Awards
Each year, the Scientific Organisers of the Artery annual conference offer a number of awards to authors presenting their work.
Artery Career Development Lectures
Each year, the Artery Executive Committee will invite a young investigator to make a 15 minute presentation based on an abstract submitted to the annual conference. Candidates will have completed their PhD within the past five years; ideally should have published, or in the process of having published, 2-3 articles in high impact factor journals; and want to continue their career in the field.
In addition to submitting an abstract for the conference, the successful candidate is required to produce an extended paper/review of their presentation for publication in the Artery Journal. Papers should be between 2, 000 -3,000 words, with a maximum of three figures or tables and no more than 40 references.
The winner of the Artery Career Development Lecture is also awarded €500 towards their costs in attending the annual conference to present their paper and their name is added to a perpetual silver platter.
The selection of the Career Development Lecturer by the Artery Executive Committee is final.
Previous winners include:
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Artery 8 - Ghent, 2008 |
Dr James Sharman (Queensland) |
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"New insights into cardiovascular risk from the exercise central waveform" |
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Artery 7 - Prague, 2007 |
Dr Justin Davies (London) |
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"Importance of the aortic reservoir in determining the shape of the arterial pressure
waveform - the forgotten lessons of Frank" |
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Artery 6 - Athens, 2006 |
Dr Azra Mahmud (Dublin) for the presentation entitled |
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“Reducing arterial stiffness and wave reflection – quest for the holy grail?” |
Young Investigator Award
The highest scoring abstracts from young investigators submitted for presentation at the annual conference may qualify for an oral presentation in this category.
Successful Young Investigators who are invited to make an oral presentation at the annual conference are awarded €500 towards their costs to attend the annual conference to present their paper.
The name of the author of the best presentation from a Young Investigator is also added to a perpetual silver platter.
Previous winners include:
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Artery 8 - Ghent, 2008 |
Roel van de Laar (Maastricht) |
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"Life-course habitual physical activity and its impact on arterial stiffness: The
Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS)" |
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Artery 7 - Prague, 2007 |
Dr Nearchos Hadjiloizou (London) |
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"Can wave intensity help explain the different velocity flow profiles in the coronary
arteries?" |
| Artery 6 - Athens, 2006 |
Dr Kaisa Maki-Petaja (Cambridge) for the presentation entitled |
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“Ezetimibe and simvastatin both reduce inflammation, disease activity, aortic stiffness and improve endothelial function in rheumatoid arthritis”. |
| Artery 5 - Paris, 2005 |
Anne-Isabelle Tropeano (Paris) for the presentation entitled |
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“Humoral factors vs load: long lasting influence on arterial stiffness and thickness” |
Poster Award
At Artery 8, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and
third best posters:
First Prize - Dr John Baksi (London) “When does the reflected
wave arrive – systole or diastole? A systematic literature review”.
Second Prize – Dr James Sharman (Queensland) “Increased cardiovascular
risk in patients with a hypertensive response to exercise may be explained by masked
hypertension.”
Third Prize – Nazia Saeed (Maastricht) “Influence of age on carotid
endothelial function as determined by hypercapnia induced vasodilatation.”
At Artery 7, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and
third best posters:
First Prize - Sharon Wallace (Cambridge)
Second Prize - Sebastian Vermeersch (Paris)
Third Prize - Caroline Geerts (Utrecht)
Bursaries
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