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September 2023 Research Awards

September 2023 Research Awards

Investigator Sponsor Type Project Title Begin Date End Date Awarded Dollars
Micheala A. Aldred Cleveland Clinic Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Pulmonary Vascular Disease Phenomics Program (PVDOMICS) Data Coordinating 8/1/2021 7/31/2023 $164,130.00
Bradley L Allen Health Resources And Services Administration New Indiana Primary Care Advancement in Clinical Training (INPACT) 9/30/2023 6/30/2024 $3,865,680.00
David Michael Aronoff University Of Pittsburgh New Bacterial CRISPR interference to define macrophage responses to group B Streptococcus proteins 5/15/2023 4/30/2024 $106,716.00
David Michael Aronoff Vanderbilt University Renewal (not prev committed) Instrumenting the Fetal Membrane on a Chip 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $7,706.00
Spyridon Bakas National Cancer Institute New Privacy-Aware Federated Learning for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment 9/20/2023 8/31/2024 $748,154.00
Melissa K Bear Riley Children's Foundation New Riley Children's Foundation 2785 - Pediatric Molecular Oncology Program - Leukemia Research Position 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $5,500.00
Cynthia L Bodkin Massachusetts General Hospital New An Expanded Access Protocol of Intravenous Trehalose Injection 90.5 mg/mL Treatment of Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 3/2/2023 8/31/2025 $136,515.00
Gregory Borschel U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New A Tacrolimus-Releasing Nanofiber Nerve Wrap to Enhance Motor and Sensory Recovery in Injured Peripheral Nerves 2/1/2023 1/31/2025 $317,000.00
Naga P. Chalasani National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Renewal (not prev committed) IU Clinical Center: Drug Induced Liver Injury Network 9/15/2023 7/31/2024 $376,579.00
Erika Rose Cheng National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities New From Analysis to Action: Advancing Health Equity through Learning Health System Research 9/5/2023 8/31/2024 $50,000.00
D Wade Clapp National Cancer Institute New Pediatric and Adult Translational Cancer Drug Discovery and Development Training Program (PACT-D3) 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $158,847.00
D Wade Clapp Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Ora Pescovitz MD Lectureship Endowment 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $2,430.00
Dylan D Cooper Indiana University Health New Closing the gender gap in medicine: The impact of a simulation-based confidence and negotiation course for women in graduate medical education 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $6,393.00
Timothy W Corson National Eye Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Ferrochelatase as a mediator of ocular angiogenesis 9/30/2023 3/31/2024 $447,616.00
Michele Lynn Cote Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) ShareForCures Biorepository Partner 6/20/2024 6/19/2026 $528,058.00
Pierre C. Dagher National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New Indiana Center for Advanced Renal Microscopy and Molecular Imaging 9/1/2023 6/30/2024 $960,793.00
Lingxiao Deng Indiana Department Of Health New Changes in inflammatory biomarkers from locomotor exercise-induced sex-based recovery after contusive spinal cord injury 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $160,000.00
Paul Richard Dexter Regenstrief Institute, Inc. New Incidence of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection and patterns of hepatitis A vaccine initiation and completion 2/2/2023 3/31/2024 $148,423.00
Linda A DiMeglio University Of South Florida Renewal (not prev committed) Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $80,339.00
Linda A DiMeglio University Of South Florida Renewal (not prev committed) Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $423,615.00
Jamie B. Dimond Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $1,353,598.00
Jason Doles National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin New Delineating the contribution of muscle wasting to tumor progression 9/20/2023 8/31/2025 $383,570.00
Jason Doles National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin New Targeting KLF10 to prevent cancer-associated muscle loss 9/18/2023 8/31/2024 $239,239.00
Eric A Engleman Indiana Department Of Health New Changes in inflammatory biomarkers from locomotor exercise-induced sex-based recovery after contusive spinal cord injury 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $160,000.00
Carmella Evans-Molina Baylor College Of Medicine Renewal (not prev committed) Center for Identification and Study of Individuals with Atypical Diabetes Mellitus (Planning Grant) 6/1/2023 5/31/2024 $125,087.00
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 $423,615.00
Kate Emily Foley Alzheimer Association New Determining the mechanisms of anti-Aß immunotherapy on ARIA 7/1/2023 6/30/2026 $250,000.00
Tatiana M Foroud University Of Wisconsin New Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention 6/1/2023 2/29/2024 $219,074.00
Nicole R Fowler Wake Forest University Health Sciences New Alzheimer Diagnosis in older Adults with Chronic Conditions ADACC Network 9/15/2023 5/31/2024 $237,978.00
