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Joan A. O'Brien Research Award Recipients and their Winning Abstract Titles
2009 –
Plymouth, Massachusetts
•
Jerome Leemans, University of Liege, Belgium, “"Dietary
supplementation with an omega-s polyunsaturated fatty acids and luteolin
combination in cats with experimentally-induced asthma: a preliminary
study"
• Mathilde
Leclere, University of Montreal, Canada, “"Effect of
antigen challenge and withdrawal on airway smooth muscle remodeling in
heaves"
2007 –
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Johanna
Hueber, University of Leipzig, Germany: “Brachycephalic
airway syndrome: effects of partial turbinectomy on intranasal airway
resistance”.
• Marybeth
Miscovic, Purdue University, USA: “Protein
expression patterns in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of horses with recurrent
airway obstruction”.
2006 –
Jena, Germany
• Undine Christmann, Virginia
Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, USA: “Lung surfactant
and severity of disease in horses with recurrent airway obstruction”
• Friederike Range, Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany: “Cloning and molecular characterisation of eCLCA1, a putative
calcium-activated chloride channel in the equine lung and its significance
in equine chronic bronchiolitis”
2005
– No Awards – VCRS Planning Meeting,
Blacksburg, VA, USA
2004
– Montreal, Canada
•
Christophe Desmet, University
of Liège, Belgium: "Selective blockade of NF-kB activity in
airway immune cells inhibits the effector phase of experimental asthma"
• Susannah Norman, Centres for
Equine Studies, Animal Health Trust,
Lanwades Park, Suffolk, UK: "Atonomic dysfunction in horses affected
by recurrent airway obstruction (RAO)”
2003
• Chris Deaton,
Animal Health Trust, Suffolk, UK
• Michael Leroy, University of
Liège, Belgium: " Interferon alpha-induced resistance to bovine
PI-3 virus is mediated through the MX pathway"
2002
•
Chris Deaton, Animal Health Trust, Suffolk,
UK
• Lais Costa, Louisiana State
University, USA: "Culture of primary and transformed equine airway
cells”.
2001
•
Nathalie Kirschvink, University of Liège,
Belgium: “Effect of chronic airway inflammation and exercise on
pulmonary and systemic antioxidant status of healthy and heaves-affected
horses.”
• Scott Pirie, Wellcome Trust
Centre for Research in Comparative Respiratory Medicine, Midlothian, Scotland:
1999
• Lais Costa,
Louisiana State University, USA: "Nitric oxide as an inflammatory
mediator in horses with summer-pasture-associated obstructive pulmonary
disease"
• Christophe Uystepruyst, University
of Liège, Belgium: “Changes in respiratory mechanics measured
by IOS during the first day of life in calves"
• A research grant was also awarded in 1999 to
Lais Costa (Louisiana State University).
1998
1997
• Dominque Votion,
University of Liège, Belgium: “Subclinical lung inflammatory
process assessed with scintigraphy"
1996
1995
•
Chander S. Celly, University of Guelph,
Canada: "Hypoxemic and Cardiopulmonary effects of medetomidine and
ST-91 in conscious calves”
1994
1993
• Lynelle Johnson
– University of Illinois, USA: “The efficacy of theophylline
in preventing experimentally-induced bronchoconstriction in cats”
1992
• Jonathan Hare,
University of Guelph, Canada: “The effect of sodium cromoglycate
on racehorses with elevated mast cell numbers on bronchoalveolar lavage
and reduced exercise tolerance”
1991
• Stephanie Rubie,
Michigan State University, USA: “Flunixin Meglumine blocks the effect
of furosemide on horse airways”
1990
• Elizabeth Rozanski,
University of Illinois, USA: "Use of tidal breathing flow-volume
loops for the evaluation of feline chronic bronchial disease"
1989
• Tatiana Art,
University of Liège, Belgium: "Effect of strenuous exercise
on the lung mechanics in thoroughbred horses”
• Michele Doucet, University of
Montreal, Canada
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