Grants
Grants and Award Data from December 2012 to February 2013
Mar. 28, 2013
The following list includes new and competing research awards received from December 2012 to February 2013, excluding commercial projects. Amounts shown are based on the first budget period/year.
These monthly reported are provided by the IU School of Medicine Office of Operations' Research Administration group. The previous grant award update to appear in InScope, formerly Scope, was published on Dec. 13, 2012, due to a delay caused by the university's transition to a new research administration system.
Monthly updated will resume starting this month.
| Investigator | Sponsor | Type | Project Title | Begins | Ends | Amount |
| Matthew R. Allen, Ph.D. |
NIH-NIAMS | New | Enhancing bone strength using combination drug therapy | 3/1/2013 | 1/31/2017 | $418,462 |
| Nikolai Broustovetski, Ph.D. |
NIH-NINDS | New | Mitochondrial porin in bioenergetic defects in Huntington's Disease | 2/15/2012 | 1/31/2016 | $304,804 |
| Sherri L. Bucher, Ph.D. |
Asmund S. Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine | New | Using mobile phones to support neonatal resuscitation training in Africa | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $35,000 |
| Anindo Chatterjee, M.D. |
American Cancer Society, Inc. | New | A Novel FAK-Rac-PAK signaling pathway in Flt3ITD induced leukemogenesis | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $48,000 |
| D. Wade Clapp, M.D. |
University Of Alabama Birmingham | New | NF Consortium Infrastructure | 5/15/2012 | 5/15/2013 | $30,000 |
| Daniel L. Clark, Ph.D. |
Indiana University Health | New | Pathogenesis of calcium nephrolithiasis | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2013 | $256,969 |
| Matthias A. Clauss, Ph.D. |
American Heart Association-Greater Midwest Affiliate | New | The role of the viral Nef protein as a mediator of HIV-1 induced endothelial dysfunction | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2014 | $26,000 |
| Timothy W. Corson, Ph.D. |
Carl M. Reeves and Mildred A. Reeves Foundation | New | Targets of a novel therapy for age-related macular degeneration | 12/1/2012 | 8/31/2013 | $8,500 |
| Timothy W. Corson, Ph.D. |
Outrun The Sun, Inc. | New | PROTACs for selective killing of uveal melanoma | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $10,000 |
| Timothy W. Corson, Ph.D. |
Retina Research Foundation | New | Cellular targets of a candidate AMD therapy | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $25,000 |
| David W. Crabb, M.D. |
NIH-NIAAA | New | Translational Research and Evolving Alcoholic hepatitis Treatment (TREAT-IU) | 9/15/2012 | 6/30/2013 | $948,453 |
| Sara K. Custer, Ph.D. |
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | New | The role of vesicle coat protein alpha-COP in new models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | 12/1/2012 | 11/30/2014 | $140,000 |
| Stephanie D. Davis, M.D. |
University of Pennsylvania | New | Data coordinating center for the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program | 9/1/2012 | 4/30/2013 | $22,790 |
| Brian Scott Decker, M.D. |
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. |
New | Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms and cardiovascular disease endpoints in end-stage renal disease patients. | 12/1/2012 | 11/30/2013 | $50,000 |
| Lawrence Einhorn, M.D. |
Walther Cancer Foundation, Inc. | New | Prevalence of hypogonadism in previously treated germ cell tumor patients | 8/1/2012 | 8/1/2013 | $30,000 |
| Tatiana M. Foroud, Ph.D. |
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research | New | Planning Phase for LARRI | 11/1/2012 | 2/14/2013 | $74,387 |
| Susan J. Gunst, Ph.D. |
NIH-NHLBI | Renewal | Smooth muscle mechanisms in dynamic airway properties | 2/1/2013 | 1/31/2017 | $390,000 |
| Sheketha Renay Hauser, Ph.D. |