Laurie Gutmann Massachusetts General Hospital New Clinical Coordinating Center for the Network of Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NEXT-CCC) 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $79,654.00
Flora Hammond Administration For Community Living New REACT: Reactions Event Appraisals and Context in TBI 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $900,000.00
Leng Han University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center New (00015396) Development of Long non-coding RNA-directed Target Therapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer 6/1/2023 2/29/2024 $72,276.00
Leng Han National Cancer Institute New Systematic Characterization of Small Nucleolar RNAs in Cancer 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $414,725.00
Al Hassanein National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin New Prevention of Post-Surgical Lymphedema using Tissue Nanotransfection Technology 9/19/2023 8/31/2025 $383,574.00
Woody Hopf National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism New Anterior Insula Projections for Alcohol Drinking/Anxiety Interactions in Female and Male Rats 9/20/2023 6/30/2024 $535,603.00
Leslie A. Hulvershorn Riley Children's Foundation New FY 23-24 RCF Pediatric Psychiatric Support 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $350,000.00
Charles Kahi University Of Pittsburgh New Blood-Based Testing for Advanced Adenoma 9/12/2022 8/31/2023 $22,067.00
Nawal Kassem Phi Beta Psi Sorority New Discerning key contributors to racial disparities in cascade testing for cancer predisposition genes 8/1/2023 7/31/2024 $77,028.00
Mark R. Kelley National Cancer Institute New Pediatric and Adult Translational Cancer Drug Discovery and Development Training Program (PACT-D3) 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $158,847.00
Alka Khaitan Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Renewal (not prev committed) Researching Covid to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative 10/1/2021 10/31/2023 $87,175.00
Debomoy K. Lahiri National Institute On Aging New Neurobiological Role of MicroRNA in Alzheimer's 9/5/2023 8/31/2024 $627,318.00
Roxanna Lefort District 5 Hospital Preparedness Planning Committee, Inc Renewal (not prev committed) Professional Services Agreement - Roxanna Lefort 9/11/2023 6/30/2024 $15,000.00
Karen Theresa Liby Breast Cancer Research Foundation New Chemoprevention of experimental estrogen receptor negative breast cancer 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $225,000.00
Yunlong Liu National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke New Immune checkpoints in the CNS and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $823,691.00
Rohan Maniar Medical College Of Virginia Foundation, Inc. New Investigating the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Disease Characteristics and Outcomes for Patients with Thymic Epithelial Tumors. 10/16/2023 1/15/2026 $240,000.00
Brenna Cathleen McDonald University Of California, Los Angeles New Patterns of biological, cognitive, and physical aging in cancer survivors and controls and the role of sleep health: Relevance for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias 6/15/2023 2/29/2024 $130,774.00
Kathy D. Miller Breast Cancer Research Foundation New Exploiting unique biology to improve outcome for black patients with breast cancer 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $219,638.00
Jean P Molleston University Of Colorado Denver Renewal (not prev committed) Longitudinal Study of Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 $25,676.00
Harikrishna Nakshatri Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation New Mechanistic insights into breast cancers with chromosome 8q24.3 amplification 8/30/2023 8/29/2025 $400,000.00
Harikrishna Nakshatri National Cancer Institute New Summer Program for Academic Research in Cancer (SPARC) 9/13/2023 8/31/2024 $295,797.00
Dawn M Neumann Administration For Community Living New REACT: Reactions Event Appraisals and Context in TBI 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $900,000.00
Kwangsik Nho Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville New Centrally-linked longitudinal peripheral biomarkers of AD in multi-ethnic populations - Project 2 3/15/2023 2/29/2024 $711,586.00
Kwangsik Nho Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville New Centrally-linked longitudinal peripheral biomarkers of AD in multi-ethnic populations - Core 2 - Analytics 3/15/2023 2/29/2024 $608,145.00
Rachel Patzer Brown University New Impact of Randomized Payment Incentives on Disparities in Home Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation 5/1/2023 11/30/2023 $216,729.00
R. Mark Payne Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance New Role of the Thromboxane-Prostanoid Receptor in FRDA Cardiomyopathy 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $125,000.00
R. Mark Payne Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance New Cardiac Natural History Study in FA. 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 $33,500.00
Jeffrey F Peipert National Institute Of Child Health, Human Devl. New Clinical Research and Academic Success in Obstetrics & Gynecology 9/24/2023 5/31/2024 $10,000.00
Alexander G Robling National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin Renewal (not prev committed) Lrp5 and Lrp6 signaling in bone mechanotransduction and metabolism 9/18/2023 8/31/2024 $348,748.00
