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October 2023 Research Awards

October 2023 Research Awards

Investigator Sponsor Type Project Title Begin Date End Date Awarded Dollars
Matthew C. Aalsma Weill Cornell Medical College New Fellow of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $119,880.00
Matthew C. Aalsma National Institute On Drug Abuse New Workforce and System Change to Treat Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder within Integrated Pediatric Primary Care 9/30/2023 8/31/2024 $573,486.00
Matthew C. Aalsma Wake Forest University Health Sciences New Harm Reduction Attitudes Among Participants in Overdose Prevention Networks 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $77,470.00
Zachary W Adams National Institute On Drug Abuse New Workforce and System Change to Treat Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder within Integrated Pediatric Primary Care 9/30/2023 8/31/2024 $573,486.00
Tarah Jean Ballinger Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research New CTO-MC220301: Targeted Prevention of Postpartum-Related Breast Cancer 9/28/2023 9/27/2028 $95,437.00
Tarah Jean Ballinger Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville New Targeted Prevention of Postpartum-Related Breast Cancer (PRBC) 2/1/2023 1/31/2024 $48,735.00
Melissa K Bear Riley Children's Foundation New RCF 2362 - Hospital Restricted Fund Sickle Cell Story Club 8/1/2023 7/31/2024 $2,121.00
Jenny Belsky Riley Children's Foundation New Lion's Cancer Control Center funding 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $25,000.00
Karl Y Bilimoria Northwestern University New The SECOND TRIAL 9/1/2022 8/31/2023 $305,412.00
Jared Robert Brosch University Of Southern California New AHEAD Plasma Extension (APEX) 5/1/2023 4/30/2024 $53,800.00
Amber Brown American Osteopathic Association New 2023 AOF Rocovich Research Award 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $5,000.00
Gayle Anne Buck National Cancer Institute New Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR) 9/19/2023 8/31/2024 $371,934.00
Deborah M Buckles Purdue University New ReThink Tobacco Indiana: Health systems change for addressing tobacco use in behavioral health 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $119,670.00
Lola Chabtini Weill Cornell Medical College New Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: the ROMA trial 10/11/2023 10/10/2025 $153,849.00
Naga P. Chalasani Johns Hopkins University Renewal (not prev committed) Continuation of the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN) Data Coordinating Center 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $110,586.15
Timothy W Corson National Eye Institute New Ref-1 in Retinal Neovascularization 6/14/2023 6/13/2024 $36,044.00
Jeff Dage University Of California, San Diego New COVID-19-related blood-brain barrier and microstructural brain injury: Sex differences and synergy with Alzheimer's disease risk 12/15/2022 11/30/2023 $54,426.00
Pankaj Dangle Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia New Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) Care Improvement Network 1/1/2022 8/31/2023 $10,360.00
Arupratan Das Johns Hopkins University New RReSTORe Collaboration Grant 9/1/2023 5/31/2024 $5,000.00
Jessica L. Davis Public Health Institute New COG NCTN Network Group Operations Center 3/1/2023 2/29/2024 $8,336.00
Leslie Anne Enane Indiana University Health New Disparities in Access to Early Childhood Care and Implications for the Healthcare Workforce at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $97,476.00
Carmella Evans-Molina University Of South Florida Renewal (not prev committed) Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $14,351.00
Thomas H Everett Ehlers-danlos Research Foundation Inc New Toward Artificially Intelligent Wearable Neuromodulation Systems to Address Postural Orthostatic Intolerance and Other Autonomic Disturbances in Humans with Hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $105,000.00
Emily A. Farkas Weill Cornell Medical College New Randomized comparison of the clinical Outcome of single versus Multiple Arterial grafts: the ROMA trial 10/11/2023 10/10/2025 $153,849.00
Tatiana M Foroud Applied Research Institute New Comprehensive Multi-omics Biomarker Study on Prostate Cancer (PCa) 10/6/2023 12/31/2024 $50,000.00
Nicole R Fowler Brown University New NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $502,327.00
Clair A. Francomano Ehlers-danlos Research Foundation Inc New Toward Artificially Intelligent Wearable Neuromodulation Systems to Address Postural Orthostatic Intolerance and Other Autonomic Disturbances in Humans with Hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $105,000.00
