Kosaka Award 受賞者
IARS 小坂賞‹Kosaka Award›受賞者
日本臨床麻酔学会では、2006年のIARSの学術集会から“Kosaka Award Session”を置き、もっとも優秀な演題には小坂賞
2023 Award Winners
Kosaka Top Basic Science Award Winner: Richard Levy, MD
Abstract Title: Discovery of a New Quinone Anesthetic Leads to Identification of a Novel
Pharmacological Target in Mice
Kosaka Top Clinical Research Award Winner: Aiman Suleiman, MD, MSc
Abstract Title: Lung entropic hysteresis: The concept of retained energy in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients
Kosaka Top Scholars Award Winner: Annika Witt, BSc
Abstract Title: Hispanic ethnicity and postoperative discharge to a nursing home: A New York City hospital retrospective stud
2022 Award Winners
Kosaka Top Basic Science Award Winner: Andrew McKinstry-Wu, MD
Consciousness and reversible unconsciousness first drew Andrew McKinstry-Wu, MD, to the field of anesthesiology. Now 13 years after he began his residency at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and later his practice and research, he was recognized for his hard work studying this very topic area. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Pennsylvania, he was selected from a competitive field of abstract applicants as the Kosaka Top Basic Science Award recipient at the IARS 2022 Annual Meeting for his research on “Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Neurons Mediate Alpha-2-Agonist-Induced Sedation and Hypnosis in Mice.” In the following Q&A interview, he shared some of his insights into his investigations and hopes for the future.
Abstract Title: Glutamatergic and Adrenergic Neurons Mediate Alpha-2-Agonist-Induced Sedation and Hypnosis in MiceRead Interview with Andrew McKinstry-Wu, MD
Kosaka Top Clinical Research Award Winner: Megan K. Wong, BSE
Megan K. Wong, BSE, a third-year medical student at Duke University School of Medicine, is intrigued by how anesthesia care can impact the brain and patient outcomes. It was this curiosity to better understand these mechanisms that drew her to her current research area, investigating the cause of postoperative cognitive dysfunction and delirium, particularly whether these disorders are related to changes in Alzheimer’s disease pathways. In her research, “Cognitive and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Changes Over Time in Older Surgical Patients and Matched Nonsurgical Controls,” presented at the Kosaka Best Abstract Award Session on Sunday, March 20 at the IARS 2022 Annual Meeting, she, in conjunction with over 100 co-investigators, is determined to unravel some of this mystery. Her determination paid off when she was selected as the 2022 Kosaka Top Clinical Research Award Winner. Learn more about her aspirations for this research and her career in the field of anesthesia.Abstract Title: Cognitive and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Changes Over Time inOlder Surgical Patients and Matched Nonsurgical Controls
Read Interview with Megan K. Wong, BSE
Kosaka Top Scholars Presentation Award Winner: Amy S. Tsai, BS (MD Candidate)4 Harnessing biotechnology and artificial intelligence as tools to improve patient care spurred fourth-year medical student Amy S. Tsai’s interest her current research area. Although still concluding her studies at University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Ms. Tsai caught the attention of the Kosaka Best Abstract Awards Session Judges Max B. Kelz, MD, PhD, and Y.S. Prakash, MD, PhD, with her abstract submission, “Integrated Single-cell and Plasma Proteomic Modeling to Predict Surgical Site Complications, A Prospective Cohort Study.” As a result, they selected her as the Top Scholars Presentation Award recipient for the IARS 2022 Annual Meeting. This recognition is just one step towards her aspirations to become an anesthesiologist and her future aims to help improve postoperative outcomes, both perioperatively and preoperatively.
2021 Award Winners
Kosaka Best Basic Science Research Award Winner: Shufang He, PhD
Shufang He, PhD, from Stanford University and The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, was recognized with the Kosaka Best Basic Science Research Award for her research on “Leveraging TRPV1 genetic divergence between avian and mammalian species to develop a TRPV1 knock-in mouse and a novel analgesic” during the Kosaka Best Abstract Award Session on May 16 at the IARS 2021 Annual Meeting. She discusses how a quandary about why birds can eat hot peppers and mammals avoid them led her to this particular research topic as well as the implications of her research.
Abstract Title: Leveraging TRPV1 genetic divergence between avian and mammalian species to develop a TRPV1 knock-in mouse and a novel analgesicRead Interview with Shufang He, PhD
Kosaka Clinical Research Award Winner: Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD
Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, received the Kosaka Best Clinical Research Award for his research on “Whole-brain network connectivity changes with midazolam sedation during task performance and periodic pain: A functional MRI study in healthy young adults” during the Kosaka Best Abstract Award Session on May 16 at the IARS 2021 Annual Meeting. He reveals why he got interested in human cognition and the implications of his current study.
Abstract Title: Whole-brain network connectivity changes with midazolam sedation during task performance and periodic pain: A functional MRI study in healthy young adults
Read Interview with Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhDKosaka Scholars Presentation Award Winner: Yifan Xu, MD, PhDYifan Xu, MD, PhD, from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), was awarded the Kosaka Best Scholars Presentation Award for her research on “Modulation of Microvascular Blood Flow and Stroke Outcome Via GPR39 in Mice” during the Kosaka Best Abstract Awards Session on May 16 at the IARS 2021 Annual Meeting. She shared insights about her work and what attracted her to neurovascular coupling.
Abstract Title: Modulation of Microvascular Blood Flow and Stroke Outcome Via GPR39 in Mice