Awarded: Jan 01, 2000
$1.4 million over 2 years
In 2000, seven investigators or pairs of investigators each received awards of $100,000 per year for two years for research on cardiovascular disease.
2000 ICRA Grantees
Joyce E. Bischoff, Ph.D.
Boston Children’s Hospital
Project name: Endothelial Progenitors for Cardiac Valve
Daniel J. Garry, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Project name: Human Stem Cells: Therapy for Heart Failure
Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., and Craig G. Crandall, Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Project name: Heat Intolerance in Elderly Patients with CHF
Robert A. Levine, M.D., and Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Project name: Genetic Analysis of Mitral Valve Prolapse
Leslie W. Nifong, M.D.
East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine
Project name: Robotics in Cardiac Surgery
Ralph V. Shohet, M.D., and Robert C. Kowal, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Project name: Transcriptional Analysis of Atrial Fibrillation
Mark R. Starling, M.D., and Bruce C. Richardson, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan Medical Center
Project name: Gene Expression in Mitral Regurgitation Patients