Poster Awards

 We are delighted to announce the Winners of the ARTERY24 Poster Awards

First Place Winner, Khaled A K Mohammed.

First Place

Khaled A K Mohammed- “Restoring adventitial pericyte dysfunction in aortic aneurysm using PD0325901, a selective MEK inhibitor drug.” (P.33)

Co-Authors: E. Avolio, G. Angelini, P. Madeddu

Second Place

Afrah Malik- “Screening of the Carotid Artery for Significant Stenosis and Minor Plaques Using a Digital Stethoscope: Preliminary Results” (P.20)

Co-Authors: W. Mess, T. Delhaas, K. Reesink

Third Place

Jonas Kell- “Cardiac output during heat stress with peripheral blood flow restriction – implications for thermoregulation and cardiac control” (P.44)

Co-Authors: M. Lampkemeyer, T. Claussen, F. Spahiu, M. Mook, C. G. Crandall, E. Stöhr

Previous Winners:

At ARTERY23, two prizes were awarded for the first and second best posters:

First Place: Marie-Joe Dib (University of Pennsylvania) – Casual associations between pulse pressure and target organ damage: a Mendelian randomization study

Second: Milene Freneau (Nantes Université, France) – Characterization of an ANGPTL6 variant predisposing to intracranial aneurysm formation

The 2023 DeGAG Poster Awards were awarded to:

First Place: Ana Karen Guzman Aguayo (Universidad Complutense De Madrid) – Vascular damage in early chronic kidney disease is not related to periaorticadipose tissue dysfunction

Second Place: Domokos Cseh (University of Cambridge) – Both the mechanical and the neural components of baroreflex sensitivity are decreased in patients with early schizophrenia

Popular Choice Poster Winner: Jess Williams (Cardiff Met)–Characterising the endothelial response post Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA). An observational sub study of PREDICT-EV

At ARTERY22, three prizes were awarded for the first, second and third best posters:

First Place: Nadège Côté (Université Laval, Canada) – Preliminary findings of the VALIDATion of central blood pressure Estimation in advanced Chronic Kidney Disease study (VALIDATE-CKD)

Second: Milene Freneau (Nantes Université, France) – Characterization of an ANGPTL6 variant predisposing to intracranial aneurysm formation

Third: Christopher Lechuga (University of California, USA) – Analyses of pulsatile pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular function during exercise

At ARTERY21, three prizes were awarded for the first, second and third best posters:

First Place: Dr Anna Filip – Relationship between the parameters of aortic stiffness and nocturnal dipping status during antihypertensive therapy.

Second Place: Dr Adrian Heald – Longitudinal clinical trajectory analysis of individuals before and after diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) indicates that vascular problems start early.

Third Place: Dr Frédéric Roca – Effect of the pharmacological reduction of heart rate by Ivabradine on arterial wall viscosity in young and middle-aged healthy subjects.

At ARTERY20, three prizes were awarded for joint first place, and runner up:

Joint First Place: 

Yolandi Breet – P.12 Investigating the role of glycemic markers in pulse pressure amplification in young adults: The African-PREDICT study

Raj Kiran – P.41 Measurement of pressure-dependent intra-beat changes in carotid pulse wave velocity using image-free fast ultrasound

Runner Up: 

Stefan Orter – P.07 The Progression of Left Ventricular Ejection Time in Simulated Microgravity

At ARTERY19, three prizes were awarded for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Bálint Bányai (Semmelweis University Department of Physiology, Budapest, Hungary)
“Effect of vitamin D deficiency on insulin induced vasodilatation and receptor expression in rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome“

Second Prize – Brooks Hibner (University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA)
“Effect of live-firefighting on ventricular-vascular coupling“

Third Prize – Smriti Badhwar (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India)
“Oscillatory flow patterns in peripheral conduit artery are related to central arterial stiffness in healthy subjects“

At ARTERY18, three prizes were awarded for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Areti Triantafyllou (Papageorgiou, Greece)
Second Prize – Marini Pedralli (Porto Alegre, Brasil)
Third Prize – Kaisa Maki-Petaja (Cambridge, UK)

At ARTERY17, three prizes were awarded for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Frederic Roca (Rouen, France)
Second Prize – Kristian Løkke Funck (Aarhus, Denmark)
Third Prize – Anna Paini (Brescia, Italy)

Two posters were highly commended:

Zhuo Chang (Liverpool, UK)
Nicole di Lascio (Pisa, Italy)

At ARTERY16, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Salome Kristensen (Aalborg, Denmark)
Second Prize – Mohsen Agharazii (Quebec City, Canada)
Third Prize – Jessica Middlemiss (Cambridge, UK)

At ARTERY15, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Riaz Akhtar (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Second Prize – Kathleen Connolly (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Third Prize – Anna Paini (Brescia, Italy)

At ARTERY14, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Nick Gaddum (London)
Second Prize – Enrique Rodilla (Valencia)
Third Prize – Thomas van Sloten (Eindhoven) 

At ARTERY13, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Francesca Battista (Perugia)
Second Prize – Marcus Baumann (Munich)
Third Prize – Marina Cecelja (London) 

At ARTERY12, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Bart Spronck (Maastricht)
Second Prize – Erik Rodilla (Puerto de Sagunto)
Third Prize – Giacomo Pucci (Perugia) 

At ARTERY11, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Marie Briet (Montreal)
Second Prize – Mark Butlin (Sydney)
Third Prize – Eric Stöhr (Cardiff) 

At ARTERY10, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Tim Bradley (Toronto)
Second Prize – Christine Vayssettes-Courchay (Suresnes)
Third Prize – Laurie Tomlinson (Cambridge)

At ARTERY9, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Robinson Joannides (Rouen)
Second Prize – Jitka Seidlerova (Plzeň)
Third Prize – Siegfried Wassertheurer (Vienna)

At ARTERY8, three prizes were awarded Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Dr John Baksi (London)
Second Prize – Dr James Sharman (Queensland)
Third Prize – Nazia Saeed (Maastricht)

At ARTERY7, three prizes were awarded by Elsevier for the first, second and third best posters:

First Prize – Sharon Wallace (Cambridge)
Second Prize – Sebastian Vermeersch (Paris)
Third Prize – Caroline Geerts (Utrecht)