The New Investigator Award is designed to encourage new clinical investigators to gain experience with performing and presenting ultrasound research early in their academic careers. The award, with a prize of $1000, is presented each year to a new investigator (resident, fellow, faculty member, or sonographer in practice fewer than 5 years) who presents the best scientific abstract.
Seven nominees presented the following abstracts, and the winner was announced at the AIUM Leadership banquet.
- On the Impact of Vessel Size on the Threshold of Bubble Collapse, Elisabetta Sassaroli
- Prospective Evaluation of Intraplacental and Umbilical Vascular Flow by Color Doppler in Normal Birth Weight and Fetal Growth-Restricted Term Pregnancies, Annie Ouellet
- Noninvasive Measurement of Bone Strain Using Ultrasound Wave Propagation and Pulsed Phase Locked Loop, Yixian Qin
- Quantitative Ultrasound Predicts Cervical Ripening, Barbara McFarlin
- Feasibility of Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases Through Ultrasound-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Opening In Vivo, Elisa Konofagou
- Ultrasonographic Evaluation of the Ulnar Nerve, Hae Shin
- Tissue Doppler Imaging is a Novel and Reproducible Method for Defining the Arterial Distension Waveform and Calculating Indices for Arterial Elasticity, Martin Claridge
Congratulations to Dr Konofagou and the other nominees on a job well-done!
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is a multidisciplinary association dedicated to advancing the safe and effective use of ultrasound in medicine through professional and public education, research, development of guidelines, and accreditation.