SADS Young Investigator Award

SADS Foundation Courts K. Cleveland, Jr. Young Investigator Awards in Pediatric Cardiac Channelopathy Research

To encourage the next generation of researchers in SADS conditions, the Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation is announcing the Sixth Annual SADS Foundation Courts K. Cleveland, Jr. Young Investigator Awards in Cardiac Channelopathy Research. As in past years, there will be a BASIC SCIENCE award and a TRANSLATIONAL/CLINICAL SCIENCE award given. Both awards will be administered by the Pediatric and Congenital EP Society (PACES), and will be presented at the annual PACES evening meeting, May 8th at the 2013 Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions.

Overview:

The SADS Foundation Courts K. Cleveland, Jr. Young Investigator Awards in Cardiac Channelopathy Research will recognize two outstanding, original academic works in the field of cardiac channelopathies (BASIC SCIENCE category and TRANSLATIONAL/CLINICAL SCIENCE category), which has not been published prior to the 2012 Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting in May, 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 within his/her first 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 Channelopathy Research designating either category, which has not been published prior to the last HRS annual meeting in May 2012. The 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 8, 2013

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 May 8, 2013

Submissions should be e-mailed as a single PDF file including the cover letter to the selection committee chair, Charles Berul, MD no later than April 8,2013 at cberul@cnmc.org.

Past award recipients:

2013 Award
2012 Award
2011 Award
2010 Award
2009 Award
2008 Award

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- Family history of unexpected, unexplained sudden death under age 40.
- Fainting or seizure during exercise, excitement or startle.
- Consistent or unusual chest pain &/or shortness of breath during exercise.

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Nov. 1-3, 2013 Columbus, OH

SADS Young Investigator Award

SADS Foundation Courts K. Cleveland, Jr. Young Investigator Awards in Pediatric Cardiac Channelopathy Research

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