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The mission of Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation is to engage medical students and young investigators in a personalized research experience with preeminent cardiovascular scientists, and to foster the next generation of leaders in the field.
2008-09 Medical Student Research Fellowship Program
The Sarnoff Fellowship Program offers research opportunities for outstanding medical students to explore careers in cardiovascular research. Applicants must be enrolled in accredited U.S. medical schools. Sarnoff Fellows conduct intensive work in a research laboratory, located in the United States, for one year. Prior research experience is not a prerequisite.
What makes Sarnoff unique is our lifetime commitment to the Fellow. A member of our Scientific Committee guides the Fellow during the research year and throughout the Fellow's career. The Fellow interacts with other Fellows, Scholars and Foundation leaders at the Sarnoff Annual Scientific Meetings, Sarnoff-sponsored regional events, and at other scientific conferences.
The online application system for the 2009-10 Sarnoff Fellowship Program will be open in September 2008.
Latest News
The following former and current Sarnoff Fellows will be presenting at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans this November:
Trevor Chan (2007-08 Sarnoff Fellow)
"An Alpha-1AAdrenergic Receptor Subtype Agonist Prevents Cardiomyopathy Without Increasing Blood Pressure"
Wednesday, November 12, 9:00 am
Hazim El-Haddad (2007-09 Sarnoff Fellow)
"Reactive Oxygen Species in the Heart Presentation Title: The Role of Nitric Oxide Synthase Uncoupling in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Failure Presentation"
Monday, November 10, 11:45 am
Akshay Pendyal (2007-08 Sarnoff Fellow)
"Functional, Histologic, and Radiographic Characteristics of Global Ischemia-reperfusion Brain Injury in a Mouse Model Of Cardiac Arrest"
Sunday, Nov. 9th, 9:30am
David Strauss (2007-09 Sarnoff Fellow)
"ECG Quantification of Myocardial Scar in Cardiomyopathy Patients with or without Conduction Defects: Correlation with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Arrhythmogenesis."
Monday, November 10, 9:30 am.
Congratulations to the following Sarnoff Alumni who participated in the 2008 National Residency Matching Program:
Neil Ahluwalia (2005-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Massachusetts General Hospital
Aarti Asnani (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Massachusetts General Hospital
Ari Brettman (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Massachusetts General Hospital
Ryan Kaple (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Massachusetts General Hospital
Shu Levine (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Massachusetts General Hospital
Sarah Stewart de Ramirez (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Johns Hopkins
Serena Tan (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - Stanford
Brian Williams (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) - University of Virginia
Natalia Berry (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) recently co-authored the following publication based on her Sarnoff-funded research:
Inagaki K, Koyanagi T, Berry NC, Sun L, Mochly-Rosen D.
Pharmacological inhibition of epsilon-protein kinase C attenuates cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction in hypertension-induced heart failure.Hypertension. 2008 Jun;51(6):1565-9. Epub 2008 Apr 14.
Trevor Burt (2000-01 Sarnoff Fellow) recently had a paper published in PNAS that includes work that he did as a Sarnoff Fellow. More information.
Rajat Gupta (2005-06 Sarnoff Fellow) co-authored a publication entitled, "The Influence of the Regulatory T Lymphocytes on Atherosclerosis" in the Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology Journal. More information.
Daniel Kelly, MD, Member of the Sarnoff Board of Directors, was recently appointed as Scientific Director the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in Orlando, Florida. In this capacity he will guide the scientific direction of Burnham's Orlando facility by forming several research programs related to diabetes, obesity, metabolism and heart disease. In addition, Dr. Kelly will be responsible for faculty recruitment for the Orlando site, which is situated in Lake Nona's "medical city," a newly developed science and technology park with several university and clinical partners.
Minesh Khatri (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) is first author of a publication in the Stroke journal. The publication is entitled, "Chronic Kidney Disease Is Associated With White Matter Hyperintensity Volume — The Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS)." More information.
Shu Levine (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow)
Session Type: Abstract Oral Sessions
Session Title: Endothelium: NO-Related Signaling Presentation Title: Simvastatin Regulates Insulin Signaling in Endothelial Cells via Activation of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Presentation Date/Time: 11/10/2008 4:00:00 PM 10 minute presentation and 5 minutes for questions Control Number: 11192
Thomas Michel, MD, PhD, Member of the Sarnoff Scientific Committee was recently appointed to become the first Dean for Education at Harvard Medical School.
Kenta Nakamura (2008-09 Sarnoff Fellow) recently received the Young Investigators Award at the Society of Vascular Medicine meeting for his abstract titled "NSAID Therapy Ameliorates Acquired Lymphedema in Mice: A Possible Protective Role for TNF-alpha."
Rosanne Rouf, MD (1999-2001 Sarnoff Fellow) recently published a first-author publication in Circulation Research, titled "Increased FOG-2 in Failing Myocardium Disrupts Thyroid Hormone-Dependent SERCA2 Gene Transcription."
Joshua Schulman-Marcus (2007-08 Sarnoff Fellow) wrote an article entitled, " Cardiovascular disease and global health: an overview of a major neglected disease" on the Lancet Student website. More information.
David Strauss (2007-09 Fellow) received the award for Best Clinical Research Platform Presentation at Alpha Omega Alpha Research Day at Duke University Medical Center. He presented a poster at the International Society of Computerized Electrocardiography, "ST-segment "Injury Current" Vector Compared to 12-lead ECG Indices to Estimate Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Measures of Ischemia during Coronary Angioplasty." David is also a first author of a review article in press in the Journal of Electrocardiology, "The QRS Complex - A Biomarker that "Images" the Heart: QRS Scores to Quantify Infarction and Fibrosis in All Types of Ventricular Conduction" and a second author of a textbook chapter in press: "Myocardial Infarction." In Comprehensive Electrocardiology: Theory and Practice in Health and Disease. Vol 2. 2nd Edition. Eds: Macfarlane PW, Kligfield P, Camm J.
Serena Tan (2006-07 Sarnoff Fellow) had a first-author manuscript entitled, "Heterotaxy and complex structural heart defects in a mutant mouse model of primary ciliary dyskinesia," accepted in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Oyere Unuma (2005-06 Sarnoff Fellow) is an author on a manuscript entitled, "Statistical analysis of relative labeled mass spectrometry data from complex samples using ANOVA," in the Journal of Proteome Research. Her contribution to the manuscript was based on her Sarnoff Fellowship research. More Information.
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