Grants
Grants and Awards -- June 2014
July 17, 2014
The following list includes new and competing research awards received by IU School of Medicine researchers in June 2014, excluding commercial projects. Amounts shown are based on the first budget period/year and total about $6.5 million.
| Investigator | Sponsor | Type | Project Title | Begin Date | End Date | Awarded Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Owen Anglen, M.D. | Johns Hopkins University | New | A prospective randomized trial to assess oral versus intravenous antibiotics for the treatment of early post-op wound infection after extremity fractures | 11/1/2013 | 9/28/2015 | $25,600 |
| Michael E. Boulton, Ph.D. | Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute | New | A chemical biology strategy to validate the apelin receptor as a therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy | 5/1/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $125,000 |
| D. Wade Clapp, M.D. | Children's Tumor Foundation | New | Experimental therapeutics targeting the NF2 kinome: an integrated rational approach | 4/11/2014 | 4/10/2017 | $388,730 |
| Sara K. Custer, Ph.D. | Fight Spinal Musclar Atrophy (Andrew's Buddies) | New | Expression of alpha-COP restores neurite outgrowth and ameliorates disease severity in cell culture and animal models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy | 5/15/2014 | 11/14/2014 | $27,500 |
| Rohit R. Das, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | Impact on learner and patient outcomes of a virtual interprofessional training program | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $49,644 |
| Alexander L. Dent, Ph.D. | National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases | New | Regulation of follicular helper T cell differentiation and vaccination by IL3 | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $78,000 |
| Howard J. Edenberg, Ph.D. | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | New | Planning grant for a multi-center randomized controlled trial of moderate alcohol use on chronic disease | 3/20/2014 | 2/28/2015 | $15,600 |
| Melissa L. Fishel, Ph.D. | University Of Toronto | New | Efficacy of novel STAT3 inhibitors in a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma animal model | 12/1/2013 | 11/30/2014 | $4,231 |
| Gerardo A. Gomez, M.D. | Purdue University | New | See-what-I-do: increasing the sense of mentor and trainee sense of co-presence in trauma surgeries with the STAR platform | 3/3/2014 | 3/2/2017 | $229,272 |
| Shaun J.Grannis, M.D. | Marion County Health Department | New | Marion County Public Health Department Refugee Health Surveillance | 9/29/2013 | 3/28/2017 | $38,292 |
| Jay L. Hess, Ph.D. | University of Michigan | New | New therapeutic targets in acute myeloid leukemia | 9/1/2013 | 7/31/2014 | $73,864 |
| David A. Kareken, Ph.D. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | New | Brain reward responses to sweet tastes | 6/20/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $601,406 |
| Barry P. Katz, Ph.D. | University of Iowa | New | Neurobiological Predictors of Huntington's disease | 1/1/2014 | 8/30/2015 | $88,020 |
| Murray Korc, M.D. | National Cancer Institute | New | Dysregulation of transforming growth factor beta action pancreatic cancer | 6/4/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $441,940 |
| Janaiah Kota, Ph.D. | Elsa U. Pardee Foundation | New | Therapeutic evaluation of microRNA-29 to target the pancreatic cancer stroma | 5/1/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $126,553 |
| Stephen F. Kralik, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | Integration of patient-specific computational hemodynamics and vessel wall shear stress analysis into diagnostic MRI of vascular diseases | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $50,000 |
| Debomoy K. Lahiri, Ph.D. | Alzheimer Association | New | Novel regulation of amyloid precursor protein and beta-secretase in Alzheimer's disease | 10/1/2013 | 9/30/2014 | $66,675 |
| Troy A. Markel, M.D | Indiana University Health | New | Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells protect the intestine during necrotizing entercolitis via paracrine mechanisms | 6/1/2014 | 5/6/2016 | $100,000 |
| Ronald A. Mastouri, M.D. | Brigham And Women's Hospital | New | Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial | 2/1/2013 | 4/30/2017 | $73,991 |
| Thomas W. McAllister, M.D. | Dartmouth College | New | HYBRID diffusion imaging to detect acute white matter injury after mild traumatic brain injury | 1/1/2014 | 8/31/2014 | $12,110 |
| Todd Owen McKinley, M.D. | University of Iowa | New | Mitochondrial based treatments that prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis in translational large animal intraarticular fracture survival mode | 3/1/2013 | 8/31/2013 | $25,412 |
| Kathy D. Miller, M.D. | National Cancer Institute | New | Building upon a tradition of excellence: The National Clinical Trial Network at Indiana University | 6/1/2014 | 2/28/2015 | $635,868 |
| Avinash S. Patil, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | The effect of endogenous fetal-derived progestins on human myometrial contractility | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2016 | $97,920 |
| G. David Roodman, Ph.D. | National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin | Renewal | Measles virus nucleocapsid protein, p62P392L and IL-6 in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease | 5/8/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $369,495 |
| Emma C. Rossi, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | Determining the sensitivity of sentinel lymph nodes identified with robotic fluorescence imaging for detecting metastatic endometrial and cervical cancer | 5/1/2014 | 4/30/2015 | $50,000 |
| S. Hamid Sayar, M.D. | Purdue University | New | Biosensor assay to screen for signaling pathway inhibition in cancer | 4/1/2014 | 7/31/2014 | $13,769 |
| Bryan Paul Schneider, M.D. | Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Renewal | Genomic predictors of chemotherapy-induced toxicity | 7/1/2013 | 6/30/2014 | $62,500 |
| Anantha Shekhar, Ph.D. | National Institute of Mental Health | New | Inhibition of nNOS-PSD95 interactions: A novel approach to developing treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder | 4/25/2014 | 3/31/2015 | $234,000 |
| Justin B. Sims, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | Feasibility of 11C-acetate in the monitoring of treatment response following 90Y-microsphere embolization of tumors in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $50,000 |
| Todd C. Skaar, Ph.D. | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | Renewal | Regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes by miRNAs | 6/1/2014 | 2/28/2015 | $596,082 |
| Debbie C. Thurmond, Ph.D. | Riley Children's Foundation | New | Wells Center Pediatric Diabetes Research Programs Transgenic Mouse Model | 5/1/2014 | 6/30/2015 | $2,000 |
| Stephen B. Trippel, M.D. | Purdue University | New | Investigation of proteoglycan mimetics as treatments for osteoarthritis | 4/1/2014 | 3/31/2015 | $134,405 |
| Joseph S. Turner, M.D. | Indiana University Health | New | Use of scripting education to improve patient perception of medical student care | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $24,748 |
| Jingyun Wang, Ph.D. | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | New | Postnatal growth and retinopathy of prematurity studies | 5/1/2014 | 8/31/2014 | $36,660 |
| Stephanie Ware, Ph.D. | The Burroughs Wellcome Fund | New | Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research 1008496.01 | 3/1/2014 | 6/30/2015 | $232,444 |
| Kenneth E. White, Ph.D. | National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin | New | Role of iron and hypoxia sensing in fibroblast growth factor 23-dependent metabolic bone disease | 6/1/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $57,782 |
| Xiao-Ming Yin, Ph.D. | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism | New | Mechanism and role of selective autophagy in ethanol-induced liver injury | 6/15/2014 | 5/31/2015 | $183,671 |
| Teresa Audrey Zimmers, Ph.D. | Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research | New | Molecular phenotyping of pancreatic cancer cachexia: a bridge to personalized targeted therapy | 1/1/2014 | 12/31/2016 | $864,367 |
| Teresa Audrey Zimmers, Ph.D. | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | New | Myostatin family signaling in burn-injury related muscle wasting | 8/17/2013 | 5/31/2014 | $204,322 |
