the louis and artur lucian award in cardiovascular diseases the louis and artur lucian award in cardiovascular diseases the louis and artur lucian award in cardiovascular diseases is a prize for cardiovascular medicine conferred by mcgill university. described as canada's "top cardiovascular research prize", it has been awarded annually since 1978, except in 2007. previous recipients 1978 nicolae and maya simionescu, bucharest and yale university 1980 solbert permutt, johns hopkins university 1981 gilbert thompson, hammersmith hospital 1982 christian crone, university of copenhagen 1983 norman staub, university of california 1984 james ryan and una ryan, university of miami 1985 earl wood, mayo clinic 1986 dirk brutsaert, university of antwerp 1987 daniel steinberg, university of california 1988 aubrey taylor, university of south alabama 1989 francis chinard, new jersey medical school and ian phillips, university of florida 1990 barbara meyrick, vanderbilt university 1991 josé jalife, state university of new york, syracuse 1992 judah folkman, the children's hospital, boston 1993 arthur brown, baylor college of medicine 1994 john b. barlow, university of witwatersrand, south africa 1995 andrew somlyo and avril somlyo, university of virginia, charlottesville 1996 robert furchgott, state university of new york and salvador moncada, university college, london 1997 russell ross, university of washington 1998 eduardo marbán, johns hopkins university 1999 victor j. dzau, harvard medical school 2000 robert j. lefkowitz, duke university medical school 2001 mark c. fishman, harvard medical school 2002 salim yusuf, mcmaster university 2003 eric n. olson, university of texas southwestern medical center 2004 roberto bolli, university of louisville 2005 michael a. gimbrone, jr., harvard medical school 2006 peter carmeliet, university of leuven 2007 not awarded 2008 piero anversa, harvard medical school 2009 peter libby, harvard medical school 2010 marlene rabinovitch, stanford university school of medicine 2011 shaun r. coughlin, university of california, san francisco 2012 garret a. fitzgerald, perelman school of medicine, university of pennsylvania 2013 david ginsburg, university of michigan 2014 jeffrey robbins, university of cincinnati college of medicine 2015 jeffery molkentin, university of cincinnati college of medicine 2016 brian k. kobilka, stanford university school of medicine 2017 john mcmurray, university of glasgow 2018 dan m. roden, vanderbilt school of medicine ; nabil g. seidah, montreal clinical research institute 2019 joseph a. hill, university of texas southwestern medical center source: mcgill university