Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award and the Irvine Page Award for Marit Westerterp

Marit Westerterp PhD has been awarded the Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award for her publication 'Deficiency of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters A1 and G1 in Endothelial Cells Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Mice' in Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2016

Link to the ABCA1/G1 key paper: Pubmed

She is invited to give a plenary lecture on her paper at the ATVB conference, May 4-6 2017, Minneapolis, USA.

The Irvine Page Award was based on her CV and outstanding oral presentation on how cholesterol accumulation enhances inflammation in macrophages, contributing to atherosclerosis.