Awards

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 $1000

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

4. Recipients of the Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Cope Award must take apart in the SIR Foundation Medical Student Grant Review at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. This includes submitting a one page review of assigned grants prior to the Grant Review Study Section.

Required Materials:

1. Abstract Control ID Number (Log into the 2010 SIR abstract submission Web site; six digit number starting with '6 or 7').

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 deadline: October 6, 2009 5:00pm EDT
Applications due: November 13, 2009 5:00pm EST

All applicants will be notified of award status in 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 four SIR Foundation volunteer leaders. For additional information, contact Molly Strickland at awards@sirfoundation.org or phone (703) 691-1805.

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Letter of Support
Letter of Endorsement

2009 Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student SIR Foundation Annual Scientific Meeting Research Award

Marissa Albert – University of Pennsylvania
CAM/Ethiodol/PVA Chemoembolization of Liver Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma

Ziga Cizman – John Hopkins University
Percutaneous Cryoablation for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Safety

Saad Ibrahim – Northwestern University
Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer to the Liver with Y90 Microspheres

David Jahangir – Northwestern University
Thermochemical Ablation Hat Trick: Generating Acetic Acid, HCl, and Heat in situ by hydrolysis of the Electrophile Acetyl Chloride with Thermocouple, Infrared, Volumetric, and pH studies in ex vivo Liver

Marie Stevens – Georgetown University Hospital
Application of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) in the Fibroid Literature

David Tabriz – Rush Medical College
Assessing Operator Performance During Simulated Ultrasound Guided Procedures

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