News and Awards

• Jacqueline Sayyah - University of Florida Graduate Student Nominee to attend the 2007 Nobel Laureates Meeting, Lindau, Germany, 2007.
• Jacqueline Sayyah - University Women's Club Scholarship, 2006
• Mike Godeny - Bronze Medalist, UF Medical Guild Research Competition, 2006
• Jacqueline Sayyah - UF Medical Guild Research Award Recipient, 2006
• Mike Godeny - Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2006
• Jacqueline Sayyah was named to The Chancellor's List, a national graduate honor society, 2005
• Tiffany Wallace - American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2005
• Mike Godeny - American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2005
• Melanie Powers - Outstanding Teacher Award, 2005
• Mike Godeny - Best Basic Science Poster Award, UF College of Medicine Research Day, 2005
• Paul Oh - Exemplary Teacher Award, 2005
• Peter Sayeski - Exemplary Teacher Award, 2005
• A new book, Cardiovascular Genomics, edited by Mohan K. Raizada et al., will be published by Humana Press in 2005 [more...]
• An article by recent graduate Matt Huentelman was featured on the cover of Hypertension in December 2004 [more...]
• Tomokazu Matsuura - AHA Award for the highest score on a funded AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship application
• Katey Sellers received a Merck New Investigator Award
• Beverly Metcalife received a Cardiovascular Therapeutics New Investigator Award
• Tsugio Seki - Scientist Development Grant from the American Heart Association
• Himangshu Bose - 3-year March of Dimes Award
• Colin Sumners - Basic Science Teacher of the Year Award
• Eric Sandberg - 3rd place in Graduate Student Research Competition
• Eric Sandberg and Tiffany Wallace - St. Jude National Graduate Student Symposium in Memphis, TN
• Eric Sandberg - Frederick Gardner Cottrell Postdoctoral Award at Emory University
• Bruce Stevens - Patent "Safe methods for controlling insect pests"
• Himangshu Bose - James & Esther King Biomedical Research grant
• Himangshu Bose - Robert Bouck Award for highest score on funded AHA grant application
• Bruce Stevens - Exemplary Teacher Award, 2004
• Eric Sandberg - Travel Award to the 14th Annual European Society of Hypertension, Paris, France
• Marc Jaeger - Patent "Ventilation of closed spaces"
• Coin Sumners - Exemplary Teacher Award, 2003
• Shereeni Veerasingham - Young Investigator Award, Society for Hypertension Research
• Shereeni Veerasingham - American Physiological Society Postdoctoral Award
• Peter Sayeski - HHMI Pilot Project Award
• Peter Sayeski - NIH Scientist and Development Award
• Charles Wood - UFRF Professorship Award, 2003
• Pushpa Kalra - AHA Scientific Development Grant
• Pushpa and Satya Kalra - $1.8 million NIH award
• Pushpa Kalra - Basic Science Research Award, 2002
• Colin Sumners - UFRF Professorship Award, 2002
• Paul Oh - College of Medicine Investigator Fund Award
• Paul Oh - Larry Gentry Memorial Award, Best poster at Celebration of Research, 2002
• Pushpa Kalra - Chair, NIH Study Section
• Hideko Kasahara - Member, AHA Executive Committee, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences
• Peter Sayeski - Young Investigator Travel Award, APS, 2002
• Bruce Stevens - Patent "Materials and methods for enhancing muscle performance and recovery from fatigue"
• Bruce Stevens - Patent "Materials and methods for controlling medical and agricultural pests"
• Colin Sumners - Chair of AHA Molecular Signaling Study Group
• Mohan Raizada - NIH MERIT Award