The Robert P. Grant Medal
Robert P. Grant was a renowned cardiologist with interdisciplinary research interests. He was born in 1915 in Ontario and received his MD from Cornell Medical College in 1940. He interned at the Peter Bent Brigham and New York Hospitals. Dr. Grant was a Visiting Physician at Emory Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). He joined the National Heart Institute European Director stationed in Paris and worked in many way to facilitate international research and communications. He was recalled to Bethesda in March, 1996, to become the National Heart Institute Director and established a research grant for the study of thrombosis and hemorrhagic diseases. He died in August, 1966.
Dr. Grant was a distinguished cardiologist and student of cardiovascular physiology. He was for many years a member of the intramural staff of the National Heart Institute. Having a great interest in the development of young scientists and clinicians, he became Chief of Training Grants and Fellowships in the Institute's intramural programs, a position which brought him into contact with every academic cardiology department in America. He became a trusted counselor in the establishment of research and training programs at many institutions. He later spent five years as representative of the National Institutes of Health in Europe. With headquarters at the American Embassy in Paris, he traveled extensively, facilitating American-European collaboration in medical research and education. He was called home to be Director of the National Heart Institute in March of 1966. Thus, he had a very wide association nationally and internationally, and his sudden death in August 1966 was a grievous shock to many devoted friends. Contributions to a memorial fund came from many donors. Trustees of the fund deliberated at length to find a suitable memorial and finally decided in 1969 to award the fund to the newly formed International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for creation of a medal to be used in honoring individuals who make outstanding contributions to progress. The international scope and the scientific content of the Society's programs were eminently suitable for the Robert P. Grant memorial.
The Robert P. Grant Medal is the highest award of the ISTH. It is presented at each biennial Congress of the Society to a recipient selected for outstanding service or accomplishment which has promoted the goals of the Society. This award may be for research achievement, for organizational activities, for important public recognition and support of research activities, for facilitation of institutional cooperation and communications, for unusual teaching or educational initiatives, or for the development of concepts which result in a clearer understanding of the meaning of research data.
Robert P. Grant Medal Recipients
| 1975 R.G. Macfarlane 1977 Sol Sherry 1979 Jacques Caen 1980 Oscar Ratnoff 1983 Ernst Luscher 1985 Kenneth M. Brinkhous |
1987 J. Fraser Mustard 1989 Earl W. Davie 1991 Samuel I. Rapaport 1993 Marc Verstraete 1995 Harold R. Roberts 1997 Kenneth G. Mann |
1999 Jan J. Sixma |