Peter F. Mcmanus Charitable Trust | New | The involvement of 5-HT2c receptors within posterior ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens shell on alcohol-seeking and relapse behaviors in alcohol-preferring rats | 12/15/2012 | 12/14/2013 | $49,190 |
| Xiaoming Jin, M.D., Ph.D. |
Indiana State Department of Health | New | Prevention of posttraumatic epileptogenesis | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $119,999 |
| Michelle Anne Keiski, Ph.D. |
Indiana State Department of Health | New | Imaging the microglial response to traumatic brain injury using TSPO Tracer PBR28 | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $120,000 |
| Mark R. Kelley, Ph.D. |
American Cancer Society, Inc. | New | IU Simon Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2015 | $450,000 |
| Mark R. Kelley, Ph.D. |
NIH-NCI | New | Novel Role of Ref-1 in Pancreatic Cancer Etiology and Progression | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2017 | $370,472 |
| Katherine J. Kelly, M.D. |
Dialysis Clinic, Inc. |
Renewal | Intravenous renal cell transplantation | 12/1/2012 | 11/30/2013 | $50,000 |
| Babar Ali Khan, M.D. |
Vanderbilt University | New | The MIND USA Study | 7/1/2012 | 2/29/2016 | $43,056 |
| Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D. |
American Heart Association, Inc. |
Renewal (not prev committed) | CRMP-2, a novel target for excitotoxicity | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $77,000 |
| Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D. |
Indiana State Department of Health | New | Functional recovery following traumatic brain injury by sparing motoneuron dendrites from atrophy with a novel peptide therapeutic | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $120,000 |
| Rajesh Khanna, Ph.D. |
Children's Tumor Foundation | New | Assessment of peptide-based disruptors of the neurofibromin and CRMP-2 interaction as novel analgesics for NF1 | 12/1/2012 | 11/30/2013 | $50,000 |
| Jeffrey Allen Kline, M.D. |
University of Mississippi Medical Center | New | Rapid Administration of Carnitine in sEpsis (RACE) | 6/1/2012 | 5/31/2013 | $43,392 |
| Wei-Hua Lee, M.D., Ph.D. |
Indiana State Department Of Health | New | The effects of ethyl pyruvate in reducing hypoxic-ischemic neuronal injury | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $120,000 |
| Patrick J. Loehrer, M.D. |
West Virginia University | New | To develop sustainable research capacity for cancer and tobacco control in Kenya across the lifespan | 8/10/2012 | 2/28/2013 | $21,921 |
| David G. Marrero, Ph.D. |
NIH-NIDDK | New | Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study -- Phase 2 | 2/1/2013 | 1/31/2015 | $454,116 |
| Samy Meroueh, Ph.D. |
American Cancer Society, Incorporated | New | Docking uPAR for selective targeting of cancer metastasis | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $180,000 |
| Douglas Kent Miller, M.D. |
Washington University | New | Effects of vitamin D on markers of vascular disease in diabetic African Americans | 7/1/2012 | 6/30/2015 | $3,222 |
| Lida Antoine Mina, M.D. |
Indiana University Health | New | A Phase I double blinded prospective study of metformin vs. placebo in overweight or obese women at elevated risk for breast cancer | 5/1/2012 | 4/30/2014 | $100,000 |
| Raghu G. Mirmira, M.D., Ph.D. |
Riley Children's Foundation | New | Dunigan funding for juvenile diabetes research at Riley | 10/1/2012 | 6/30/2013 | $80,000 |
| David L. Morris, M.D. |
NIH-NIDDK | New | Role of CD40 in obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance | 2/18/2013 | 2/17/2014 | $53,942 |
| Kathleen M. O'Neil, M.D. |
Duke University | New | Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance aCARRA Registry | 9/1/2012 | 8/31/2015 | $825 |
| R. Mark Payne, M.D. |
Muscular Dystrophy Association | New | Mechanism of heart failure in Friedreich Ataxia | 2/1/2013 | 1/31/2015 | $149,024 |
