Awards – December 2014

Federal Awards

Alto, Neal, NIH, Bacterial Regulation of Eukaryotic Signaling Enzymes: Structure and Function, $271,890; Badawy, Mohamed, Medical College of Wisconsin/NIH, Use of Mechanism of Injury for the Identification of Severely Injured Children, $137,316; Brekken, Rolf (Fellow K. Aguilera), NIH, SPARC as Regulator of Collagen Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer – Diversity Fellowship, $30,041; Burma, Sandeep, NIH, Molecular Mechanisms of GBM Radioresistance and Strategies for Radiosensitization, $296,932; Carroll, Thomas, NIH, Interactions Between Stroma and Progenitor Cells During Kidney Development, $311,243; Chong, Benjamin, NIH, Molecular Markers in Discoid Lupus Erythematous – Travel Supplement, $1,000; Chuang, David, Baylor College of Medicine/NIH, Phenylbutyrate Therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease, $120,460; Cobb, Melanie (Fellow M. Kalwat), NIH, Role of isoxazole compounds in beta cell differentiation and function, $53,282;

Danuser, Gaudenz, Northwestern Univ Medical School/NIH, Regulation and Function of Intermediate Filaments in Cell Mechanics – Project 3, $294,104; Danuser, Gaudenz, Sanford-Burnham Medical Res Inst/NIH, Ultrastructural Basis of Mechanotransduction in Matrix Adhesions – Project 3, $208,358; D'Orso, Ivan, NIH, Functional Interplay Between Tat and Novel Host Co-Factors in HIV Transcription, $397,706; Eisch, Amelia, NIH, New Horizons in Adult Neurogenesis, $120,353; Falck, Russell, Medical College of Wisconsin/NIH, ETT-Induced Cardioprotection: Role of Opioids and Nitric Oxide (NO), $23,578; Gao, Fan, UT Arlington/Dept. of Defense, Smart Sensing and Dynamic Fitting, $4,732; German, Dwight, Dept. of Defense, Serum Antibody Biomarkers for ASD, $186,671; Hiesinger, Robin, NIH, Intracellular Trafficking and Neuronal Connectivity in Visual System, $357,750; Hsia, Connie, NIH, Nanoparticle Drug Delivery in Post-Pneumonectomy Compensatory Lung Growth, $577,971;

Hsia, Connie, Duke Univ/NIH, LRRC: Lung Repair and Regeneration Consortium Administrative (Project), $160,320; Idris, Ahamed, NIH, Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Regional Clinical Center – DFWCRR, $143,100; Idris, Ahamed, Univ of Washington/NIH, ROC Protocols; PROPHET/BLAST/RESCUE Studies, $41,147; Jiang, Jin, NIH, Mechanism of Hedgehog Signal Transduction Across the Plasma Membrane, $320,721; Jiang, Steve, Massachusetts General Hosp/NIH, Development and Validation of Ultra-Fast Dose Calculation for Proton Therapy, $74,999; Johnson, Mark, Yale Univ/NIH, Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) Trial, $9,657; Kohler, Jennifer, NIH, Study of Sialoside Function Using Photocrosslinking Sialic Acid, $329,130; Kramer, Helmut (Fellow L. Tyra), Natl Science Fdn, Graduate Research Fellowship Program – Tyra, $44,000; Kurti, Laszlo, Natl Science Fdn, CAREER: SusChEM: Exploiting the Versatile N-O Bond, $135,000;

Leavey, Patrick, Children’s Hosp of Philadelphia/NIH, STUDY CHAIR: NIH National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) Grant, $30,000; Luo, Weibo, NIH, The Role of JMJD2C in HIF-1 Activation and Breast Cancer Progression, $224,099; McAdams, Carrie, NIH, Neurobiology of Social Thinking in Anorexia, $171,612; Millner, Lori, UT Medical Branch/HRSA, Area Health Education Centers Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement Awards, $92,500; Moore, James, Duke Univ/NIH, Antibiotic Safety in Infants with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections, $4,000; Mukhopadhyay, Saikat, NIH, Signaling at the Primary Cilium in Development and Disease, $276,165; Nedzi, Lucien, American College of Radiology/NIH, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG); Agmt #5915, $1,000; Nijhawan, Ank, NIH, Reducing Readmissions and Improving Outcomes in HIV-Infected Patients, $173,556; Raskin, Philip, Univ of South Florida/NIH, TrialNet Affiliate Services, $237,261;

Ross, Elliott, NIH, G Protein-Coupled Receptors – Structure and Regulation, $357,750; Schaffer, Joseph, RTI Internatl/NIH, NICHD Pelvic Floor Disorders Network – Capitation Funding, $356; Seemann, Joachim, NIH, Cell Cycle Regulation of Golgi Membrane Dynamics, $286,200; Snell, William, NIH, Cell Surface Recognition and Cell Interactions, $89,438; Sperandio, Vanessa, NIH, Quorum Sensing Regulation of EHEC Virulence Genes, $477,000; Starr, Adam, Johns Hopkins Univ/Dept. of Defense, Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC I), $53,836; Stull, James, NIH, Signal Transduction Mechanisms to Myosin Phosphatase, $357,750; Trivedi, Madhukar, Feinstein Inst for Medical Res/NIH, Recovery After the Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE), $79,580; Turer, Christy, NIH, Primary Care, Communication, & Improving Children's Health, $150,466; Wyckoff, Myra, RTI Internatl/NIH, NICHD Neonatal Research Network Capitation Funding, $24,012;

Yu, Gang, NIH, Gamma-Secretase and Myelin: A Paradigm Shift in Brain Disorders, $313,031; Zhang, Song, Natl Science Fdn, III: Medium: Collaborative Research: Robust Large-Scale Electronic Medical Record Data Mining Framework to Conduct Risk Stratification for Personalized Intervention, $56,574.

