New Funding Awards December 2023

Sponsored Research

Pamela Douglas of Cardiology has received a sub-award (1UG-HL164285-01) through the Massachusetts General Hospital for a project entitled "REPRIEVE Extension for Trial Completion." Total funding will be $195,490.

Dennis Narcisse Jr (Mentor: William Jones) of Cardiology has received an award from the American College of Cardiology for a project entitled "The Impact of Care Fragmentation and Healthcare Disparities in Peripheral Artery Disease." Total funding will be $100,000.

Yongmei Liu of Cardiology has received a sub-award (1R01-HL167202-01A1) through the University of Virginia - Charlottesville for a project entitled "Sexual dimorphism in susceptibility to emphysematous tissue injury." Total funding will be $31,669.

Laura Rupprecht (Mentor: Diego Bohorquez) of Gastroenterology has received an award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for a project entitled "Harnessing the neuroepithelial gut-brain circuit in binge eating disorder." Total funding will be $70,000.

Gowthami Arepally of Hematology has received an award (3R01-HL151730-04S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Adrien Jacobs - Undergraduate Research Supplement 5R01-HL151730." Total funding will be $11,978.

Thomas Ortel of Hematology has received a sub-award (5UM1-AI109565-10) through the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason for a project entitled "Daratumumab in primary APS." Total funding will be $26,809.

Megan Reller of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (1P01-AI168148-01A1) through the University of California - Los Angeles for a project entitled "International Clinical Administrative Core (Clinical Core)." Total funding will be $315,851.

Megan Reller of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (1P01-AI168148-01A1) through the University of California - Los Angeles for a project entitled "Harnessing the Host Response to Leptospirosis for Diagnosis and Prognosis." Total funding will be $265,342.

Shahla Bari of Oncology has received an award from the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation for a project entitled "Evaluation of time restricted eating in improving immunotherapy response.." Total funding will be $50,000.

Gerard Blobe of Oncology has received an award from the American Cancer Society, Inc. for a project entitled "Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant." Total funding will be $360,000.

Brent Hanks of Oncology has received an award from the American Association for Cancer Research for a project entitled "The NLRP3-HSP70 Axis and Immunotherapy Resistance in Gastric Cancer." Total funding will be $50,000.

John Strickler of Oncology has received a sub-award () through the National Comprehensive Cancer Network for a project entitled "NCCN/Lilly Grant to Optimize Biomarker Driven Therapy in Lung and Thyroid Cancers." Total funding will be $299,855.

Alexander Graham of Pulmonary has received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a project entitled "Program for Adult Care Excellence in Cystic Fibrosis 2023." Total funding will be $126,135.

Alexander Graham of Pulmonary has received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a project entitled "CFF CTOT Gliptin Study Duke Site Award." Total funding will be $16,822.

Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials

Marat Fudim of Cardiology has received an award from Owkin, Inc. for a project entitled "CONFIDENT-HFpEF Phase 2." Total funding will be $296,182.

Marat Fudim of Cardiology has received an award from Owkin, Inc. for a project entitled "SOLENOID PHASE 2." Total funding will be $257,582.

Christopher Granger of Cardiology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "COORDINATE Diabetes Website." Total funding will be $46,045.

Adrian Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Novo Nordisk, Inc. for a project entitled "ARTEMIS." Total funding will be $14,737,269.

Adrian Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "CardioHealth Alliance Membership." Total funding will be $200,000.

Adrian Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Janssen Research & Development, LLC for a project entitled "DCRI Think Tanks." Total funding will be $50,000.

Michel Khouri of Cardiology has received an award from Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc for a project entitled "CardioTTRansform-OLE." Total funding will be $925,426.

Neha Pagidipati of Cardiology has received an award from Eli Lilly and Company for a project entitled "ESTABLISHING A METABOLIC PLATFORM TO CHARACTERIZE A COHORT AND STREAMLINE TRIALS." Total funding will be $1,422,576.

Sean Pokorney of Cardiology has received an award from Boston Scientific Corporation for a project entitled "LUX-DX INSERTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR: INDEPENDENT EVENT ANALYSIS." Total funding will be $157,820.

Danielle Brander of Cell Therapy has received an award from Numab Therapeutics AG for a project entitled "NB-NM032-2668-101." Total funding will be $23,960.

Cristina Gasparetto of Cell Therapy has received an award from Caribou Biosciences, Inc. for a project entitled "A Phase 1, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of CB-011, a CRISPR-Edited Allogeneic Anti-BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (CaMMouflage Trial)." Total funding will be $342,694.

Andrea Sitlinger of Cell Therapy has received an award from Genmab US, Inc. for a project entitled "A Phase 1b/2, Open-Label, Safety and Efficacy Study of Epcoritamab (GEN3013; DuoBody®-CD3 X CD20) in Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Richter?s Syndrome." Total funding will be $671,943.

Anna Mae Diehl of Gastroenterology has received an award from Hepta Bio, Inc. for a project entitled "Hepta Bio - Biorepository." Total funding will be $207,988.

Julius Wilder of Gastroenterology has received an award from Janssen Research & Development, LLC for a project entitled "Social Determinants of Disparities in Inflammatory Bowel Disease." Total funding will be $301,020.

Thomas Ortel of Hematology has received an award from Veralox Therapeutics for a project entitled "A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PHASE 2 PILOT STUDY OF VLX-1005 VERSUS PLACEBO IN PARTICIPANTS WITH SUSPECTED HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA TREATED WITH BACKGROUND STANDARD OF CARE." Total funding will be $382,609.

Barbara Alexander of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Karius, Inc. for a project entitled "AsTeC Clinical utility of plasma microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) sequencing (Karius Test) among immunocompromised patients presenting in inpatient and outpatient settings with concern for invasive fungal infection." Total funding will be $282,503.

Chris Woods of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award () through Owlstone Medical Ltd for a project entitled "EXHALE: Early Detection of Human Infection using VOCs on Breath." Total funding will be $97,033.

Daniel George of Oncology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "Lutetium Long-term Safety Follow-up study." Total funding will be $228,975.

Jameel Muzaffar of Oncology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme for a project entitled "Basket study of MK-4280A in select solid tumors (MK4280A-010)." Total funding will be $1,187,604.

April Salama of Oncology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme for a project entitled "Phase 3 Study of Adjuvant V940 and Pembrolizumab in Resected Melanoma." Total funding will be $843,020.

John Strickler of Oncology has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "Perioperative dostarlimab vs standard of care for resectable colon cancer (219606)." Total funding will be $1,264,827.

Aparna Swaminathan of Pulmonary has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for a project entitled "PPF Retrospective Analysis (PPF)." Total funding will be $482,757.

Virginia Kraus of Rheumatology has received an award from Orient EuroPharma Co., Ltd. for a project entitled "De-identified Human serum, urine, and synovial fluids collected from patients enrolled in a clinical trial." Total funding will be $80,189.

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