The Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) Foundation announced its winners for the 5th Annual Courts K. Cleveland SADS Foundation Young Investigator Awards in Cardiac Channelopathies. These Awards are administered by the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and were presented at the annual PACES evening meeting on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 by Dr. Charles Berul, Chair of the Committee and PACES President for Research.

“Supporting new research in the ever-growing area of cardiac channelopathies is the hope for the future. Young, brilliant minds will create the next life-saving scientific breakthroughs that will help save young lives.”
               -Susan Etheridge, M.D.,
                 VP SADS Foundation Board of Directors
                 PACES President

This year the winners for the Young Investigator Award in Cardiac Channelopathies are as follows:

Basic Science Winner

Author/Investigator: Nicole Boczek, BA Mentor: Michael Ackerman, MD, Ph.D.
Institution: Mayo Clinic
Exome Sequencing and Systems Biology Converge to Identify Novel Pathogenic Substrates for Autosomal Dominant Long QT Syndrome

Translational/Clinical Winner

Author/Investigator: Michela Faggioni, Ph.D. Mentor: Björn Knollman
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Accelerated Sinus Rhythm Prevents CPVT in Patients and in a Mouse Model