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Nov 6th, 2022

2022 AHA Scientific Council Awards

Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Awards, Special Lectures, Named Lectures, Special Recognition, Best Abstracts and Early Career Abstracts awards.


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Distinguished Achievement Awards


Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) Distinguished Achievement Award in Thrombosis
Steven Lentz, MD, PhD, FAHA

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Distinguished Achievement Award
Sean M. Wu, MD, PhD

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD) Distinguished Achievement Award
Robert A. Harrington, MD, FAHA

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA) Distinguished Achievement Award
Jennifer S. Lawton, MD, FACS, FAHA

Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Distinguished Achievement Award
Penny M. Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, FAHA

Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary M. McDermott, MD, FAHA


Special Lectures


Lewis A. Conner Presidential Address
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Annual Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Research Goes Red® Award for Best Scientific Article on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women
Harriette G.C. Van Spall, MD, MPH
Erica P. Gunderson, PhD, MS, MPH

Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Suzanne Oparil, MD, FAHA

Nobel Laureate Lecture
Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD

Paul Dudley White Lecture
Esther Duflo, PhD


Named Lectures


Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture
Donna K. Arnett, PhD, MPH, FAHA

Charles T. Dotter Memorial Lecture
Karen G. Ordovas, MD, FAHA

Dickinson W. Richards Memorial Lecture
Clifton W. Callaway, MD, PhD, FAHA

Genomic and Precision Medicine and Epidemiology Mid-Career Research Award and Lecture
Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, FAHA

George E. Brown Memorial Lecture
Sumanth D. Prabhu, MD, FAHA

George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture
Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA

James B. Herrick Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiology
Pamela S. Douglas, MD, FAHA

Katharine A. Lembright Award and Lecture
Lorraine S. Evangelista, PhD, RN, CNS, WAN, FAHA

Kathleen A. Dracup Distinguished Lecture Exemplary Career in Mentoring Award
Bunny J. Pozehl, PhD, APRN-NP, FAHA

Kenneth D. Bloch Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology
Rhian M. Touyz, PhD, MBBCh, MSc (Med), FAHA

Laennec Clinician-Educator Award & Lecture
Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD, FAHA

Robert Levy Memorial Lecture
William Virgil Brown, MD, FAHA

Russell Ross Memorial Lecture in Vascular Biology
William C. Sessa, PhD, FAHA

Sol Sherry Distinguished Lecture in Thrombosis
Marvin Nieman, PhD, FAHA

Stroke Council Award & Lecture
Nestor Gonzalez, MD, MSc, FAHA

T. Duckett Jones Memorial Lecture
Liesl Zühlke, PhD, MB ChB, DCH, FCPaeds, Cert Card, MPH, MSc

Thomas W. Smith Memorial Lecture
Leslie Leinwand, PhD, FAHA

William W. L. Glenn Lecture
Bartley P. Griffith, MD

William J. Rashkind Memorial Lecture
Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD


Special Recognition


Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)


Special Recognition Award in Thrombosis
Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, MSc, FAHA

Special Recognition Award in Arteriosclerosis
Sean Davidson, PhD, FAHA

Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology
Rebecca Haeusler, PhD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)


CVSN Clinical Article of the Year Award
Leslie L. Davis, PhD, ANP-BC, FAHA

CVSN Mathy Mezey Excellence in Aging Award
Misook Lee Chung, PhD, RN, FAHA

CVSN Research Article of the Year Award
Ruth M. Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN, FAHA

CVSN Stroke Article of the Year Award
Ann Leonhardt-Caprio, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, SCRN, FAHA

Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)


Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award
Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH, MASNC
Roxana Mehran, MD, FAHA

Laennec Master Clinician Award
JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD, FAHA

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)


GPM Medal of Honor
Daniel Rader, MD, FAHA

GPM Mentoring Award
Svati Shah, MD, MHSc, FAHA

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)


