital and the University of Alberta Project: Relation of physical activity measured through triaxial accelerometryand Brain natriuretic peptide in children with heart failure, heart transplant and on ventricular assist devices Chief of Staff: Simon Urschel, MD Research co-supervised by: Lori J. West, MD, DPhil, FRCPC and Holger Buchholz, MD Accepting award: Dr. Simon Urschel

9. 2013 Philip K. Caves Award Judges: Duane Davis Hermann Reichenspurner Jim George Sonja Schrepfer ShafKeshavjee Daniel R. Goldstein Laurie Snyder TerezaMartinu Florian Wagner Stephan Ensminger Kim Gandy

10. 2013 ISHLT Philip K. Caves Award Recipient: Alexey Dashkevich, MD University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland Abstract Title: (65) Intracoronary Treatment with VEGF-C/D Inhibitor Enhances Cardiac Allograft Survival and Prevents Chronic Rejection by Regulating Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Activation Mentor: Karl Lemstrom, MD, PhD University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

11. 2013 ISHLT Branislav Radovancevic MemorialBest Paper Awardfunded by a grant from Thoratec Recipient: Claire Watkins, MD University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA Abstract Title: Evaluation of the Infant Jarvik Ventricular Assist Device in a Chronic Juvenile Sheep Model Mentor: Bartley P. Griffith, MD University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

12. 2012 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Awards The ISHLT awarded 13 traveling scholarships in 2012 to the following individuals: RaminE. Beygui, MD Kevin C. Carney, MSN Alexandre Souza Cauduro, MD Esme Dijke, PhD Rochelle M. Gellatly, BScPharm, ACPR, PharmD Daniel R. Goldstein, MD ManonHuibers, MSc Marco Masetti, MD Ana Belen Mendez, MD LaveenaMunshi, MD, FRCPC David Schibilsky, MD AleemSiddique, MBBS Amparo Solé, MD, PhD

13. 2013 ISHLT Leach-Abramson-Imhoff Links Travel Awards The Links Newsletter awarded 8 writing awards for 2012-2013: Writer of the Year, $2,500 Michele Estabrook, St. Louis, MO, USA First Runners-up, $1,000 Melanie Everitt, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Christina Migliore, Newark, NJ, USA Honorable Mention, $500 Veronica Franco, Columbus, OH, USA Manreet Kanwar, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Luciano Potena, Bologna, Italy Mace Schuurmans, Zurich, Switzerland Jeff Teuteberg, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

14. 2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award Reviewers Josef Stehlik Leah Edwards Lars Lund Roger Yusen Richard Kirk Christian Benden Fabienne Dobbels Axel Rahmel Jason Christie Anne Dipchand

15. 2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award Recipient: Eugene DePasquale, MD UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Project: Influence of Chronic Kidney Disease Stage on Patient Selection for Heart and Heart-Kidney Transplantation Chief of Cardiology: James Weiss, MD Co-Chief of Cardiology: Gregg Fonarow, MD Director of Research: Mario Deng, MD

16. 2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award Recipient: Aaron Healy, MD University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Project: Predictors of Post-Transplant Outcomes in Patients Bridged to Transplantation with Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices – an Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Transplant Registry Chief of Staff: Patrick Cartwright, MD Director of Research: Craig Selzman, MD Accepting award: Stephen McKellar, MD

17. 2013 ISHLT Transplant RegistryEarly Career Award Recipient: Chesney Castleberry, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA Project: mTOR Inhibitors in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Do the potential benefits outweigh the risks, clues from the ISHLT Registry. Chiefs of Staff: Drs. Jeffrey Towbin, Jeffrey Robbins, and David Morales Director of Research: Dr. Clifford Chin

18. 2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Grant Award Reviewers Judy Currey Connie White-Williams Louise Fuller Catherine Murks Samantha Anthony Jane McIver Dorothy Lockhart Chad Hare

19. 2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Research Grant Award Recipient: Jo Wray, PhD Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Project: An exploratory study of the psychological impact of a ventricular assist device for children and their families Co-Investigators: Helen Boardman, Bnurs RN (Child) Vicky Kelly, BSc D ClinPsy

20. 2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Research Grant AwardSupported by Funding from CSL Behring Recipient: Jane Haines, DNP, RN, CMSRN University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Pittsburgh, PA, USA Project: A randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on stress and anxiety in caregivers of lung transplant patients. Co-Investigators: Alice Blazeck, DNS, RN JiYeon Choi, PhD, RN

21. 2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Excellence In Research Award Judges: LutBerben Louise Fuller Annemarie Kaan Jane McIver Connie White-Williams

22. 2013 ISHLT Nursing, Health Sciences andAllied Health Excellence In Research Award Recipient: Jane Haines, DNP, RN, CMSRN University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Pittsburgh, PA, USA Abstract: (99) Stress and Anxiety in Caregivers of Lung Transplant Patients: Effect of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction