The 2018 Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers was awarded to post-doctoral fellow Bamba Gaye for his work on abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Shedding light on key metrics of cardiovascular health

During his PhD research, Dr. Gaye detected key parameters in large databases that could be modified to improve cardiovascular health. His findings show the importance of reducing risk factors in the development of cardiovascular disease. They clear a new path to developing preventive medicine based on individual variability of environment, lifestyle and genetics.

Towards a better diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm

His post-doctoral project directly follows on from these findings. Dr. Gaye will analyze tissue samples from patients with various cardiovascular diseases to examine the involvement of non-coding RNA. The study aims to identify biomarkers that can be used to diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysm, potentially usable on the scale of population to identify individuals at risk.

Bamba Gaye in a few words

Thesis: “Cardiovascular Diseases: from Prevention to Personalized Medicine", under the direction of Dr. Jean-Philippe Empana, Hôpital Européen George Pompidou (Paris), Graduate School of Public Health: Epidemiology and Biomedical Information Sciences - Specialization in Biostatistics, Université Paris Descartes

POST-DOCTORATE: “Non-coding RNAs: Potential Diagnostic and Therapeutic Biomarkers for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm", under the direction of Professor Per Eriksson, Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers

Created in 1990, the Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers is one of the first initiatives of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. Until 2021, this prize was awarded each year to 14 young doctors of science or doctors of medicine, to enable them to carry out their post-doctoral stay in the best foreign laboratories. 349 young researchers were distinguished. The prize endowment was €25,000.

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