2011 Arrigo Recordati International Prize for Scientific Research.
Prenatal Congenital Heart Disease
Call for Nominations
The Prize is open to scientists of all nationalities who work in institutional settings and are not affiliated with a pharmaceutical company or medical device company.
Nominations may only be submitted by an international society or organization invited to nominate candidates and self-nominations will not be considered.
The deadline for nominations for the 2011 award was February 28, 2011.
The winner was announced on the 14th of October 2011.
Award Regulations
The Prize
The Arrigo Recordati International Prize for Scientific Research is awarded every two years to a scientist who has shown special distinction in the area of cardiovascular disease or the study of biochemical mechanisms of particular importance in the same therapeutic field.
Each edition is devoted to a specific theme in the cardiovascular therapeutic field. The Prize is open to researchers of all nationalities who are not in any case directly affiliated with pharmaceutical companies.
The Prize winner receives a sum of 100,000 Euros.
The Theme
The sixth edition of the Prize in 2011 recognized a clinical or basic science investigator who has achieved distinction in the field of Prenatal Congenital Heart Disease.
Selection Procedures
The candidates were selected on the basis of nominations from Scientific Societies around the world.
The nominees were evaluated and a winner selected by a Judging Panel of three world-renowned cardiologists.
Jury
Members of the Jury of the 2011 edition:
André Bozio MD (Panel Chairman), Professor of Cardiology, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, Head of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Department, Cardiology Hospital Louis Pradel, Hospices civils de Lyon
Klaus G. Schmidt MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany
Gurleen Sharland MD, Consultant/Reader Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology Unit, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Nomination Procedures
Nominations have to be decided and proposed by scientific societies and organizations invited to submit their candidates.
Each nominator is allowed to submit more than one nominee for the Award.
Self nominations will not be considered.
Nominations will be sent in electronic format, through the dedicated website www.recordati.com/prize with the use of a password assigned to scientific societies invited to nominate.
The deadline for nominations for the 2011 award was February 28, 2011.
The information received is held strictly confidential. Only those involved in the Prize selection procedure have access to the material submitted. The Judging Panel requires the same discretion by those making nominations.
Announcement of the Winner
The winner was notified with an official letter following the Judging Panel decision and was invited to give a lecture during the awards Ceremony.
Award Ceremony
The winner of the Prize was announced during an awards ceremony on the 14th of October 2011 in Newcastle, UK, during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Research.