Young Investigators' Award Winner
These sessions offer a unique opportunity for young investigators to expose their most innovative and novel research to the scrutiny of panels of renowned experts in the specific fields.
Jury members:
O Ellingsen (Trondheim, NO), J Niebauer (Salzburg, AT), J Scharhag (Potsdam, DE), E Prescott (Copenhagen, DK), N Geladas (Daphne, GR), T Jorgensen (Glostrup, DK)
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This year, the Jury members and the Congress Programme Committee are pleased to honor:
M. Papadakis (London, GB)
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 The Young Investigators Award was my first international research award. It was the end product of three years of hard work in the field of Sports Cardiology and the proof that you should always strive for the unreachable. Even though I dared to dream of winning the award, I never thought that dream would materialise. I can think of a million reasons why a young researcher would shy away from putting himself forward for such an award, no less the intense anxiety of being judged by a panel of experts. At the same time however, it is difficult to express the immense feeling of elation when your name is announced as the winner of such a prestigious award and the sense of achievement generated by the recognition you receive by your colleagues and peers. The Young Investigators Award has strengthened my desire to further pursue a career in research in Sports Cardiology and I have no doubt that it will open up new professional opportunities for me in the near future.
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We would like to thank all speakers of these presentations:
- Have socioeconomic differences in coronary risk factors changed over 20 years? Results from a population-based study of men between 1978-80 and 1998-2000.
by S Ramsay (London, GB)
- Is high ankle-brachial index predictor of increased cardiovascular risk? The Czech post-MONICA study.
by P Wohlfahrt (Prague, CZ)
- Polymorphism of the alpha2a adrenoreceptor gene and aerobic power in coronary artery disease.
by S Onkelinx (Leuven, BE)
- Minor symptoms of depression in patients with congenital heart disease have a larger impact on quality of life than severely limited exercise capacity.
by J Mueller (Munich, DE)
- Ethnic differences in the electrocardiographic repolarisation patterns in elite male athletes and short-term outcomes.
by M Papadakis (London, GB)
Moderated poster prize winners
The best moderated posters per EACPR section (Prevention & Health Policy, Epidemiology & Public Health, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Sports Cardiology, Exercise Physiology and Basic Science) were selected onsite during the Moderated poster sessions. The six winning posters were displayed until the Saturday, 9 May 2009 in the exhibition area. Each presenter have received a certificate in recognition of their outstanding scientific work.
Exercise physiology
Chairperson(s) :L Sidossis (Athens, GR), J Lefevre (Leuven, BE)
Winner: "Anti-proteolytic effects of exercise training in the skeletal muscle of chronic heart failure patients: does exercise work equally well in all age groups?" M Sandri, Germany
"As a participant in EuroPrevent 2010 in Prague I feel deeply honoured to have been selected as a presenter in the Moderated Poster Session. It gave me the opportunity to compete with highly professional scientists who gave excellent presentations followed by profound discussions. It was a great pleasure to interact with the audience and the chairmen on from such a "short distance". I think these sessions are an excellent way to recieve recognition for new research at meetings like EuroPrevent. I´m looking forward to coming back!"
Prevention and health policy
Chairperson(s) : S Logstrup (Brussels, BE), S Giampaoli (Roma, IT).
Winner: "The influence of smokers socio economic status on motives to quit and reasons to relapse." C Pisinger, Denmark
Epidemiology & Public health
Chairperson(s) :S K Malyutina (Novosibirsk, RU), S Sans Menendez (Barcelona, ES)
Winner: "Using the Health Survey for England to monitor the effect on non-smokers and on inequalities of smokefree legislation." J Mindell, United Kingdom
Sports cardiology
Chairperson(s) :K-P Mellwig (Bad Oeynhausen, DE), D Corrado (Padova, IT)
Winner: "Evaluation of left ventricular hypertrophy in highly trained adolescent athletes." L Maskhulia, Republic of Georgia
Cardiac rehabilitation
Chairperson(s) :M F Piepoli (Piacenza, IT), P Doherty (York, GB)
Winner: "Randomized controlled trial on the effect of a long-term secondary prevention program over 3 years in a high-risk low-education cohort." M Redaelli, Germany
Basic science
Chairperson(s) :G Kojda (Duesseldorf, DE), V Adams (Leipzig, DE)
Winner: "Nitric oxide (NO) induces AT-2 receptor expression in a cGMP-dependent manner." S Agouri, Germany