Recipients will be announced at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. The Award winners will each receive a $500 prize and a plaque. When appropriate, up to two runners-up may be presented with a $250 prize and plaque.

The 2010 winners are:

Student Presentation Award: Basic Science

Winner: Paul Lee

ROLE OF SURVIVIN AND APOPTOSIS IN DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANTI-APOPTOTIC THERAPIES FOR HEART FAILURE
PJ Lee, MA Kuliszewski, H Fujii, D Rudenko, C Liao, H Leong-Poi
Toronto, Ontario

1st Runner-up: Arash Ghashghai

CYCLOSPORIN-A INHIBITS NRF2 NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION IN HUMAN CORONARY ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
A Ghashghai, MV Badiwala, J Wallen, LC Tumiati, J Joseph, F Xu, V Rao
Toronto, Ontario

2nd Runner-up: Lyne Sleiman

THE ROLE OF CIAP2 IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS LESION DEVELOPMENT
L Sleiman, SL Thorn, M Hasu, M Thabet, M Holcik, JN DaSilva, RA DeKemp, RB Beanlands, SC Whitman
Ottawa, Ontario

Student Presentation Award: Clinical Science

Winner: Xiou Shen

LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AFTER ICD THERAPY IN ARVD5
XS Shen, KA Hodgkinson, PS Parfrey, TL Young, F Curtis, SP Connors
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

1st Runner Up: Christopher Labos

MAJOR BLEEDING RATES WITH COMBINED SSRI AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
C Labos, K Dasgupta, H Nedjar, C Lui, E Rahme
Montréal, Québec

2nd Runner Up: Sean van Diepen

MORTALITY AND HOSPITAL RE-ADMISSION IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE UNDERGOING MAJOR OR MINOR NON-CARDIAC SURGERY. AN ANALYSIS OF 40 749 PATIENTS
S van Diepen, JA Bakal, FA McAlister, JA Ezekowitz
Edmonton, Alberta