Congratulations to the following faculty members for receiving these sponsored research awards:
Sponsored Research
Adam Devore of Cardiology has received an award (4UH3-HL173571-02) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "1/2 Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Extension Trial." Total funding will be $1,813,726.
Senthil Selvaraj of Cardiology has received an award (1R03-HL180898-01) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a project entitled "Probing Regional Metabolism During Exercise through Coronary Sinus Sampling." Total funding will be $242,250.
Nelson Chao of Cell Therapy has received a sub-award (7R01-AG066719-05) through the The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc for a project entitled "Home-based Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Improve Outcomes and Decrease Costs." Total funding will be $284,112.
Yubin Kang of Cell Therapy has received an award (1U01-AI187020-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Thioredoxin derivatives for radiation mitigation." Total funding will be $2,750,938.
Maria Blasi of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1R01-AI192378-01) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled "Persistent Immunogenicity of IDLV delivering membrane tethered Native-Like HIV-1 Envelope Trimers." Total funding will be $3,782,959.
Thuy Le of Infectious Diseases has received an award (2P30-AI064518-21) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Clinical Core, a part of Georgia D. Tomaras's project entitled "Center for AIDS Research"." Total funding will be $1,910,620.
Susanna Naggie of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1UM1-TR005436-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University." Total funding will be $49,197,555.
Nwora Okeke of Infectious Diseases has received an award (2P30-AI064518-21) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Health Services Research SWG, a part of Georgia D. Tomaras's project entitled "Center for AIDS Research"." Total funding will be $87,455.
John Perfect of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1R01-AI189300-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Evolution of Cryptococcus neoformans Strains from Patients with HIV/AIDS." Total funding will be $3,877,803.
Gayani Tillekeratne of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1R21-AI193738-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Combined pathogen and host-based diagnostic to identify etiology of lower respiratory tract infection." Total funding will be $445,919.
Nicholas Turner of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1K23-AI177941-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of C difficile Colonization in Risk of Disease." Total funding will be $908,484.
Xunrong Luo of Nephrology has received a sub-award (1R01-AI187318-01) through the North Carolina State University for a project entitled "Impacts of genetic variation in the Fc gamma receptor locus on functionality of natural killer cells and monocytes." Total funding will be $35,961.
Crystal Tyson of Nephrology has received an award (1R61-HL178691-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Multi-component Lifestyle Intervention to improve cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease (R61/R33)." Total funding will be $772,621.
Carey Anders of Oncology has received an award from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a project entitled "A Prospective Registry for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer and Leptomeningeal Metastases." Total funding will be $35,020.
Alexandra Thomas of Oncology has received an award from the Indiana University for a project entitled "A Pragmatic Phase II Trial of Chemotherapy +/- Tocilizumab for Metastatic Triple Negative and ER-low Breast Cancers." Total funding will be $135,000.
Deepshikha Ashana of Pulmonary has received an award from the American Lung Association for a project entitled "Blueprint-COPD: Coping skills support for patients with comorbid COPD and anxiety or depression." Total funding will be $95,000.
Michael Forrester of Pulmonary has received an award (1K08-HL181195-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of Protein S-Palmitoylation in TGFbeta Signaling and Fibrotic Lung Disease." Total funding will be $825,809.
Christopher Mosher of Pulmonary has received an award (1K76-AG095138-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Investigating Senolytic Properties in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Metformin in COPD Exacerbations (INSPIRE-COPD-E).." Total funding will be $1,215,000.
Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials
Anna Lisa Chamis of Cardiology has received an award from Edwards Lifesciences, LLC for a project entitled "FY26 - Advanced Training in Cardiology Fellowship Grant." Total funding will be $25,000.
Donald Hegland of Cardiology has received an award from Boston Scientific Corporation for a project entitled "FY 26 - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Grant." Total funding will be $20,000.
Neha Pagidipati of Cardiology has received an award from American Heart Association for a project entitled "AHA HLBW." Total funding will be $1,090,000.
Neha Pagidipati of Cardiology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "Implementing a Solution for chronic Kidney Disease." Total funding will be $64,700.
Jonathan Piccini of Cardiology has received an award from American Heart Association for a project entitled "GWTG Clinical Insights." Total funding will be $2,303,127.
Jonathan Piccini of Cardiology has received an award from American Heart Association for a project entitled "GWTG Inpatient Data Analysis Center." Total funding will be $1,678,468.
Rana Gupta of Endocrinology has received an award from Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc for a project entitled "Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Project." Total funding will be $130,329.
John Strouse of Hematology has received an award from CSL Behring LLC for a project entitled "CSL889_2001: A phase 2/phase 3, multicenter, randomized, multiple-dose, double-blind, placebo-controlled adaptive study to evaluate the safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetics of CSL889 in adults and adolescents with sickle cell disease during VOC." Total funding will be $494,884.
Laura Alder of Oncology has received an award from Phanes Therapeutics, Inc. for a project entitled "Phanes Therapeutics / The SKYBRIDGE study, an Open-label, Multicenter, Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Phase 1/2 Study with PT217 Followed by a Key ChemotherapY and/or Checkpoint Inhibitor ComBination in Patients with NeuRoendocrIne Carcinomas Th." Total funding will be $335,559.
Niharika Mettu of Oncology has received an award from Biohaven Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "A Phase 1, Multicenter, Open-Label, Dose Escalation, Dose Expansion and Dose Confirmation Study of BHV-1530 in Adult Participants with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors." Total funding will be $455,699.
Michael Morse of Oncology has received an award from Exelixis, Inc for a project entitled "A Phase 2/3, multicenter, randomized open-label study of zanzalintinib vs everolimus in participants with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic neuroendocrine tumors." Total funding will be $2,707,366.
Hope Uronis of Oncology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. for a project entitled "MK5909-005: A Phase 2 Nonrandomized, Open-label, Multisite Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Raludotatug Deruxtecan in Participants with Gastrointestinal Cancers." Total funding will be $500.
Christina Barkauskas of Pulmonary has received a sub-award (75A50124C00001) through PPD Investigator Services, LLC for a project entitled "Phase 2 Clinical Platform Trial Investigating Multiple Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)." Total funding will be $68,560.
Lake Morrison of Pulmonary has received an award from United Therapeutics Corporation for a project entitled "TETON OLE RIN-PF-302. An Open-label Extension Study of Inhaled Treprostinil in Subjects with Fibrotic Lung Disease." Total funding will be $134,952.
Christopher Mosher of Pulmonary has received an award from Connect Biopharma LLC for a project entitled "Seabreeze STAT COPD." Total funding will be $3,147,260.