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(Hypertension. 2008;51:424.)
© 2008 American Heart Association, Inc.

Awards

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	Merck New Investigator Award/United States

 
The purpose of the Merck New Investigator Award is to encourage young investigators to undertake or continue hypertension research and participate in the conference. The award permits a young investigator to travel to the annual meeting and to present research orally or in poster format and to engage in discussion with senior investigators. The candidates are young investigators (MD or PhD), fellows in training, and academicians who hold an academic rank no higher than that of instructor at the time of submission of an abstract (Figure 1).

View larger version (59K):   Figure 1. The Merck New Investigator Award/United States. Pictured from left to right: Hong Wang, Babbette LaMarca, Jeffrey S. Gilbert, Jennifer Park, Tracy A. Henriques, Carmen M. Halabi, Justin L. Grobe, Melissa A. Burmeister, Lauren Anton, and JaNae Joyner.

	Merck New Investigator Award/Latin America

 
The Merck New Investigator Award/Latin America is presented with the same criteria to up to 4 qualified new investigators who plan to pursue their careers in Latin America.

The recipient of this award is Fernando S. Carneiro (not pictured).

	New Investigator Travel Award for Japanese Fellows (Supported by an Educational Grant From Pfizer)

 
The purpose of this award is to encourage new investigators from Japan to undertake or continue hypertension research and to participate in the Annual High Blood Pressure Research Conference. The award is presented to no more than 5 qualified new investigators from Japan who present papers at the annual fall conference (Figure 2).

View larger version (39K):   Figure 2. The New Investigator Travel Award for Japanese Fellows. Pictured from left to right: Jun-ichiro Koga, Yuji Tatara, Takashi Umemura, and Mariyo Sakoda. Not pictured: Tomoo Furumoto.

	New Investigator Award for European Fellows (Supported by an Educational Grant From AstraZeneca)

 
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