2006 Coagulation Grant Winner

Aniara is happy to announce the winner of the 2006 Aniara grant in the amount of $5000.

Dr. A. Valance Washington, Ph.D. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Assistant Professor Universidad Central del Caribe Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Dr. A. Valance Washinton, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Universidad Central del Caribe in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. 

ABSTRACT OF WINNING GRANT PROPOSAL.
Statement of Hypothesis and Specific Aims:

Sepsis due to the complications of bacterial infection and endotoxin in the blood is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States. The death rate from this condition ranges between 30 and 70 percent under the best of care 1 Basically, sepsis is caused by an overreaction of the body's host defenses to severe bacterial infection2. However, the mechanisms that regulate this process are largely unknown and represent a major gap in our knowledge.

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Dr. Kenneth A. Bauer
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. His hospital positions include Chief, Hematology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Director, Thrombosis Clinical Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Charles S. Eby
Associate Director of Educational Programs, Division of Laboratory Medicine at Washington University Saint Louis, Member of Barnes-Jewish Hospital Credentialing and Health Information Management Committees.

Dr. Andreas Hillarp
Position as hospital chemist at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.

Dr. Mervyn A. Sahud, M.D., A.B.I. M.-Hem.
Medical Director Coagulation Department Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute

Dr. Sam Schulman
Associate professor in Internal Medicine at Karolinska Institute and since September 2004 also professor in medicine at McMaster University.

Agneta Siegbahn, MD, Ph.D.
Professor in Clinical Coagulation Science Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry Akademiska Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Jogin R. Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center. Associate Director, Clinical Coagulation Laboratory, Duke University Health System.