2009 Eberhard F. Mammen Young Investigator Award Winners

We are pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the Eberhard F. Mammen Young Investigator Awards. The awards for 2009 have been granted to Dr. Salley Pels and Dr. Willem M. Lijfering.

As mentioned several times previously,[1] [2] [3] [4] Thieme Medical Publishers, the publisher of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, has recently created the Eberhard F. Mammen Excellence in Thrombosis and Hemostasis Awards in honor of Eberhard Mammen (Fig. [1]) and in recognition of his contribution to this field and to the journal that he both founded and steered for over three decades. Beginning 2009, there are two categories of annual awards, both in recognition of excellence in the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, and namely:

Most popular article awards: Awarded to the authors of the most popular articles published in Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. The awards are determined by the editor in chief on the basis of user statistics from Thieme eJournals from the preceding 2 years. The awards include two major cash prizes of US $1000 plus “open access” status for these articles thereafter on www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals. Young investigator awards: Best presentation or meeting abstract by a young investigator, as presented or delivered to an international meeting on a topic related to the field of thrombosis and hemostasis, and whose subject matter is determined to be in the spirit of Dr. Mammen. These awards also include cash prizes of US $1000 and awardees are expected to prepare a review or other related article on the topic of their presentation for publication in Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis.

Figure 1 Eberhard F. Mammen, M.D. (1930–2008).

Further details of the awards and the award winners are also posted online (http://www.thieme.com/journals/STHawards.html).

Dr. Salley Pels (Fig. [2]) was nominated for her award as a result of an oral presentation she gave at the recent American Society for Hematology (ASH) 51st Annual Meeting held in December 2009 on the use of intravenous immune globulin in immune thrombocytopenia. Dr. Pels received her undergraduate degree in chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University. She then went on to the University of Vermont College of Medicine for her medical degree. Her training continued at Yale University and Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital during a residency in general pediatrics. Dr. Pels is currently nearing the end of a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at this facility. She has planned to complete an additional fellowship year in clinical hemostasis and thrombosis, through a 2-year award given by the National Hemophilia Foundation and Baxter. Dr. Pels was granted several other awards in 2009, the Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society Young Investigators' Travel Award and the ASH Travel Award. Dr. Pels will prepare an article on immune thrombocytopenia, the topic of her ASH presentation, for Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis that is expected to appear in press sometime in 2011. We congratulate Dr. Pels on her award, look forward to her contribution to this journal, and wish her the best of success for her future career.

Figure 2 Dr. Salley Pels.

Dr. Willem M. Lijfering (Fig. [3]) was also nominated for his award as a result of an oral presentation he gave at the same meeting, the recent ASH 51st Annual Meeting held in December 2009. Dr. Lijfering's topic was on the risk of venous thrombosis as related to an increase in body mass index and as mediated by factor VIII–induced activated protein C resistance. Dr. Lijfering was also born in 1978 but was trained in Europe. He was awarded his medical degree in May 2004, and his first clinical experience was obtained in Australia where he worked as a resident medical officer at the Mount Isa Base Hospital. From 2005 until 2009, he worked as an internist in training in the UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands. He started his doctorate in 2005, which was awarded in 2008, and began his training as a clinical epidemiologist in 2009. Dr Lijfering has had a very successful career to date, and from 2006 onward has presented or supervised more than 24 communications to international congresses of which 11 were oral communications. He has managed to publish 11 articles over the past year, all related to venous thrombosis, including several in high-impact journals such as Blood and Circulation. Willem Lijfering has a particular and long-term interest in arterial and venous thrombosis. He has agreed to prepare an article on the topic of his ASH presentation for Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis that is also expected to appear in press sometime in 2011. We congratulate Dr Lijfering on his award, look forward to his contribution to this journal, and wish him the best of success for his future career.

Figure 3 Dr. Willem M. Lijfering.

We expect that details of the 2010 most popular article award winners (for the most popular article from the preceding 2 years) will be available within the next few months.

REFERENCES

• 1 Favaloro E J. Editorial. Welcome to a special issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis—the closing issue for 2008.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34 693-696
• 2 Favaloro E J. A tribute to Eberhard F. Mammen, M.D. (1930–2008).  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2008;  34(8) 703-707
• 3 Favaloro E J. Editorial. Welcome to the first issue of Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis for 2009.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2009;  35 1-2
• 4 Favaloro E J. Editorial. Winners of the Inaugural Eberhard F. Mammen Award for Most Popular Article.  Semin Thromb Hemost. 2009;  35 587-590