ISHLT2025: Early Career Scientist Award Finalist Presentations

27 to 30 April, 2025 | Various Sessions

Various Rooms, John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
  • Annual Meeting
  • Early Career
  • Grants, Awards & Scholarships
  • ISHLT2025
  • Scientific Abstract Award
ISHLT2025 Early Career Scientist Abstract Award

This award aims to recognize excellence in research in the field of basic and translational science with the goal of encouraging non-clinicians in the early stages of their careers to submit their work for presentation at the ISHLT Annual meeting. Five finalists invited to present their abstract research at the Annual Meeting, and the registration fee will be waived for these finalists.

The winner will be announced after the Annual Meeting.

Award Finalists

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Nicole Chrysler, BS

Toronto Lung Transplant Program
Toronto, ON Canada

Oral Session 23 | Tuesday, 29 April 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. EDT

Abstract Title: Anti-Donor T Cell Dynamics and Clad Risk in the Assessment of Lung Allograft Rejection - Measurement of T Cell Immune Synapses (ALARM-T) Study

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Moeed Fawad

Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA

Oral Session 13 | Sunday, 27 April 4:30 – 5:45 p.m. EDT

Abstract Title: First Sub-Zero Cardiac Allograft Preservation and Reanimation Following 24-Hours of Isochoric Supercooled Preservation

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Joshua Preston, BS

Emory University
Atlanta, GA USA

Oral Session 29 | Tuesday, 29 April 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. EDT

Abstract Title: Recipient Plasma Metabolome as a Predictor of Primary Graft Dysfunction in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

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David Sebben, MSc

University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Oral Session 39 | Wednesday, 30 April 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. EDT

Abstract Title: Expression of Trail and Trail Receptors by Club Cells in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD)

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Thirupura Sundari Shankar, PhD

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA

Oral Session 02 | Sunday, 27 April 3:00 – 4:15 a.m. EDT

Abstract Title: Epigenetic Cues to Myocardial Recovery in HF Patients on LVAD Support