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2011 ATS Travel Award Recipients

The Travel Award has been provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Christian Reinke, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract Title: Effects Of Intermittent And Sustained Hypoxia On Metabolic Regulation And O2 Levels In Metabolically Active Tissues

Travel Awards have been provided by Cephalon, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Matthew Fitzgerald Knoch, MD
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Abstract Title: Biologically Variable Ventilation Limits Acute Lung Injury Following Acid Aspiration In Rats

Kevin Rene Grullon, MD
Wayne State University
Abstract Title: Influence Of Alpha 2 Receptors Agonist On Susceptibility To Hypocapnic Central Apnea During NREM Sleep In Healthy Individuals

The Travel Award has been provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Behrouz Jafari, MD
Yale University
Abstract Title: Role Of Nitric Oxide-Dependent Vasodilatation And Carbon Monoxide In Developing Hypertension In Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

The Travel Award has been provided by Merck member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Kiran Nandalike, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Abstract Title: Volumetric Analysis Of The Upper Airway Before And After Adenotonsillectomy In Obese Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The Travel Award has been provided by Pfizer, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Stijn Verhulst, MD, MSc, PhD
Antwerp University Hospital
Abstract Title: Predictors Of Residual Sleep-Disordered Breathing After Weight Loss In Obese Teenagers

The Travel Award has been provided by Purdue Pharma, LLP member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Lisa Burns, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract Title: Effect Of Adenotonsillectomy On Activity Adjusted Ambulatory Blood Pressure And Left Ventricular Geometry In Children With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The Travel Award has been provided by United Therapeutics Corporation member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program

Jacob Collen, MD
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Abstract Title: Sleep Disorders In Combat Related Traumatic Brain Injury

Travel Awards have been funded by a generous educational grant from Apnex Medical, Inc.

Rebecca H. Mason, MBChB
Oxford Sleep Unit
Abstract Title: Visual Improvement Post CPAP Therapy In Subjects With Diabetic Macular Oedema (DMO) And Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). Proof Of Principle Study.

Danny J. Eckert, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Abstract Title: Sleep Deprivation Impairs Genioglossus Muscle Responsiveness

Lauren M. Welicky, MD
Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
Abstract Title: Impact Of Cpap Compliance On Mortality In Patients With Combined COPD And Obstructive Sleep Apnea (The Overlap Syndrome)

Anne-Christin Stöwhas, MD
University Hospital of Zurich
Abstract Title: The Effect Of Simulated Obstructive Apnea And Hypopnea On Aortic Diameter And Blood Pressure

Brian D. Kent, MBBCh
St. Vincent's University Hospital
Abstract Title: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea As An Independent Predictor Of Coronary Atherosclerosis: A CT Coronary Angiography Study

The Travel Award has been provided by ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - American Sleep Apnea Association.

Jonathan Jun, MD
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Abstract Title: Effect Of Sleep Apnea On Nocturnal Free Fatty Acids In Subjects With Heart Failure