Nonfederal Awards

Alto, Neal, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Request ID # 1014374 Seminar Award Sing Sing Way, $1,000; Banaszynski, Laura, CPRIT, Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members, $476,941; Chen, Zhijian, Lupus Res Inst, Roles of the cGAS Pathway in Lupus, $250,000; Cobb, Melanie (Fellow H. Dbouk, American Heart Assoc Southwest Affiliate, Characterization of WNK1-PI3-Kinase Interaction and its Role in Endothelial Cell, $46,364; Corey, David, Friedreich’s Ataxia Res Alliance, Activation of Frataxin Expression by Duplex RNA, $78,071;

Danuser, Gaudenz, CPRIT, Recruitment of Established Investigators, $931,584; Dellinger, Michael, Lymphatic Malformation Inst, Development of an Animal Model of Gorham-Stout Disease, $80,925; Gimpel, Nora (Fellow C. Avila), TX Academy of Family Physicians Fdn, Exploring the Barriers of Cervical Cancer Screening Knowledge and Health Behavior, $4,350; Greilich, Philip, Canadian Insts of Health Res, Transfusion Requirements in Cardiac Surgery, $64,365; Herz, Joachim, Bluefield Project to Cure Ftd/UC San Francisco, Progranulin-Enhancing Drug Discovery and GRN Lipidomics, $56,250; Hon, Gary, CPRIT, Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members, $558,366; Jain, Raksha, Cystic Fibrosis Fdn, Therapeutics Development Center – Renewal 2015, $67,367;

Mirzaei, Hamid, CPRIT, Develop Cutting-Edge Proteomics Core Facility Based on High Resolution, High Accuracy Mass Spectrometry and High Throughput, Web-Based Bioinformatics Technology, $830,000; Mukhopadhyay, Saikat, CPRIT, Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members, $500,000; Orth, Kim, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Burroughs Welcome Fund Seminar Orth, $1,000; Osayande, Amimi, Susan Thompson Buffett Fdn, GET LARC, $147,189; Pfeiffer, Julie, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Request ID # 1014378 Seminar Award Sara Cherry, $1,000; Reynolds, Kimberly, Gordon and Betty Moore Fdn, Decoding the Genome Using Evolutionary Statistics, $300,000;

Rossetti, Heidi, Alzheimer’s Assoc, Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Detection of MCI in African Americans, $49,929; Scaglioni, Pier (Fellow A. Rabellino), Lymphoma Res Fdn, LRF Fellowship for Andrea, $50,000; Sperandio, Vanessa, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Request ID # 1014376 Seminar Award David Weiss, $1,000; Tu, Benjamin, David and Lucille Packard Fdn, Packard Fellowship 2010, $175,000; Westover, Kenneth (Fellow J. Hunter), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Structural Studies on Mutant KRas, $45,000; Zhang, Chengcheng, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Blocking Immune Inhibitory Receptor LAIR1 for AML Treatment, $200,000; Zigman, Jeffrey, Univ of Copenhagen/NOVO Nordisk, Enteroendocrine Brain Interactions Controlling Metabolism, Motivation and Mood – Entire Project, $200,000.

Industry Sponsored Awards

(Dollar amounts not available)

Bowers, Daniel, Phase 2 Study of Afinitor for Children with Recurrent or Refractory Ependymoma, Novartis Pharm Corp; Brekken, Rolf, Axl-Akt3 Pathway as a Critical Determinant of Immune Suppression and Drug Resistance, Bergenbio AS; Brugarolas, James, Evaluation of HIF-2a Inhibitors in Tumor Xenograft Model, Peloton Therapeutics; Chalak, Lina, Cerebral Oxygenation and Autoregulation in Preterm Infants: Association with Morbidity and Mortality, Stanford Univ; Gerber, David, Assessment of EFR Expression, Pharmacokinetics, and Response to Therapy with IMGN289 in Lung and Pancreas Xenograft and Orthotopic Models, Immunogen; Green, Carla, Effect of CRYagonist on Circadian Measures in Mice, Reset Therapeutics;

Journeycake, Janna, Phase 3 Study of Recombinant Coagulation Factor VIII in Sbjs with Severe Hemophilia A, CFS Clinical; Lee, William, Phase 3 Study of MK-5172 and MK-8742 in Sbjs with Chronic HCV GT1, GT4 and GT6 Infection, Clinical Financial Svcs; Mayo, Marlyn, Phase 2 Study of 3 Doses of NGM282 for 24 Weeks in Pts with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) who have completed Study 13-0103, NGM Biopharm Australia; Pearle, Margaret, The Kidney Stone and Increased Water Intake Trial, Danone Research; Raskin, Philip, Phase 2 Study of Canagliflozin as Add-on Therapy to Insulin in Sbjs with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Parexel Intl;

Ruggiero, Rosechelle, Phase 2 Study of Riociguar in Pts with Symptomatic Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IPP), Bayer Healthcare Pharm; Schiller, Joan, Phase 1b Dose Escal Trial of Sym004 in Comb with Platinum-doublets in Sbjs with Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Quintiles; Shang, Ty, Pilot Study Assessing Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) During Rehabilitation for Improved Upper Limb Motor Function after Stroke, Microtransponder; Szmuk, Peter, Study of Buprenorphine Transdermal System (BTDS) in Children 7-16 Yrs Who Require Continuous Opioid Analgesia for Moderate to Severe Pain, Quintiles; Toups, Marisa, Study of Intranasal Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression (SYNAPSE), Janssen Res & Dev.