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 2009 winners are:

Student Presentation Award: Clinical Science

Winner: Marie-Annick Clavel
COMPARISON BETWEEN SURGICAL AND TRANSCATETHER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN PATIENT WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS AND REDUCED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION
M Clavel, J Webb, J Rodés-Cabau, J Masson, E Dumont, R De Larochellière, D Doyle, S Bergeron, H Baumgartner, IG Burwash, JG Dumesnil, G Mundigler, R Moss, J Bergler-Klein, P Pibarot
Québec, Québec

1st Runner Up: Robert Doonan
INCREASED ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AFTER ACUTE EXERCISE IN YOUNG HEALTHY SMOKERS
RJ Doonan, S Koessel, M Lalli, A Hausvater, C Scallan, J Mateshaytis, F Carli, SS Daskalopoulou
Montréal, Québec

2nd Runner Up: Isabelle Nault
LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP AFTER CATHETER ABLATION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AIMING AT ELIMINATION OF LATE VENTRICULAR POTENTIALS
I Nault, P Maury, F Sacher, N Lellouche, N Derval, A Deplagne, M Hocini, M Haïssaguerre, P Jais
Pessac Cedex, France

Student Presentation Award: Basic Science

Winner: Ali Nsair
HUMAN CARDIOVASCULAR PROGENITOR CELLS POSITIVE FOR ISL 1+/FLK 1+/CKIT LOW SURFACE CELL MARKERS DIFFERENTIATE INTO ALL THREE CELL TYPES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR LINEAGE
A Nsair, K Schenke-Layland, W MacLellan
Los Angeles, California

1st Runner-up: Christian Rueda-Clausen
LONG TERM EFFECTS OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION ON CARDIAC METABOLISM
CF Rueda-Clausen, JS Morton, ST Davidge
Edmonton, Alberta

2nd Runner-up: Danny Guo
LOSS OF PI3Kγ ENHANCES CAMP-DEPENDENT MMP REMODELING OF N-CADHERIN ADHESION COMPLEXES AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN RESPONSE TO BIOMECHANICAL STRESS
D Guo, FL Chow, JM Penninger, PH Backx, Z Kassiri, GY Oudit
Edmonton, Alberta