Awards

2020 Research Funding Awards 

The call for applications is now closed. We thank you for your interest. The winners will be announced later this September for:

• The Institute for the Advancement of Nuclear Cardiology Research Fellowship Award, and
• The new ASNC/Pfizer Young Investigator in Cardiac Amyloidosis Research Fellowship Award.  

The recipient of each award will receive $50,000 in project funding plus the opportunity to present findings to the nuclear cardiology community.

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ASNC joins Journal of Nuclear Cardiology Editor-in-Chief Ami E. Iskandrian, MD, MASNC, in congratulating the recipients of this year's JNC awards. We thank them for their contributions to JNC and to cardiovascular imaging.

Zaret-Beller Award for Best Reviewer   Thomas H. Schindler, MD   Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis  St. Louis, Missouri @h_hellmut

Ken Brown Award for Best Editorial Sarah Cuddy, MB, BCH, BAO Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts @sarahcud  For Cuddy S, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Imaging of cardiac amyloidosis: Will this become a unique application for dual-isotope imaging?

Raymond Gibbons Award for Best Basic Research Paper   Rajiv Panwar, PhD Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts For Panwar R, Bhattarai P, Patil V, Gada K, Majewski S, Khaw BA. Imaging doxorubicin and polymer-drug conjugates of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity with bispecific anti-myosin-anti-DTPA antibody and Tc-99m-labeled polymers.

William Strauss Award for Best Technical Paper Martin Lyngby Lassen, MSc Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria @LassenLyngby For Lassen ML, Rasul S, Beitzke D, Stelzmüller ME, Cal-Gonzalez J, Hacker M, Beyer T. Assessment of attenuation correction for myocardial PET imaging using combined PET/MRI.

Frans J Th Wackers Award for Best Clinical Paper Hilde Hop, MD  University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands For Hop H, de Boer SA, Reijrink M, Kamphuisen PW, de Borst MH, Pol RA, Zeebregts CJ, Hillebrands JL, Slart RHJA, Boersma HH, Doorduin J, Mulder DJ. 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography assessed microcalcifications in culprit and non-culprit human carotid plaques.