Courtney Frye Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia New Leveraging implementation and behavioral science to reduce harmful overuse of diagnostic testing in critically ill children 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 $4,590.00
Andrew Alexander Gonzalez Indiana University Health New Multidisciplinary Education to Mitigate Health Inequity in Surgical Patients 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $100,000.00
David M Haas Heartland Health Research Alliance Ltd New The Heartland Study 4/1/2023 12/31/2026 $467,039.00
David M Haas University Of Michigan New Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection: Physiological Contributors to CVD after Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $63,400.00
Amir Reza Hajrasouliha Dr. Ralph And Marian Falk Medical Research Trust New A Novel Minimally Invasive Vision Restoration Through Continuous Slow-Release of Artificial Photoreceptors 11/30/2023 11/30/2025 $350,000.00
Flora Hammond Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Corporation New Projects for Translating the Findings and Products of Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Development into Practice Forecast 1 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $40,433.00
Leng Han University Of Texas Health Science Center Houston New Enhancer RNAs in brain gene regulation and Alzheimer's disease 5/1/2023 2/29/2028 $431,757.00
Gabriella Douglass Hartman National Eye Institute New Ref-1 in Retinal Neovascularization 6/14/2023 6/13/2024 $36,044.00
Leslie A. Hulvershorn Indiana Family And Social Services Administration Renewal (not prev committed) Implementation of Evidence Practices for Adolescent Dual Diagnoses (formerly Riley Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Clinic and Assertive Outreach for School-Based Screening and Intervention) 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $200,000.00
Leslie A. Hulvershorn National Institute On Drug Abuse New Workforce and System Change to Treat Adolescent Opioid Use Disorder within Integrated Pediatric Primary Care 9/30/2023 8/31/2024 $573,486.00
Afshin Izadian Dr. Ralph And Marian Falk Medical Research Trust New A Novel Minimally Invasive Vision Restoration Through Continuous Slow-Release of Artificial Photoreceptors 11/30/2023 11/30/2025 $350,000.00
Xiaoming Jin Indiana Department Of Health New Neuroprotection followed by neuroactivation for the prevention of posttraumatic epilepsy 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $160,000.00
Jennifer Marie King Hoosier Cancer Research Network New Advanced Renal Cell Cancer Combination ImmunoThErapy Clinical Trial (ARCITECT) 10/10/2023 10/9/2028 $210,624.00
Diane Kuhn Eskenazi Health New Data Analysis of HIV Screening at Eskenazi 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 $17,722.00
Amelia K Linnemann Jdrf New Evaluation of Oxidized Insulin as a Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Type 1 Diabetes 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $280,000.00
Yunlong Liu Northwestern University New Development of therapeutic strategy for the treatment of MDS 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $9,937.00
Meena Madhur American Heart Association Incorporated New T cell Targeted Nanomedicine for Immune Modulation in Cardiovascular Disease. 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $750,000.00
Hannah L Maxey Pew Charitable Trusts New Substance Use Disorder and Suicide Risk Reduction Workforce Literature Review Project 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $113,095.00
Todd Owen McKinley U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New Early Immunologic Precision Typing At-Risk Fractures to Predict Nonunion 9/30/2023 9/29/2026 $1,999,924.00
Jason Meyer Baylor College Of Medicine New Targeting microglia to prevent neuron loss in inherited retinal degenerations 6/30/2023 6/29/2024 $23,750.00
Kathy D. Miller University Of Notre Dame New Immunosuppression and Metabolic Rewiring in Tumor-infiltrating Neutrophils 5/1/2023 4/30/2024 $6,855.00
Rosalia Misseri Riley Children's Foundation New Riley Children's Endowment Grant #23-A27 Pediatric Urology Support 7/1/2022 6/30/2024 $150,000.00
Varun Mittal Hoosier Cancer Research Network New A Phase II trial Evaluating Safety and Efficacy of Epcoritamab with Gemcitabine, Dexamethasone, and Cisplatin (GDP) Salvage Chemotherapy in Relapsed RefractoryLarge B-cell Lymphoma 10/4/2023 10/3/2028 $42,884.00
Kevin Moss University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Renewal (not prev committed) Multilevel analyses of oral health conditions among older adults in the All of Us Research Program 8/1/2023 11/30/2023 $743.00
Michael P Murphy Indiana Institute For Medical Research Renewal (not prev committed) Leg heat therapy to improve functional performance in peripheral artery disease 5/1/2023 4/30/2024 $47,736.00
