Message From the Editor-in-Chief
Rapid Publication and Announcement of the 2024 JCS Meeting Activities
2024 Volume 88 Issue 4 Pages 437-438
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2024 Volume 88 Issue 4 Pages 437-438
Dear Colleagues,
The 88th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2024) was held in Kobe on March 8–10, 2024 (Congress Chairperson, Ken-ichi Hirata, MD, PhD). The Circulation Journal rapidly publishes and announces JCS 2024 activities as follows:
Papers selected for presentation in the Late Breaking Clinical Trials (LBCT) / Late Breaking Cohort Studies (LBCS) sessions in JCS 2024 will be published, after peer review, in the latter half issues of the 2024 Journal. In addition, some of these LBCT / LBCS papers (JCS 2024) were published online along the presentation in order to attract widespread attention of the attendees, as well as readers worldwide.
We are pleased to announce the following JCS Awards that were presented during the JCS 2024 meeting:
1. Sato Award by the Japan Heart Foundation and the JCS (49th)
Kaoru Ito, MD, PhD
(Laboratory for Cardiovascular Genomics and Informatics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences)
“Genomic Analysis of Cardiovascular Complex Diseases and the Realization of Precision Medicine”
2. CPIS (Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy International Symposium) Award (32th)
Yuki Tatekoshi, MD, PhD
(Department of Pharmacology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine)
“Hexokinase-1 Mitochondrial Dissociation and Protein O-GlcNAcylation Drive Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction”
3. Cardiovascular Surgery Award (19th)
Yasuyuki Kobayashi, MD, PhD
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University)
“Staged Repair for Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect in Patients Weighing Less Than 4.0 kg”
4. Pediatric Cardiology Award (19th)
Chika Yoshihara, MD
(Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
“Pathogenic Roles of Cardiac Fibroblasts in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy”
5. Woman Researcher’s Award (17th)
Ayako Nagai, MD, PhD
(Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital)
“Identification of PTGIS Rare Variants in Patients With Williams Syndrome and Severe Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis”
The results of the Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Basic / Clinical, International YIA Basic / Clinical, YIA for International Students, Asian Pacific Grants for Innovative Research Plans and Comedical Awards will be announced in the May issue of the Journal.
