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2011 Award Recipients

Henry Christian Awards are supported by a grant from Merck.
Richard K. Murray, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Vice President, External Medical and Scientific Affairs
Global Human Health (U.S.)
Merck & Co., Inc.

AFMR President
Francis J. Miller, MD

AFMR President-Elect
Sharma S. Prabhakar, MD, MBA


Henry Christian Award
Weiguo Chen, MD, PhD
University of Chicago
Endothelial Cell Barrier Regulation by Simvastatin Is Mediated by Claudin-5

Weiguo Chen, MD, PhD
Andrew Harris, MD
University of Michigan
Reg3A Is a Biomarker of Graft Versus Host Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Andrew Harris, MD
Tobias Kulik, MD, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Oxygen Tension Affects Release of Adenosine from Astrocytes

Tobias Kulik, MD, PhD
Ni-Cheng Liang, BS, MD
University of California, San Diego
Human Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cell Exposure to Fibrin(ogen) Augments Intracellular Calcium Responses to Thrombin

Ni-Cheng Liang, BS, MD
Sirikarn Napan, MD
Howard University Hospital
Speckle Tracking-Derived Diastolic Function Predicts Mortality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Sirikarn Napan, MD
Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Postnatal Maturation Decreases the Role of Rho-kinase in Electromechanical Coupling of Sheep Pulmonary Arteries

Demosthenes Papamatheakis, MD
Katya Rubinow, MD
University of Washington
Testosterone Deprivation Acutely Diminishes Insulin Sensitivity in Young, Healthy Men

Katya Rubinow, MD
Nakhle S. Saba, MD
Tulane University
Protein Kinase C-Beta Inhibition Induces Apoptosis and Inhibits AKT Pathway in B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cell Lines

Nakhle S. Saba, MD
Matthew Sharron, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Platelet-induced Splenocyte Apoptosis during Sepsis Is Inhibited by GPIIB/IIIA Blockade

Matthew Sharron, MD
Xiaoguang Sun, MD, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Two Functional Promoter Variants of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 3 Gene Decrease Human Susceptibility to Severe Sepsis-Associated Acute Lung Injury

Xiaoguang Sun, MD, PhD


Outstanding Investigator Awards
Vance G. Fowler, Jr., MD, MHS
Duke University Medical Center

Vance Fowler, MD


Junior Physician-Investigator Awards
Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Regulation of Islet ß cell SERCA2 Expression and Calcium Homeostasis in Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus

Carmella Evans-Molina,
MD, PhD


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