Harikrishna Nakshatri National Cancer Institute New Educational Pathways for Cancer Research (EPCR) 9/19/2023 8/31/2024 $371,934.00
Roman M Natoli U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New Early Immunologic Precision Typing At-Risk Fractures to Predict Nonunion 9/30/2023 9/29/2026 $1,999,924.00
Roman M Natoli U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New The Prevalence of Neuropathic Pain Pathophysiology Associated with Ankle Fracture 9/30/2023 9/29/2027 $487,623.00
Thomas V Nowak Ehlers-danlos Research Foundation Inc New Toward Artificially Intelligent Wearable Neuromodulation Systems to Address Postural Orthostatic Intolerance and Other Autonomic Disturbances in Humans with Hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $105,000.00
Gang Peng Yale University New Multiplex gene sequencing and metabolomics analysis from newborn dried blood spots to improve screening and diagnosis of metabolic disorders. 9/1/2023 5/31/2024 $87,175.00
Nicholas R Pettit American Cancer Society, Incorporated New Achieving equity in lung cancer screening 7/1/2023 6/30/2028 $729,000.00
Karen E. Pollok Riley Children's Foundation New Radovanovic Gift: Therapeutic Strategies for targeting rare FUS-TFCP2 fusion positive intraosseous rhabdomyosarcoma 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $15,000.00
Neha Dhingra Pottanat Indiana University Health New Disparities in Access to Early Childhood Care and Implications for the Healthcare Workforce at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $97,476.00
Courtney Marie Rowan University Of Pennsylvania Renewal (not prev committed) PROSpect: Prone and Oscillation Pediatric Clinical Trial 8/1/2023 7/31/2024 $20,500.00
Huda Salman Leukemia And Lymphoma Society New Development of cellular therapy for CMML and the Immune landscape of response and resistance 11/1/2023 10/31/2028 $1,000,000.00
Bryan Paul Schneider Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation New Translational approach to mitigating racial disparities in drug-induced toxicity 10/20/2023 10/19/2025 $400,000.00
Cathy Crowe Schubert Indiana Family And Social Services Administration Renewal (not prev committed) Training and Support for State-Wide Educational Plan for FSSA Adult Protective Services staff 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $37,336.00
Emmanuel Solis National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New Targeting Inflammation to Improve FGF23-mediated Mineral Metabolism in CKD 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $36,729.00
Jennifer Dawn Taylor Indiana Immunization Coalition, Inc New Rural Indiana Partnership to Address Immunization Education 9/1/2023 6/30/2024 $30,000.00
Robert S. Tepper Oregon Health & Science University Renewal (not prev committed) Continued follow-up of the Vitamin C and Smoking in Pregnancy (VCSIP) cohorts through the ECHO consortium, focus on Echo-wide protocols, respiratory outcomes, airway function, and epigenetic changes 9/1/2023 5/31/2024 $209,459.00
Alexia Mary Torke Brown University New NIA AD/ADRD Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $502,327.00
Jack Edward Turman Indiana Department Of Health New Safety Pin Program 8/1/2023 7/31/2025 $600,000.00
Jack Edward Turman Indiana Department Of Health Renewal (not prev committed) Mothers on the Rise 10/1/2023 9/30/2025 $171,000.00
Girish V Vitalpur Riley Children's Foundation New Riley Allergy Fund 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $26,500.00
Fletcher A White U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New The Prevalence of Neuropathic Pain Pathophysiology Associated with Ankle Fracture 9/30/2023 9/29/2027 $937,053.00
Kenneth E. White National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New Targeting Inflammation to Improve FGF23-mediated Mineral Metabolism in CKD 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $36,729.00
Sarah Elizabeth Wiehe Indiana Department Of Health Renewal (not prev committed) 2023 Community Health Engagement Program Community-Based Research Pilot Program 10/1/2023 9/30/2025 $210,000.00
Shawn Wilson Indiana University Health New Disparities in Access to Early Childhood Care and Implications for the Healthcare Workforce at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $97,476.00
John M Wo Ehlers-danlos Research Foundation Inc New Toward Artificially Intelligent Wearable Neuromodulation Systems to Address Postural Orthostatic Intolerance and Other Autonomic Disturbances in Humans with Hypermobile-type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $105,000.00
Yong Zang National Institute Of General Medical Sciences New Use Bayesian methods to facilitate the data integration for complex clinical trials 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $320,247.00
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