ESC Working Groups Awards at ESC Congress

ESC CONGRESS 2022

Young Investigators Awards (YIA)

The prestigious Young Investigators Awards are sponsored by the ESC and illustrate the dedication of our Society to support original research and scientific excellence.

The following Working Groups contribute to the Young Investigator Awards Sessions in their topic:

• Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation
• Thrombosis

To present an abstract in one of the YIA sessions, the first author/presenter must be under 40 years old at the time of presentation, i.e. born after 29 August 1982.

The winner receives and ESC Award of 2000 euros and a free registration for the ESC Congress. The finalists receive 1000 euros and a free registration.

Learn more about the Young Investigators Awards (YIA) option

Submit your abstract

Deadline: 20 March 2022

Working Group Awards

The following ESC Working Groups support high-quality research at ESC Congress by awarding each the two best abstracts submitted by young members (under 40 years old at the time of presentation) in their topic of expertise:

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology
• Cardiovascular Regenerative & Reparative Medicine
• e-Cardiology
• Myocardial Function
• Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function

The first author/presenter of each best abstract will receive a Working Group Award of 500€. Membership in the awarding Working Group is mandatory to receive the prizes.

Become member

Submit your abstract

Deadline: 20 March 2022

The finalists will be informed in August, and the results will be presented during the ESC Working Groups Networking Reception at ESC Congress 2022, and in the ESC Working Groups bi-monthly newsletter.

Previous Working Group Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the ESC Working Group Awards at ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience, selected from the best graded abstracts in the field, under 40 years old:

ESC WG on Adult Congenital Heart Disease:

• Common genetic variants improve risk stratification after atrial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries - Presented by Ms O. Woudstra (Amsterdam, NL)
• The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic among adult congenital heart disease patients: findings of a one-year multicentric, international study - Presented by Doctor F. Ruperti Repilado (Bern, CH)

ESC WG on Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology:

• Integrative single cell RNA-sequencing descrambles a substantial divergence of adaptive immune cell identities and transcriptional programs in mouse and human atherosclerosis - Presented by Mr H. Horstmann (Freiburg, DE)
• Endothelial-T cell crosstalk contributes to vascular injury in fatty liver disease - Presented by Assistant Professor C. Cheung (Singapore, SG)

ESC WG on Cardiovascular Reparative & Regenerative Medicine:

• Transcriptome analysis of conditionally immortalized atrial myocytes: identification of a novel atrium-enriched protein involved in sarcomere assembly and maintenance - Presented by Mr P. van Gorp (Leiden, NL)
• Pharmacological blockade of histone methyltransferase SETD7 restores angiogenic response in experimental diabetes - Presented by Mr S. Mohammed (Zurich, CH)

ESC WG on e-Cardiology:

• Trends in infective endocarditis mortality in the United Kingdom and EU 15+ countries between 1990-2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases database - Presented by Doctor M. Hammond-Haley (London, GB)
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• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiology services at a tertiary cardiac centre in a low- & middle-income country in Asia - Presented by Doctor F. Cader (Dhaka, BD)
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ESC WG on Myocardial Function:

• Gpr126 domains control different cellular mechanisms of ventricular chamber development - Presented by Miss S. Srivastava (Erlangen, DE)
• Implication of sphingolipid metabolism gene dysregulation and cardiac sphingosine-1-phosphate accumulation in heart failure - Presented by Miss L. Perez Carrillo (Valencia, ES)

ESC WG on Pulmonary Circulation & Right Ventricular Function

• Case fatality rate and fatal bleeding complication in patients with pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale - Presented by Dr. Lukas Hobohm (Mainz, DE)
• Senescent endothelial cells exacerbate pulmonary hypertension through notch-mediated juxtacrine interaction with pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells - Presented by Dr. Risa Ramadhiani (Kobe, JP)