Young Investigator Award
Young Investigator Award
The authors of the highest scoring abstracts submitted by young investigators are invited to present at the ARTERY annual meeting.
ARTERY23 – Germany, 2023
Ryan McNally (King’s College London, United Kingdom) “Is there an antihypertensive class-specific effect on pulse wave ve-locity reduction? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the influence of blood pressure reduction on pulse wave velocity in hypertension .”
DeGAG23 – Germany, 2023
Marta Sanz-Gómez (Universidad Complutense De Madrid) “Angiotensin AT2 receptor stimulation modulates endothelial BMP-2levels by the AT2R-PP2A-AMPK pathway.”
Previous winners include:
ARTERY22 – Nancy, 2022
Dr Keith Siew (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) “Pentosan polysulfate, an aggrecanase inhibitor modulates arterial stiffness in spontaneously hypertensive rats.”
ARTERY21 – Paris, 2021
Alessandro Giudici (Masstricht University, The Netherlands) “Differences in systolic-diastolic distensibility indicate carotid wall viscosity in healthy controls, patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes.”
Dimitrios Terentes-Prntzios (Hippokration Hospital, Athens) “The effect of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 on endothelial function and arterial stiffness.”
ARTERY20 – Virtual, 2020
Sofie De Moudt (University Of Antwerp) “Spontaneous cardiovascular ageing of C57Bl6 mice results in the development of aortic stiffness prior to peripheral blood pressure alterations.”
Daimé Campos Arias (IBiTech, Ghent University) “Ten years of ageing in the middle-aged does not increase input impedance or wave reflection – insights from the Asklepios Study.”
ARTERY19 – Budapest, 2019
Kenneth Fung (Queen Mary University of London) “First genome-wide association study of cardiovascular magnetic resonance derived aortic distensibility reveals 7 loci”
ARTERY18 – Guimaraes, 2018
Rachel Climie “Occupational, sport and leisure related physical activity have contrasting effects on neural baroreflex sensitivity”
Anish Bhuva -& Feasibility of aortic wave intensity analysis from sequentially acquired cardiac MRI and non-invasive central blood pressure”
ARTERY17 – Copenhagen, 2017
Andrea Guala (Barcelona) “Invasive study for testing non-invasive methods of aortic pressure estimation”
ARTERY16 – Copenhagen, 2016
Dean Picone (Hobart) “Discovery of a new blood pressure phenotype from invasive central-to-peripheral recordings: implications for brachial cuff accuracy and cardiovascular risk assessment”
ARTERY15 – Krakow, 2015
Nanna B. Johansen (Gentofte) “The effect of glycaemic state transition on accelerated aortic stiffening: a longitudinal study in the Whitehall II cohort”
ARTERY14 – Maastricht, 2014
Marina Cecelja (Guildford) “Gene expression analysis identify genes associated with arterial stiffness and carotid diameter in the twins UK cohort”
ARTERY13 – London, 2013
Maureen Alivon (Paris) “Changes in blood pressure and arterial mechanical properties after antiangiogenic drugs: association with cancer progression and mortality”
ARTERY12 – Vienna, 2012
Keith Ng (Sydney) “Segmental aortic stiffness determined by the association of elastin degradation and calcium deposition in rat models of hypertension and aortic calcification”
ARTERY11 – Paris, 2011
Liesbeth Taelman (Ghent) “Predicting the functional impact of residual aortic coarctation lesions during exercise using advanced computer model simulations”
ARTERY10 – Verona, 2010
Dr Natalia Lopez-Andres (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy) “Cardiotrophin-1 is a determinant of arterial stiffness and thickness in rodents”
ARTERY9 – Cambridge, 2009
Dr Marina Cecelja (London) “Aortic stiffness in middle aged women is heritable and relates to blood pressure and aortic calcification: a twin study”
ARTERY8 – Ghent, 2008
Roel van de Laar (Maastricht) “Life-course habitual physical activity and its impact on arterial stiffness: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study (AGAHLS)”
ARTERY7 – Prague, 2007
Dr Nearchos Hadjiloizou (London) “Can wave intensity help explain the different velocity flow profiles in the coronary arteries?”
ARTERY6 – Athens, 2006
Dr Kaisa Maki-Petaja (Cambridge) “Ezetimibe and simvastatin both reduce inflammation, disease activity, aortic stiffness and improve endothelial function in rheumatoid arthritis”
ARTERY5 – Paris, 2005
Anne-Isabelle Tropeano (Paris) “Humoral factors vs load: long lasting influence on arterial stiffness and thickness”