he Mordecai Y.T. Globus New Investigator Award in Stroke, which is supported by the University of Miami. His winning research report, Abstract 21 titled "Gender Differences in Neuronal Cell Death After Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation in Organotypic Hippocampal Cultures" found "endogenous neuroprotection"in female cells deprived of oxygen.

Shelagh Coutts, M.D., of the University of Calvary, Canada, wins the Robert G. Siekert New Investigator Award in Stroke, which is named for the founding chair of the International Stroke Conference. Coutts' report, Abstract 39 "Presence of DWI Lesion on Acute MRI in Minor Stroke + TIA Patients Predicts Recurrent Stroke," concluded that some lesions visible on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with minor stroke or transient ischemic attack is "indicative of an increased risk of future stroke and is predictive of subsequent functional dependence."

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Contact: Carole Bullock
carole.bullock@heart.org
214-706-1279
American Heart Association
2-Feb-2005

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