| Irina Petrache, M.D. |
American Heart Assoc-greater Midwest Affiliate | New | Mechanism and role of smoking-generated endothelial microparticles | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $48,428 |
| Brenda B. Poindexter, M.D. |
Duke University | New | Pharmacokinetics of antistaphylococcal antibiotics in infants | 11/19/2012 | 8/26/2014 | $390,240 |
| Brenda B. Poindexter, M.D. |
Duke University | New | Sildenafil Study | 8/27/2012 | 8/26/2014 | $33,828 |
| Robert G. Presson, M.D. |
Indiana State Department of Health | New | Biomarkers of neurogenic pulmonary edema following pediatric closed head injury | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $60,000 |
| Mark R. Rigby, M.D., Ph.D. |
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | New | Impact of hypothermia on midazolam/morphine pharmacokinetics | 4/1/2012 | 3/31/2013 | $3,600 |
| Anna Maria V. Storniolo, M.D. |
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | New | The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center Kenya Project | 7/1/2012 | 11/30/2013 | $500,000 |
| William J. Sullivan, Ph.D. |
NIH-NIAID | New | Manipulation of host cell acetylome in AIDS opportunistic infection | 1/15/2013 | 12/31/2014 | $195,000 |
| Yang Sun, M.D., Ph.D. |
American Glaucoma Society | New | Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientists (MAPS) Enabling Award Program 2012 | 11/14/2012 | 11/13/2013 | $10,000 |
| Yang Sun, M.D., Ph.D. |
Carl M. Reeves And Mildred A. Reeves Foundation | New | Modeling retinal degeneration in zebrafish | 12/1/2012 | 8/31/2013 | $5,000 |
| Robert S. Tepper, M.D., Ph.D. |
Oregon Health & Science University | New | Vitamin C to decrease effects of smoking in pregnancy on infant lung function | 7/15/2012 | 5/31/2013 | $307,984 |
| Sunil Tholpady, M.D., Ph.D. |
Maxillofacial Surgeons Foundation | New | Modulation of the mechanosensitive gene sclerostin to accelerate craniofacial bone healing | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2013 | $5,775 |
| Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, M.D. |
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | New | Using simulation to assess the influence of race and class on periviable counseling among obstetricians and neonatologists | 7/1/2013 | 6/30/2017 | $105,000 |
| Yang Wang, M.D. |
Indiana State Department Of Health | New | Regional cerebral blood flow and functional brain networks after traumatic brain injury | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2014 | $120,000 |
| Sarah Elizabeth Wiehe, M.D. |
American Academy of Pediatrics | New | Prescription health literacy for Burmese-Chin families | 3/1/2013 | 8/31/2013 | $3,000 |
| James C. Williams, Ph.D. |
Indiana University Health | New | Pathogenesis of calcium nephrolithiasis | 8/1/2012 | 7/31/2013 | $45,403 |
| Joanne M. Wojcieszek, M.D. |
NIH-NINDS | Renewal | Continuation of NET-PD Trials at Indiana University | 1/1/2013 | 11/30/2015 | $15,561 |
| Andy Qigui Yu, M.D., Ph.D. |
NIH-NIAID | New | Specific killing of latently HIV-1-infected cells after provirus reactivation | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2014 | $195,000 |
| Andy Qigui Yu, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Hawaii | New | Role of oxidative sress and inflammation of HIV cardiovascular risk | 8/6/2012 | 6/30/2013 | $43,200 |
| Xin Zhang, Ph.D. |
NIH-NEI | New | Regulation of FGF signaling in lacrimal gland development | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2017 | $382,703 |
| Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D. |
NIH-NCI | Renewal | Structure/function of protein tyrosine phosphatases | 1/3/2013 | 11/30/2017 | $150,908 |
| Jennifer Elizabeth Zook, M.D. |
New York University | New | New breast cancer radiotherapy technology: interviews | 1/1/2012 | 12/31/2012 | $1,500 |
