CVH Division Awards: Old Portfolio

This page includes all awards associated with the former division portfolio, which concluded in December 2024. The current Cardiovascular Health Division (CVH) is comprised of the former Biomarkers of Acute Cardiovascular Disease Division, Clinical Translational Sciences Division, Lipoproteins and Vascular Diseases Division, and Nutrition Division.

Awards by Division

  • Zak Award

    Given for outstanding contributions to scientific research in the area of lipoproteins & vascular diseases. (Given in odd years)

    • Eligibility: LVDD Member
    • Award: $500

    Recipients

    • 2023: Alan Remaley, MD, PhD
    • 2021: Shu-Ping Hui, MD, PhD
    • 2019: Yasuki Ito, PhD
    • 2017: Anne Biegneux
    • 2015: Sridevi Devaraj
    • 2013: James Otvos
    • 2011: Katsuyuki Nakajima
    • 2009: Joseph P. McConnell
    • 2007: Michael Y. Tsai
    • 2005: Russell Tracey
    • 2003: John Albers
    • 1999: Ishwarlal Jialal
    • 1997: Sigrid Klotzsch
    • 1995: Santica Marcovina
    • 1993: G. Russell Warnick
    • 1990: Bennie Zak

    Cooper Award

    Given for outstanding contributions to service in the area of lipoproteins and vascular diseases. (Given in even years)

    • Eligibility: LVDD Member
    • Award: $500

    Recipients

    • 2022: Hubert Vesper, PhD
    • 2020: Sridevi Devaraj
    • 2018: Michael Tsai
    • 2016: Hitoshi Chiba
    • 2014: Joseph McConnell
    • 2012: Alan T. Remaley
    • 2010: Ikunosuke Sakurabayashi
    • 2008: Ishwarlal Jialal
    • 2006: G. Russell Warnick
    • 2004: Masakazu Nakamura
    • 2002: Elizabeth Teng Leary
    • 2000: Herbert K. Naito
    • 1998: Don Wiebe
    • 1996: Gary L. Myers
    • 1994: Nader Rifai
    • 1992: Gerald Cooper

    LVDD's Annual Meeting Poster Awards

    Only first (primary) author listed

    Recipients

    • 2021: Tatiana Yuzyuk, PhD
    • 2020: Reinhardt Hesse
    • 2019: Caroline Freitas
    • 2018: Yasuki Ito
    • 2017: Shinichi Usui
    • 2016: Rojeet Shrestha
    • 2014: Jing Cao
    • 2013: Kazuhiko Kotani
    • 2012: Yoko Usami
    • 2011: Kazuhiko Kotani
    • 2010: Kazuhiko Kotani
    • 2009: Selvin Edwards
    • 2008: Alex Tsai
    • 2007: Selvin Edwards
    • 2006: Jing Cao

    LVDD Past Chair Service Award

    Recipients

    • 2016 & 2017: Amar Sethi
    • 2014 & 2015: Krishnaji Kulkarni
    • 2012 & 2013 Sridevi Devataj
    • 2010 & 2011 Daniel M. Hoefner
    • 2008 & 2009 Gyorgy (George) Csako
    • 2006 & 2007: Joseph P. McConnell
    • 2004 & 2005: Michael Y. Tsai
    • 2003: Alan T. Remaley
    • 2002: Mary Kimberly
    • 2001: James Maciejko
    • 2000: Martin Kroll
    • 1999: Ishwarlal Jialal
    • 1998: Kory M. Ward
    • 1997: Herbert K. Naito
    • 1996: Judith R. McNamara
    • 1995: Elizabeth Teng Leary
    • 1994: Thomas G. Cole
    • 1993: Nader Rifai
    • 1992: W. Gregory Miller
    • 1991: Gary L. Myers
    • 1990: Donald A. Wiebe
    • 1989: G. Russell Warnick

    Outstanding Article in Fats of Life Newsletter

    • The Fats of Life newsletter was discontinued as of 2014

    Recipients

    • 2013: Thomas Dayspring
    • 2012: Yasuki Ito
    • 2011: Kazuhiko Kotani
    • 2010: Gyorgy (George) Csako
    • 2008: John Millar
    • 2007: Alan T. Remaley
    • 2006: Jose Ordovas
    • 2005: William Harris
    • 2004: Harvey Schiller
    • 2003: Harvey A. Schwertner

    Pacific Biometrics Research Foundation Award

    This now-retired award was given for contributions to the technology of clinical chemistry. The winners received $500.

    Recipients

    • 2012: Jay W. Heinecke
    • 2009: Chong Yuan
    • 2008: Takashi Miida
    • 2006: Alan H. Wu
    • 2005: Hiroyuki Sugiuchi
    • 2004: Jim Otvos
    • 2003: Katsuyuki Nakajima

    International Travel Grant

    The Division provided funds to the Van Slyke Foundation, now known as the Access Program, for an international member to attend the the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) Annual Scientific Meeting.

    Recipients

    • 2006: Dragana Begovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
    • 2005: Ong Siew Kim (Singapore)
    • 2004: Eleni Bairaktari (Greece)
    • 2003: Paivi Laitinen (Finland)
    • 2002: Juri Laasik (Estonia)
    • 1999: Raj Deepa (India), Yusra Othman (Jordan)
    • 1997: Mosaad Alunen Abou-Seif (Egypt)
    • 1996: Margarita Iturriza (Venezuela)
    • 1995: Vladimir Dvorkin (Russia)
  • Award presented for outstanding research in nutrition. Honoree must be an the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) member, the presenting author of an abstract in the field of nutrition that has been accepted at the upcoming the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) Annual Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, and willing to give a short presentation on the research at the Nutrition Division annual meeting.

    Recipients

    2022: Irene De Biase, MD, PhD

    2021: Enoch Odame Anto, PhD

    2020: Kayode Balogun, PhD

    2019:Buck Lozier, MLS (ASCP)

    2017: Edgard Delvin

    2016: Awet Tecleab & Adam Ptolemy

    2015: Brooke Katzman and Irina Kirpich

    2014: Irina Kirpich

    2013: Chestina Voma

    2012: Dr. Qing-He Meng

    ADLM Nutrition Division Service Award

    Award presented to an individual who, as a member of the Nutrition Division, has given generously of their time towards the development and advancement of the Nutrition Division.

    Recipients

    2017: Dr. Lawrence De Konig

    2014: Ms. Elia Mears

    2013: Dr. Vinita Mishra

    2012: Ms. Naomi Hanson

    Garry/Labbe Award for Contributions to Laboratory Assessment of Nutritional Status
    Sponsored by the ADLM Nutrition Division and Beckman Coulter, Inc.

    This award is given in honor of Dr. Philip Garry and Dr. Robert Labbe who devoted their careers to advancing knowledge of nutritional chemistry and its role in human health. Dr. Garry—a founder and first chair of ADLM’s Nutrition Division & mdashwas known for his work as principal investigator of the New Mexico Aging Process Study. Dr. Labbe was a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received many awards for his research which included porphyrins, metalloporphyrins, and other pyrrole compounds, including the chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular pathology of many of these metabolites.

    Recipients

    2012 Dr. Ishwarlal Jialal
    2011 Dr. Sreekumaran Nair
    2010 Michael M. Meguid, MD

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