Early Career Investigator Spotlight
The American Heart Association’s® Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) Early Career Investigator (ECI) Database Research Seed Grants 表彰有前途和杰出的研究人员在其职业生涯的早期阶段,并鼓励研究使用GWTG AFib, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Resuscitation, and Stroke registries. For many professionals, these ECI grants serve as stepping stones to future opportunities in research, collaboration, and scientific advancement. For the AHA, 这些ECI拨款为我们的使命迈出了一步,我们的使命是成为一个持久的力量, healthier lives.
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2022 Early Career Investigator Awardees
Name: Hannah Schwennesen, MD
Institution: Duke University
"Despite the increasing use of catheter ablation for management of atrial fibrillation, little is known about which patients with recurrence benefit from repeat procedures. 我们的项目将利用GWTG-AF数据库来描述重复消融的患者,并探讨患者和手术特征对消融后结果的影响.”
汉娜·施文尼森(Hannah Schwennesen)是杜克大学医学院的一名二年级内科住院医师. 她在杜克大学完成了本科教育,并在宾夕法尼亚大学佩雷尔曼医学院获得了医学学位. 她的研究主要集中在心房颤动的临床管理与导管消融特别感兴趣. She plans to pursue fellowship in cardiovascular medicine after completion of residency.
Name: Nicholas K. Brownell, MD
Institution: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
“随机对照试验表明,钠-葡萄糖共转运蛋白-2抑制剂(SGLT2is)可减少心力衰竭患者的心血管欧洲杯压球app, yet they are underused in contemporary practice. Using GWTG-Heart Failure, 我们希望评估SGLT2i在现实世界中的临床有效性,并扩大SGLT2i在心力衰竭中的常规应用的证据基础."
Nicholas K. 医学博士布朗内尔是加州大学洛杉矶分校大卫·格芬医学院的心脏病学研究员. 他在宾夕法尼亚大学(University of Pennsylvania)完成了本科教育,获得工程学学士学位, majoring in bioengineering. 随后,他获得了埃默里大学医学院的医学学位,并在德克萨斯大学西南医学院完成了内科住院医师培训. 他目前得到加州大学洛杉矶分校专业培训和高级研究(STAR)计划和NIH T32培训补助金的支持. Dr. 布朗内尔正在加州大学洛杉矶分校菲尔丁公共卫生学院攻读卫生政策与管理博士学位,主修实施科学. 他的研究重点是心血管疾病的护理差距评估和心力衰竭的医疗保健服务优化.
Name: Charles F. Sherrod IV, MD
Institution: Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute/UMKC
"Racial disparities are unjustifiably common in our healthcare system, and by improving our understanding, we can work to close the gap in outcomes. Asian and Hispanic Americans represent the two fastest growing racial groups in the US, 然而,人们对医院内心脏骤停所面临的挑战知之甚少."
Charles Sherrod是圣卢克中美洲心脏研究所和堪萨斯城密苏里大学T32心血管结果研究和普通心脏病学研究员的第一年, where he is mentored by Drs. Paul Chan, Andrew Sauer, and John Spertus. 他在堪萨斯城的密苏里大学医学院完成了文学学士/医学博士课程. Thereafter, he was recruited to Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, where he completed his internal medicine residency in the research track. 他对提高不同人群的医疗保健质量和价值特别感兴趣.
Name: Lindsay Shepard, MD
Institution: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
"Although respiratory failure is a frequent cause of arrest in children, the optimal airway management for in-hospital cardiac arrest is remains unknown. 我们希望这项研究将有助于为儿童骤停期间气道管理策略提供信息,以改善生存结果."
Dr. 林赛·谢泼德(Lindsay Shepard)目前是费城儿童医院的儿科重症监护医学研究员, 儿科医院流行病学和结果研究培训(PHEOT)项目博士后T-32研究员. 她目前就读于宾夕法尼亚大学临床流行病学硕士(MSCE)项目. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 并在纽约长老会哥伦比亚大学医学中心完成了儿科住院医师培训.
Dr. Shepard is interested in improving outcomes from pediatric cardiac arrest. In particular, 她目前的研究主要集中在儿科心脏骤停前的呼吸衰竭和通气. 她之前开发并评估了代码领导者评估工具的有效性证据, 并评估心肺复苏(CPR)教练对胸外按压中断的影响.
Name: Fernanda Carvalho Poyraz, MD, PhD
Institution: Columbia University
在脑出血(ICH)患者中,抗血小板应用广泛且与血肿扩张和不良预后相关. 我计划评估凝血功能逆转治疗对使用抗血小板药物患者临床结果的影响. I hope that my research will provide insight into optimizing acute management of ICH.”
费尔南达·卡瓦略·波伊拉兹是纽约长老会医院(哥伦比亚大学和威尔康奈尔大学)神经危重症护理的第二年研究员. 她在哥伦比亚大学获得医学博士/博士双学位,并发表了神经科学博士论文. 她在纽约长老会医院(哥伦比亚大学)完成了内科实习和神经内科住院医师。. 她在神经精神疾病的啮齿动物模型的转化研究和出血性中风的临床研究方面具有丰富的经验. 她目前的研究兴趣集中在自发性脑出血患者凝血功能逆转和输血实践. She is working under the mentorship of Dr. David Roh, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Columbia University.