Outstanding Research Award in Pediatric Cardiology
Simon Lee, MD
Kimberley Miles, MD
Michael A. Portman, MD, FAHA

Young Hearts Meritorious Achievement Award
Roberta G. Williams, MD, FAHA


Best Abstract Awards


3CPR Best Abstract Award Winner (Cardiopulmonary/Critical Care)
Hyunbum Kim, PhD

CVSN Best Abstract Award
Geunyeong Cha, MSN


Early Career Abstracts Awards


Quest Diagnostics and Steve Rusckowski Early Career Investigator Award for Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Research
Sponsored by Quest Diagnostics Center of Excellence for Cardiometabolic Testing at Cleveland Heart Lab

Tara Shrout Allen, MD, MSc
Amélie Paquin, MD, MSc
Renato Quispe, MD, MHS
Nilay S. Shah, MD, MPH
Sarah Margaret Urbut, MD, PhD

Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB)


Elaine W. Raines Early Career Investigator Award

Sarvesh Chelvanambi, PhD
Aikaterini Gatsiou, PhD, MSc
Khalia Primer
Adil Rasheed, PhD

Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS)


Louis N. and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Early Career Investigators
Erik A. Blackwood, PhD
Yang Cao, PhD
Jingshu Chen, PhD
Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin, PhD

Melvin L. Marcus Early Career Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Sciences
Ajit Magadum, PhD
Shruti Rawal, PhD
Vagner O. C. Rigaud, PhD
Vivek P. Jani, MS

Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR)


Cournand and Comroe Early Career Investigator Award
Zhiyu Dai, PhD, FAHA
Lloyd David Harvey, MD, PhD
Kenzo Ichimura, MD, PhD
Takamitsu Ikeda, MD, PhD
Jennifer Tegan Middleton, MBChB

Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia (CVSA)


Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Early Career Investigator Abstract Award
Nikhil Mistry, MSc
Siavash Zamirpour

Vivien Thomas Early Career Investigator Award
Sharif A. Sabe, MD
Jakob Wollborn, MD
Cynthia Xu, MD
Weiang Yan, MD

Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing (CVSN)


Martha N. Hill Early Career Investigator Award
Soojung Ahn, PhD, RN
Solim Lee, PhD, RN
Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN

CVSN Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award
Windy W. Alonso, PhD, RN
Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD)

Laennec Fellow in Training (FIT) Clinician Award
Evan K. Harmon, MD
Anantha S. Madgula, MD
Nitin Malik, MD
John W. Ostrominski, MD
Ayesha Salahuddin, MD

Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
Jonathan Ariyaratnam, MB Bchir, MA, Mres, MRCP
Aakriti Gupta, MD, MSc
Cian P. McCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO
Matthew W. Segar, MD, MS
Brian Yu

Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI)


Melvin Judkins Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
Nasir Hussain, MD
Takako Nagata, MD
Chaitanya Rojulpote, MBBS
Lingyu Xu, MD, PhD

Council on Epidemiology and Prevention


Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award for Early Career Investigators
Joanna Nicole Assadourian
Minoo Bagheri, PhD, MSc
Kosuke Inoue, MD, PhD
Xiaoming Jia, MD
Veer Sangha

Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine (GPM)


Genomic and Precision Medicine Early Career Investigator Award
Derek Klarin, MD
Vibhu Parcha, MD
Prashant Rao, MBBS, MRCP
Elizabeth Zhao

Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health


Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Early Career Investigator Award
Nour Makarem, PhD
Amgad Mentias, MD, MS
Alice-Mihaela Mezincescu, PhD, MRCP, DM

Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young (Young Hearts)


Young Hearts Early Career Investigator Award
Benjamin S. Frank, MD
Anastacia M. Garcia, PhD
Robin Perelli, MS
Aditya Sengupta, MD
Rachel Shustak, MD

Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)


Jay D. Coffman Early Career Investigator Award
Jonathan Hanna, MD
Michael Levin, MD

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