Vision Grants

Vision Grants are small awards intended to provide initial funding for novel ideas, which might otherwise not be pursued due to lack of funding. While preliminary data is not required, careful development of hypothesis based on existing information is expected. Development of hypotheses from cardiovascular principles generated outside of pregnancy to hypertension in pregnancy is encouraged. While these awards are ideal for young investigators, they are not limited to young investigators. They should, however, be directed towards novel rather than well established lines of research.

2008 Vision Grants

Ödül "Laurie" Amburgey M.D. Fellow in Maternal Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care
Cerebral Vessel Reactivity and Blood-Brain Barrier Changes with Exposure to Plasma from Pre-eclamptic Women Click here for a brief abstract

Daobin Ding MD PhD Fellow, Maternal-fetal Medicine Department of OB & GYN University of Chicago
Detection of mitochondrial mutations in preeclampsia Click here for a brief abstract

Jonathan T. McGuane, PhD Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics College of Medicine University of Florida
Potential therapeutic use of relaxin in preeclampsia Click here for a brief abstract

Alexander Panda M.D., M.P.H. Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine School of Medicine Yale University
TLR expression and function of peripheral blood immune cells in preeclampsia Click here for a brief abstract

2007 Vision Grants

Francesca Facco, MD, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy: relationship with preeclampsia Click here for a brief abstract

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Frauke von Versen-Hoeynck, MD, Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
The role of the hypoxia-inducible signal adenosine in placental amino acid transport Click here for a brief abstract

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Previous Vision Grants Recipients

Anthony Gregg, MD
Baylor University
“The eNOS gen sequence: A threshold to predicting preeclampsia”