Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student SIR Annual
Scientific Meeting Research Award
The purpose of the award is to introduce interested medical
students to the greater interventional radiology community at the
SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The intent is to recognize the
student author of an accepted abstract that best honors the
spirit of inventiveness and scientific purity. Medical students
in their second, third or fourth year at an accredited medical
school who have demonstrated an interest in interventional
radiology as a career and have participated in an original
research project may apply.
The Annual Meeting Research Award Committee selects up to
three recipients of this award each year.
Recipients will receive:
- Complimentary registration
- Travel award up to $1,000 payable toward the
recipient’s airfare, hotel and related meeting
expenses
Award recipient is responsible for any costs incurred
beyond the total amount of the award. Read
full reimbursement policy
Eligibility:
1. Primary Author must be a 2nd, 3rd or 4th year medical
student at an accredited medical school, and must present the
abstract as an oral presentation
2. Candidate need not be the principal investigator of the
research project, but must have had a meaningful role in the
research
3. Research must be original, and must have been conducted
under the guidance of one or more SIR members, one of whom agrees
to be present for the oral presentation
Required Materials:
1. Abstract Number (Log into the 2008 SIR abstract submission
Web site; abstract number appears on the Edit/Create/View
Abstract Selection screen).
2. Applicant’s CV
3. Letter of support from applicant’s program director or
department chair
4. Letter of endorsement from an SIR member if the department
chair or program director is not a member
Abstract Submission Deadline: TBD October 2008
Applications due: TBD November 2008
All applicants will be notified of award status in early
December. An applicant is only eligible to receive one research
award from the SIR Foundation in any given academic year. The
Annual Meeting Research Award Committee consists of the Annual
Scientific Meeting Committee Chair, Scientific Program Chair,
Workshop Chair and three SIR Foundation volunteer leaders. For
additional information, contact Jackie Cochran at awards@sirfoundation.org
or phone (703) 691-1805.
2008 Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student SIR Foundation Annual Scientific Meeting Research Award
Charles B. Caldwell, MS - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Angiographic Variations in the Circle of Willis in the New Zealand White Rabbit
Lee A. Coryell - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
The Case for Primary Tunneled Dialysis Catheter Placement over Nontunneled Dialysis Catheters in Acute Renal Failure
Brad P. Barnett - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Novel MR and CT Detectable ChemoSpheres for Locoregional Delivery of 3-Bromopyruvate and Doxorubicin
2007 Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research
Award Recipients
Jim Spies, MD; Constantin Cope, MD; John
B.M. Chung; Bradley Barnett
John B.M. Chung - University of Alberta
Medical Center, Alberta, Canada
Endovascular Repair of Acute and Chronic Traumatic Thoracic
Aortic Injuries: A Comparative Study with Open Surgery
Emily T. Cooper - University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Impact of Tip Culture on Management of Infected Tunneled
Dialysis Catheters
Bradley Barnett - Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
Real Time MR-Guided Delivery and Imaging of Human Islets
Immunoprotected by Magnetocapsule
