We are excited to announce the conclusion of our inaugural Â鶹AV DOM World Class Teams process (see below)! After rigorous and diligent review and scoring of written submissions and oral presentations our panel of external experts has chosen our top three Established and our top three Emerging Teams.
The scoring was remarkably consistent between panel members. The margins between the Top three and Top five were thin. Kudos to the teams for their stellar work and their excellent submissions.
A major outcome of this exercise has been to get DOM scientists thinking about/living team science. Scientific excellence is increasingly becoming a team sport. It was heartening to see the birth of new collaborations kindled by the process. All 20 teams will get detailed feedback on strengths and areas of improvement to enhance their groups. All teams will have a chance to compete again in four years (like the Olympics).
I would like to thank our panel Chair Dr. David Eidelman, panel members Dr. Stephen Archer, Dr. Gareth Lim, Dr. Deborah Siegal, Dr. Shari Baum, Dr. Morag Park, Dr. Michaël Chassé, Dr. Michael Hill, Dr. Stephen Robbins and our AEC team (led by Ferdinand Ochor) for doing such an excellent job of running the competition. - Dr. Marc Rodger, Â鶹AV Department of Medicine Chair
Congratulations to our top three Established and our top three Emerging Â鶹AV DOM World Class Teams!
- The Cardio-Kidney-Diabetes Medicine Team: DECIDE-CV:Â Abhinav Sharma, Thomas Mavrakanas, Kaberi Dasgupta, Atul Verma, Rita Suri, Andrey Cybulsky, Nadia Giannetti, Matthias Friedrich, Michael Tsoukas, George Fantus, Ahmad Haidar, Dana Small, David Buckeridge, Elham Rahme, Giada Sebastiani, Jean-Francois Yale, Maia Kokoeva, Melissa-Rosina Pasqua, Hoi Yun Oriana Yu, Paul Sabatini, Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, Sushmita Pamidi, Suzanne Morin and Tricia Peters.
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Network: Deborah Assayag, David Langlais, Inés Colmegna, Marie Hudson, Silvia Vidal, Anastasia Nijnik, Carolyn Baglole, Ilan Azuelos, Jun Ding, Gregory Fonseca and Christian Pineau.
- Lethal Infections:Â Todd Lee, Emily McDonald, Matthew Cheng, Patrick Lawler and Alexander Lawandi.
- Tuberculosis: Andrea Benedetti, Andréanne Lupien, Richard Menzies, Faiz Ahmad Khan, Jonathon Campbell, Kevin Schwartzman, Erwin Schurr, Madhukar Pai, Marcel Behr, Maziar Divangahi, Michael Reed, Momar Ndao and Nandini Dendukuri.
- Venous Thromboembolism:Â Camille Simard, Janusz Rak, Marc Rodger, Susan Kahn and Vicky Tagalakis.
- Precision Hypertension:Â Stella Daskalopoulou, Timothy Evans, Iulia Iatan, Stephane Laporte, Louise Pilote, Samira Rahimi, Ernesto Schiffrin, Rob Sladek and Rhian Touyz.