Einthoven dissertation prizes 2014

For the 24th time in a row the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN-Netherlands Heart Institute) and the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC) supported the competition for the best three cardiovascular PhD theses published in the year 2012. The dissertation prize carries the name of one of the greatest Dutchmen in the history of cardiovascular medicine, Willem Einthoven, who in 1902 for the first time recorded the human ECG, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1924. This time the jury received a total of 34 PhD dissertations. The jury members were very much impressed by the high scientific quality of the PhD fellows. Based on scientific originality, the number of articles in first-rate journals, the contribution as a first author (or shared first author) to the papers, and the number of citations, the jury finally selected three nominees: Dr. A.S. Amin, (Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam), Dr. R.J. van Bommel, (Leiden UniversityMedical Center), and Dr. R Pisters (Maastricht University Medical Centre). The members of the jury were: M. Alings, H.J. Crijns, J. Deckers, W.H. van Gilst, V. Umans, and E.E. van der Wall. The three candidates presented their PhD thesis at the annual Spring Congress of the NVVC at the Congress Centre De Leeuwenhorst, in Noordwijkerhout, on 4 April 2013. The ultimate winners of the first, second and third prize were chosen by the audience. Summaries of the three nominated PhD theses are given below. Modifiers of phenotype in inheritable arrhythmia syndromes