Previous 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