DR. CARLOS FERRARIO SELECTED AS THE 2024 MORETON RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENT

The Southern Medical Association is pleased to announce that Carlos Ferrario, MD, FAHA, FASH, FAPS, FISH, FACC, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Dr. Robert D. and Alma W. Moreton Research Award to be presented at this year’s Annual Scientific Assembly in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Ferrario is Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, and Founder of the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center, Atrium Health Wake Forest School of Medicine. In addition, he is the Founder of the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC™), an organization which has pioneered medical and educational efforts directed to reduce cardiovascular deaths in the South, serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer until 2008. Dr. Ferrario has published over 500 papers, more than 70 book chapters, and five books and has mentored physicians, many of whom have become major medical leaders throughout the world.

Dr. Ferrario will present the Moreton Lecture on Friday, October 25, 2024, during SMA’s Annual Scientific Assembly. In his lecture, “The Janus Paradox. The Two Faces of ACE2 in Cardiovascular Disease,” he will discuss the clinical importance of the ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas-R axis in counteracting Ang II pathological actions and elaborate on potential therapies to enhance ACE2 activity or directly supplement Ang-(1-7) to restore the protective balance in patients with severe COVID-19.

IASH provides awards for early career investigators to support their travel expenses to IASH meeting. The applicants must be IASH members at the time of application.

Romero C, Kumar N, Carretero OA. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA (Second Place: $US 750).
Production of anti-inflammatory peptide N-Acetyl-Seryl-Aspartyl-Lysyl-Proline (Ac-SDKP) in Kidney

Perdicaro J, Rodriguez Lanzi MC, Antoniolli A, Fontina A, Bottini RA, Miatello RM, Vasquez Prieto MA. Labaratorio de fisiopatologia Cardiovacular, FCM, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo e Instituto de Medicina y Biologia Experimental de Cuyo (IMBECU)-CONICET, and Instituto de Biologia Agricola de Mendoza (IBAM-CONICET), Mendoza Argentina (Third place: $US 500).

Participation of food rich in phenolic compounds on adipose tissue angiogenesis and inflammation

The IASH participated at this year’s American Heart Association Council on Hypertension Scientific Sessions by offering the IASH/COH New Investigator Travel Award for Central and South American Trainees.

The top 10-scored submitted abstracts were selected to receive complimentary registration to the conference plus $1,000 U.S. Dollars to help defray travel expenses.

New investigators presented their abstracts in either oral or poster format during the conference. Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/IASHonline to see pictures of the IASH activities during this scientific meeting.