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There were one Scholars Travel Award, two Early Career Investigator Awards, and one Established Investigator Award given at the 5th Annual Platelet Colloquium in January 2010.

Mitali Das, PhD (2010 Scholars Travel Award)
Research Fellow
The Cleveland Clinic
Research Title: Migfilin: a Novel Regulator of Integrin Activation

Deepak Voora, MD (2010 Early Career Investigator Award)
Cardiovascular Research Fellow
Duke University Medical Center
Research Title: Molecular Signatures of the Response to Aspirin

Ahmed Bina, MD (2010 Early Career Investigator Award)
Fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
University of Vermont
Research Title: Mechanistic and Procedural Characteristics Linking Female Gender to Increased Risk of Anticoagulation and Procedural Related Bleeding Complications

Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
Director, Mount Sinai Heart, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health
Richard Gorlin, MD Heart Research Foundation Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine


There were one Early Career Investigator Award, two Travel Investigator Awards and one Established Investigator Award given at the 4th Annual Platelet Colloquium in January 2009.

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Henry Sun, MD (2009 Early Career Investigator Award)
Fellow, Interventional Cardiology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Research Title: Glutamate Receptors as Novel Targets of Antiplatelet Therapy

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Jaehyung Cho, PhD (2009 Travel Investigator Award)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Research Title: Role of Endothelium-derived Protein Disulfide Isomerase in Thrombus Formation In Vivo

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Jeremy P. Wood (2009 Travel Investigator Award)
Graduate Student
Department of Biochemistry
University of Vermont
Research Title: Phenotypic Analyses of Non-Dissociably Bound, Platelet-Derived Factor Va: Identification of a GPI-Anchored Pool

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Neal S. Kleiman, MD (2009 Established Investigator Award)
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
The Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine 
Weill Cornell Medical College
The Methodist Hospital


There were four awards given at the 3rd Annual Platelet Colloquium in January 2008.

The award winners included:


Carlos L. Alviar, MD (2008 Young Investigator Award)
Research Fellow
Post Doctoral Associate
Interventional Cardiology
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Research Title: Role of Reticulated Platelets and Platelet Size Heterogeneity in Modifying Antiplatelet Effects of Aspirin and Clopidogrel in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease


Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS (2008 Young Investigator Award)
Fellow, Division of Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Research Title: Clinical Correlates of Platelet Reactivity: The Influence of Serotonin


Lorenzo Federico, MS (2008 Young Investigator Award)
Department of Pharmacology
University of Kentucky
Research Title: New Molecular Targets in Atherothrombotic Disease: Role of LPA/LPA4 Axis in Platelet Function


Edward F. Plow, PhD (2008 Established Investigator Award)
Chairman
Department of Molecular Cardiology
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation