New Funding Awards August 2022

Marat Fudim of Cardiology has received an award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Role of the Splanchnic Vascular Compartment in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction." Total funding will be $493,626.

Christopher Granger of Cardiology has received an award from the Max Kade Foundation for a project entitled "Max Kade Post Doctoral Research Fellowship." Total funding will be $32,600.

William Jones of Cardiology has received a sub-award (R1-VUMC-01-MC) through the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a project entitled "PCORNet STAR CRN Renewal 2021." Total funding will be $989,897.

Sydney E. Jeffs (Mentor: Christopher Kontos) of Cardiology has received an award from the Triangle Community Foundation for a project entitled "Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Award." Total funding will be $10,000.

Cristiana Costa Chase of Cell Therapy has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "LCCC 1944." Total funding will be $259,895.

Rana Gupta of Endocrinology has received an award (7R21-HD106678-02) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Directing Stem Cells to the Adipocyte Lineage in Infantile Hemangiomas." Total funding will be $199,673.

Melanie Kaelberer of Gastroenterology has received an award (K01-DK131403-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Efferent modulation of neuropod cells in the small intestine." Total funding will be $595,350.

Cara Mcdermott of Geriatrics has received an award (K23-HL159239-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Reducing Polypharmacy and Fall Risk for Multi-Morbid Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." Total funding will be $723,833.

Kenneth Schmader of Geriatrics has received an award (200-2012-53663-TO 18) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled "Lead Site Task 4: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)." Total funding will be $818,192.

Kenneth Schmader of Geriatrics has received an award (200-2012-53663) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled "Lead Site Task 5: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)." Total funding will be $131,001.

Kenneth Schmader of Geriatrics has received an award (200-2012-53663) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled "Lead Site Task 6: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)." Total funding will be $128,053.

Heather Whitson of Geriatrics has received an award from the NC DHHS for a project entitled "NC Project CARE (Caregivers Alternatives to Running on Empty)." Total funding will be $109,343.

Maria Blasi of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1R01-DK131497-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Mechanisms of HIV persistence in the kidney (R01)." Total funding will be $3,288,419.

Stacey Maskarinec of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1K23-HL159275-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Staphylococcus aureus Cardiac Device Infections - From the Vascular Viewpoint (K23)." Total funding will be $896,584.

Christina Wyatt of Nephrology has received an award (3U01-HG010225-05S2) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The IGNITE II CC: Engagement, Coordination, Demonstration, and Dissemination." Total funding will be $729,485.

Ting Yang of Nephrology has received an award (1R03-AG078882-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The role of pericytes in delirium superimposed on dementia.." Total funding will be $322,000.

Brent Hanks of Oncology has received an award from the The Melanoma Research Foundation for a project entitled "Overcoming Anti-PD-1 Resistance in Melanoma by Targeting Immunologic Mediators of the Gli2 Pathway." Total funding will be $200,000.

Brent Hanks of Oncology has received an award from the Cancer Research Institute for a project entitled "Role of Tumor-mediated Innate Training in the Pathogenesis of Immune-related Adverse Events." Total funding will be $200,000.

Deepshikha Ashana of Pulmonary has received an award (1K23-HL164968-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Racial disparities in shared decision making for patients with acute respiratory failure." Total funding will be $926,661.

Deepshikha Ashana of Pulmonary has received an award from the American Thoracic Society for a project entitled "Racial Disparities in Emotion-Handling in the ICU." Total funding will be $40,000.

Scott Palmer of Pulmonary has received an award (1U24-HL163122-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Lung Transplant Consortium - Data Coordinating Center." Total funding will be $2,444,266.

Matthew McCravy (Mentor: Loretta Que) of Pulmonary has received an award (1F32-HL165697-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The Role of PON2 in the Development of Non-Allergic Asthma in Obesity." Total funding will be $163,796.

Laurie Snyder of Pulmonary has received an award (1U01-HL163300-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Clinical and Mechanistic Factors Impacting Transplant Outcomes (U01)." Total funding will be $479,097.

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