Alexander G Robling Indiana Institute For Medical Research Renewal (not prev committed) The LRP5 Pathway and Osteoblast Function in Osteogenesis Imperfecta 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $47,190.00
Colin Michael Rogerson Ann & Robert H Lurie Children Hospital Of Chi New Comparative effectiveness of VNS versus continued pharmacologic treatment of Lennox-GastautSyndrome 4/1/2022 3/31/2025 $29,928.00
Sashwati Roy Naval Medical Research Center New Development of Combination Therapy with Phage and Bio film Disrupting Electrical Field Based Dressing for Overcoming Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Bacterial Infections in Human wounds, Proposal #MI210162 10/1/2022 9/30/2024 $300,000.00
Zeb Ijaz Saeed Baylor College Of Medicine Renewal (not prev committed) Center for Identification and Study of Individuals with Atypical Diabetes Mellitus (Planning Grant) 6/1/2023 5/31/2024 $125,087.00
Don B Sanders Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Renewal (not prev committed) Learning Network: Implementation Phase 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 $48,048.00
Andrew J Saykin Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville New Centrally-linked longitudinal peripheral biomarkers of AD in multi-ethnic populations - Project 2 3/15/2023 2/29/2024 $711,586.00
Andrew J Saykin Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville New Centrally-linked longitudinal peripheral biomarkers of AD in multi-ethnic populations - Project 3 3/15/2023 2/29/2024 $18,465.00
Margaret Arlene Schwarz National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Epigenetic regulation of pulmonary smooth muscle cell remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension 9/23/2023 8/31/2024 $715,161.00
Jodi Lynn Skiles Riley Children's Foundation New 2089 - The Emily Settle Fund 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $9,502.00
Scott E Snyder National Institute On Aging New Assessing diffusion MRI metrics for detecting changes of synaptic density in Alzheimer's Disease 9/15/2023 5/31/2024 $790,349.00
Phillip Anthony Starski National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism New Cortical-noradrenaline signaling in alcohol behavioral engagement 9/18/2023 8/31/2024 $144,464.00
Robert S. Tepper Oregon Health & Science University New Vitamin C to Decrease Effects of Smoking during Pregnancy on Offspring Airway Function, Airway Size, and Epigenetic Correlates: VCSIP cohort follow-up through 10 Years of Age 8/15/2023 5/31/2024 $321,694.00
Anna Elizabeth Thomas Duke Clinical Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children per Standard of Care (POPS) 8/1/2023 9/27/2026 $463,613.00
Douglas Josiah Totten American Academy Of Otolaryngology New Mechanisms of TMPRSS3-related Hearing Loss 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $10,000.00
Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities New From Analysis to Action: Advancing Health Equity through Learning Health System Research 9/5/2023 8/31/2024 $50,000.00
Jack Edward Turman Riley Children's Foundation New Allen County Infant Mortality Initiative 7/1/2023 6/30/2028 $56,000.00
Jack Edward Turman Early Learning Indiana New Early Years Initiative 10/1/2023 9/30/2026 $468,200.00
Paul M Wallach Health Resources And Services Administration New Indiana Primary Care Advancement in Clinical Training (INPACT) 9/30/2023 6/30/2024 $3,865,680.00
Meijing Wang National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Transplantation of Hearts from Donation after Circulatory Death 8/15/2023 5/31/2024 $430,250.00
Qiuting Wen National Institute On Aging New Map Paravascular Fluid Dynamic Signatures of Key Aging and AD Processes Using Dynamics Diffusion-Weighted Imaging 9/15/2023 8/31/2026 $2,317,887.00
Sarah Elizabeth Wiehe Indiana Department Of Health Renewal (not prev committed) Indiana Chronic Disease Coalition 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 $300,000.00
Sarah Elizabeth Wiehe Indiana Department Of Health Renewal (not prev committed) Community Health Partnerships - Cardiovascular and Diabetes Coalition of Indiana FY24 6/30/2023 6/29/2024 $105,000.00
Donna M Wilcock University Of Kentucky Research Foundation New Strategies for targeting astrocyte reactivity in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $177,506.00
Donna M Wilcock University Of Pittsburgh New Alzheimer Biomarker Consortium - Down Syndrome (ABC-DS) 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $18,166.00
Yu-Chien Wu National Institute On Aging New Assessing diffusion MRI metrics for detecting changes of synaptic density in Alzheimer's Disease 9/15/2023 5/31/2024 $790,349.00
Amol P. Yadav National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke New Sensory Augmentation, Restoration, and Modulation Using a Spinal Neuroprosthesis 9/7/2023 8/31/2026 $1,379,700.00
Andy Qigui Yu National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke New Immune checkpoints in the CNS and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $823,691.00
Bo Zhao Radboud University Nijmegen New Preclinical development of antisense oligonucleotide therapy for RIPOR2-associated adult-onset hearing loss 10/1/2023 10/1/2025 $114,308.00
Yi Zhao Johns Hopkins University New Statistical methods for structural and functional integration in multi-modal neuroimaging data 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 $71,016.00
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