TSFRE Research Fellowships provide support of up to $35,000 a year for up to 2 years for surgical residents who have not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training.
	Nicholas D. Andersen, M.D., Duke University Medical Center “Calcium Signaling Regulates Cardiomyocyte Growth in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome”
	David N. Anderson, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center “SCCRO (DCUN1D1) is Essential for Cellular Transformation ”
	Alejandro Bribriesco, B.S., M.D., Washington University  “Role of Non-Alloimmune Stimuli in Airway Epithelial Cell Differentiation after Lung  Transplantation”
	William Hiesinger, M.D., University of Pennsylvania  “Myocardial Angiogenic Tissue Engineering Via Ex-Vivo Modified Stem Cell Matrix”
TSFRE Research Grants provide operational support of original research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $40,000 a year for up to 2 years are made each year to support the work of an early-career cardiothoracic surgeon (within 5 years of first faculty appointment).
	Mark Onaitis, M.D., Duke University “The Mechanism of Sox2 in Lung Cancer Development”
	Thomas B. Reece, M.D., University of Colorado “The Role of Specific Adenosine Receptor Activation In Ischemic Preconditioning of the  Spinal Cord”
	Brendon M. Stiles, M.D., Weill Medical College, Cornell University  “Disseminated Tumor Cells in the Bone Marrow of Patients With Surgically Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparative Genomic Analysis to Matched Primary Tumors”
Nina Starr Braunwald Career Development Award provides a biennial award of $115,000 for two years to support the research career development of a woman cardiac surgeon who holds a full-time faculty appointment and who is within 10 years of completion of thoracic surgery residency.
	Jennifer C. Hirsch, M.D., M.S., University of Michigan  “Development of a Congenital Heart Assessment of Sensory and Motor Status  (CHASMS) Instrument for Infants Following Cardiac Surgery”