Research
Grant Winners
GRANT
WINNERS
Publications in the Peer-Reviewed Medical Literature Resulting
from Research Funded by The Wilderness Medical Society
2002 Houston Award,
Gretchen K. Ela, M.D.
Ela GK. Epidemiology of wilderness search and rescue
in New Hampshire, 1999-2001. Wilderness Environ Med
2004;15:11-17.
2002 Houston Award, Thomas F Catron
Catron TF, Powell FL, West JB. A strategy for
determining arterial blood gases on the summit of Mt.
Everest. BMC Physiology 2006;6:3. Article available from
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6793/6/3
2001 Hultgren Award, Sean P. Bush, M.D.
Bush SP, Green SM, Laack TA, Hayes WK, Cardwell MD,
Tanen DA. Pressure immobilization delays mortality and
increases intracompartmental pressure after artificial
intramuscular rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model.
Ann Emerg Med 2004;44:599-604.
2000 Research Training Award, Ri-Li Ge, M.D., Ph.D.
Ge RL, Chase PJ, Witkowski S, Wyrick BL, Stone FA,
Levine BD, Babb TG. Obesity: association with acute
mountain sickness. Ann Int Med 2003;139:253-257.
2000 Hultgren Award, Colin K. Grissom, M.D.
Grissom CK, Radwin MI, Scholand MB, Harmston CH,
Muetterties MC, Bywater TJ. Hypercapnia increases core
temperature cooling rate during snow burial. J Appl
Physiol 2004;96:1365-1370.
2000 Hultgren Award, Robert W. Derlet, M.D.
Derlet RW, Carlson JR. An analysis of human pathogens
found in horse/mule manure along the John Muir trail in
Kings Canyon and Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks.
Wilderness Environ Med 2002;13:113-118.
1999 Hultgren Award, Michael Yaron, M.D.
Yaron M, Neirmeyer S, Lindgren K, Honigman B.
Evaluation of diagnostic criteria and incidence of acute
mountain sickness in preverbal children. Wilderness
Environ Med 2002;13:21-26.
1999 Research Training Award. Kevin G. Hegewald
M.D. and Sean P. Bush, M.D.
Bush SP, Hegewald KG, Green SM, Cardwell MD, Hayes WK.
Effects of a negative pressure venom extraction device
(Extractor) on local tissue injury after artificial
rattlesnake envenomation in a porcine model. Wilderness
Environ Med 2000;11:180-188.
1999 Houston Award, Ilona A. Barash.
Barash IA, Beatty C, Powell FL, Prisk GK, West JB.
Nocturnal oxygen enrichment of room air at 3800 meter
altitude improves sleep architecture. High Alt Med Biol
2001;2:525-533.
1998 Member Award, Gordon Giesbrecht, Ph.D.
Vanggaard L, Eyolfson D, Xu X, Weseen G, Giesbrecht GG.
Immersion of distal arms and legs in warm water (AVA
rewarming) effectively rewarms mildly hypothermic humans.
Aviat Space Environ Med 1999;70:1081-1088.
1998 Houston Award, Andre B. Gerard, M.D.
Gerard AB, McElroy MK, Taylor MJ, Grant I, Powell FL,
Hoverda S, Sentse N, West JB. Six percent oxygen
enrichment of room air at simulated 5000 m altitude
improves neuropsychological function. High Alt Med Biol
2000;1:51-61.
1998 Houston Award, Michele K. McElroy.
McElroy MK, Gerard A, Powell FL, Prisk GK, Sentse N,
Holverda S, West JB. Nocturnal 02 enrichment of room air
at high altitude increases daytime O2 saturation without
changing control of ventilation. High Alt Med Biol
2000;1:197-206.
1997 Research Training Award, Nathalie Garcia-Russell,
Ph.D.
Garcia N, Hopkins SR, Elliott AR, Aaron EA, Weinger MB,
Powell FL. Ventilatory response to 2-h sustained hypoxia
in humans. Respir Physiol 2000;124:11-22.
Garcia N, Hopkins SR, Powell FL. Intermittent vs
continuous hypoxia: effects on ventilation and
erythropoiesis in humans. Wilderness Environ Med.
2000;11:172-179.
Garcia N, Hopkins SR, Powell FL. Effects of intermittent
hypoxia on the isocapnic hypoxic ventilatory response and
erythropoiesis in humans. Respir Physiol 2000;123:39-49.
1997 Research Training Award, Colin K. Grissom, M.D.
Grissom CK, Richer LD, Elstad MR. The effects of a
5-Lipoxygenase inhibitor on acute mountain sickness and
urinary leukotriene E4 after ascent to high altitude.
Chest 2005;127:565-570.
1996 Research Training Award, Colin K. Grissom, M.D.
Grissom CK, Albertine KH, Elstad MR. Alveolar
hemorrhage in a case of high altitude pulmonary edema.
Thorax 2000;55:167-169.
1994 Research Training Award, Colin K. Grissom, M.D.
Grissom CK, Whatley RE, Zimmerman GA. Endothelial
selectins in acute mountain sickness and high altitude
pulmonary edema Chest 1997;112:1572-1578.
1991 Houston Award, Kevin T. Kogut, M.D.
Kogut KT, Rodewald LE. A field survey of the emergency
preparedness of wilderness hikers. Journal of Wilderness
Medicine 1994;5:171-178.
1990 Research Training Award, Craig J. Lambrecht,
M.D., M.S., M.P.H. Lambrecht CJ, Hargarten SW.
Hunting-related injuries and deaths in Montana: the scope
of the problem and a framework for prevention. Journal of
Wilderness Medicine 1993;4:175-182.
1989 Houston Award, Colin K. Grissom, M.D.
Grissom CK, Roach RC, Sarnquist FH, Hackett PH.
Acetazolamide in the treatment of acute mountain sickness:
clinical efficacy and effect on gas exchange. Ann Int Med
1992;116:461-465.
