2011 Annual Report - AASLD
2011 Annual Report - AASLD
2011 Annual Report - AASLD
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<strong>AASLD</strong> Abstract Awards<br />
award Recipients<br />
Blue Faery Young Investigator<br />
Liver Cancer Research Award<br />
The goal of this $750 award is to encourage HCC<br />
research and is presented to a young investigator<br />
presenting the most promising HCC research at<br />
The Liver Meeting ® .<br />
Daiki Miki, MD, PhD<br />
Center for Genomic Medicine,<br />
RIKEN, Hiroshima University<br />
Hiroshima, Japan<br />
<strong>AASLD</strong> acknowledges funding for the Blue Faery<br />
Young Investigator Liver Cancer Research Award<br />
from Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver<br />
Cancer Association.<br />
Fellow Research Award<br />
A $1,000 award presented for the best abstract<br />
submitted to The Liver Meeting ® by a fellow.<br />
S. Tamir Rashid, MRCP<br />
University of Cambridge,<br />
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute<br />
Cambridge, United Kingdom<br />
<strong>AASLD</strong> acknowledges funding for the <strong>2011</strong> Fellow<br />
Research Award is made possible through a grant<br />
from the SunTrust Foundation.<br />
Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary<br />
Surgery Fellow Awards<br />
These $500 travel awards enable liver transplant<br />
and/or hepatobiliary surgery fellows submitting<br />
abstracts for The Liver Meeting ® to receive<br />
travel support.<br />
Sonal Asthana, MD, MS, MRCS<br />
University of Alberta Hospital<br />
Edmonton, Canada<br />
Midlevel Professional Award<br />
These $500 awards are presented for the best<br />
abstracts submitted to The Liver Meeting ® by<br />
an associate.<br />
Jillian Price, MS<br />
Inova Health System, Inova Fairfax Hospital<br />
Falls Church, Virginia<br />
Hwalih Han, BSN<br />
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health<br />
Bethesda, Maryland<br />
Pediatric Research Award<br />
A $1,000 award presented for the best abstract<br />
submitted to The Liver Meeting ® by a physician/<br />
scientist with a primary appointment affiliation in a<br />
department of pediatrics.<br />
Kazuhiko Bessho, MD, PhD<br />
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio<br />
<strong>AASLD</strong> acknowledges funding for the <strong>2011</strong> Pediatric<br />
Research Award is made possible through a grant<br />
from the SunTrust Foundation.<br />
PSC Partners Seeking a Cure Award<br />
A $3,000 award presented to the investigator<br />
presenting the most promising PSC research at<br />
The Liver Meeting ® .<br />
Brian Juran, BS<br />
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester<br />
Rochester, Minnesota<br />
<strong>AASLD</strong> acknowledges funding for the <strong>2011</strong> PSC<br />
Partners Seeking a Cure Award from PSC Partners<br />
Seeking a Cure.<br />
Karim Halazun, MD<br />
Columbia University Medical Center<br />
New York, New York<br />
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american association for the study of liver diseases