American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Carl J. Wiggers Award

American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section Carl J. Wiggers Award The Carl J. Wiggers Award is in honor of the Cardiovascular Section's founder, Carl J. Wiggers, whose research defined fundamental pressure-flow relationships in the cardiovascular system. In addition to publishing definitive texts in circulatory physiology, Dr. Wiggers founded Circulation Research and trained numerous future department heads as well as several presidents of the APS. The Wiggers award honors a scientist and fellow of the APS Cardiovascular Section who has made distinguished achievements and contributions to cardiovascular research throughout their career, has been an active and committed member of the section, and who will attract outstanding new members to the Cardiovascular Section from the United States and abroad. The Wiggers awardee will receive a $1,000 honorarium, a featured topic selected by the awardee plus complimentary registration to the EB Meeting at which the featured topic is presented. The nomination package should include: 1) NIH-style biosketch with 15 most representative publications and 2) two letters of nomination. All application materials must be submitted by February 2, 2015 to be considered for the 2016 award. Application package: -NIH-style biosketch with 15 most prominent publications -2 Letters of Nomination: one from a past or current trainee, and the other of the applicant’s choice
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