SCA Research Starter and Mid-Career Grants Winners

2008 SCA Starter Grants

Zhengyuan Xia, MD, PhD
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Nitrate Tolerance Compromises Propofol Protection of the Endothelium Against Inflammation: the role of PKC-B2 and NADPH oxidase interaction

Jochen Daniel Muehlschlegel, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Functional Analysis of Protease Activated Receptor-4 Polymorphisms Associated with Myocardial Injury

Ragnar Huhn, MD
University of Amsterdam
Does the Noble Gas Helium Protect the Myocardium in State of Hypertension in vivo?

2008 SCA Mid-Career Grant

Mark Gerhardt, MD, PhD
Ohio State University
Cytoskeletal Alterations in a Porcine model of restrictive ventricular septal defect