The winner of the 13th Annual Pfizer / Novartis Residents’ Research Competition at Lake Louise 2008 is

Dr. Jonathan Afilalo, McGill University (Montréal, Québec, Canada)

“Is Normal Aging Associated with a
Decline in the Expression of Lamin A/C in Cardiomyocytes?”

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Congratulations! We look for many future successes from all our 2008 Finalists, who also included Dr. Osama Alhadramy from the University of Alberta, Dr. Jaroslav Hubacek from Dalhousie and Dr. Jeannot Potvin from the University of Montréal.

Judges for this year’s competition were (left to right, below):

- Dr. Paul W. Armstrong, Director of the Canadian VIGOUR Centre, U of Alberta
- Dr. Jean Rouleau, Dean of Medicine at U of Montréal
- Dr. Peter Sleight, Professor Emeritus at Oxford, UK.

Dr. J. Wayne Warnica, Director of the Annual Residents’ Research Competition at Lake Louise, reports: “All three of our distinguished judges commented on and praised the high quality of the research and presentations by the competitors. They strongly encouraged us to continue and even expand this competition if possible.”

Previous Winners
2007 – Dr. Francois-Pierre Mongeon, CHU Montreal
2006 – Dr. E. Marc Jolicoeur, Montreal
2005 – Dr. Jean-Francois Sarrazin, Quebec City
2004 – Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, U of Alberta
2003 – Dr. Subodh Verma, U of Calgary, U of Toronto
2000 – Dr. P. J. Devereaux, Dalhousie
1998 – Dr. Satish Raj, Queen’s U, Ontario
1997 – Dr. Chris Simpson, Queen’s U, Ontario
1996 – Dr. Derek Exner, U of Calgary