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SADS Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies PDF Print E-mail
The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation would like to encourage the next generation of researchers in SADS conditions. Therefore, we are announcing the First Annual SADS Foundation Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies. The Award will be administered by the Pediatric and Congenital EP Society (PACES), and will be presented at the annual PACES evening meeting, Wednesday May 14th at HRS.

Overview:

The SADS Foundation Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies will recognize an outstanding, original academic work in the field of cardiac channelopathies, which has not been published prior to the 2007 Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting, and/or presented in the prior year by a junior investigator.

Specific Criteria:

The first author candidate should be a medical student, graduate student, resident, fellow, postdoctoral fellow or junior investigator with up to 3 years of faculty appointment. However, there are no minimum or maximum age criteria. Training dates should be documented in a cover letter.


Submission of a manuscript addressing any area of the field of Cardiac Channelopathies, clinical or basic science, which has not been published prior to the last HRS annual meeting. The manuscript can be in print (after May 2007), in press, submitted, or in the pre-submission phase. The manuscript may be associated with an abstract submitted to or accepted for the 2008 HRS meeting, but this is not a pre-requisite for the award. Manuscript can be in press, submitted, or pre-submission. The manuscript may be associated with an abstract submitted to the HRS meeting, but such submission is not required. Submission for the award should be in a single PDF file, inclusive of all figures.


Submission DEADLINE, APRIL 15, 2008


Award:
  • $500 to the recipient
  • $1,250 to the institution to offset the cost of the annual meeting
  • Recognition with a SADS Foundation YIA plaque
  • Presentation of the award at the annual PACES meeting on Wednesday, May 14th.

Submissions should be e-mailed as a single PDF file including the cover letter to the selection committee chair, J. Philip Saul, MD no later than APRIL 15, 2008 at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

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