Department of Medicine faculty have received notice of the following research, clinical trials, CME or other training awards.
[tabs style="vertical"][tab title="Sponsored research"]Michel Khouri of Cardiology has received an award from the Duke Clinical Research Institute for a project entitled "The Targeting Acute Congestion with Tolvaptan In Congestive Heart Failure Study." Total funding will be $87,763.
Eric D. Peterson of Cardiology has received an award from the American Heart Association for a project entitled "Get with the Guidelines." Total funding will be $2,330,398.
Deepak Voora of Cardiology has received an award (FA8650-13-2-6375) from the United States Air Force for a project entitled "Genetically Guided Statin Therapy." Total funding will be $1,174,630.
Matthew J. Wolf of Cardiology has received an award (1R01-HL116581-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Novel pathways modulating Raf-mediated cardiac hypertrophy." Total funding will be $1,962,500.
Anna Mae Diehl of Gastroenterology has received an award (5U01-DK061713-11S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "NASH Clinical Research Network." Total funding will be $158,883.
Barbara D. Alexander of Infectious Diseases has received an award from the University of Alabama at Birmingham for a project entitled "A Case Registry of Patients with Phaeohyphomycosis." Total funding will be $9,000.
Wendy A. Prudhomme - O'Meara of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (MESA Agmt) through the ISGlobal-Institute for Global Health of Barcelona for a project entitled "Developing a rapid assessment tool to identify bottlenecks to malaria prevention for elimination." Total funding will be $197,345.
Jason E. Stout of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (5U52PS416676) through the NC Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled "Epidemiology/General Communicable Disease Control." Total funding will be $98,509.
Simon G. Gregory of Medical Genetics has received a sub-award (1U01-HD073984-01) through the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "Study of Oxytocin in Autism to improve Reciprocal Social Behaviors (SOARS-B)." Total funding will be $27,763.
Simon G. Gregory of Medical Genetics has received a sub-award through the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "A Pilot Study of Oxytocin in Children and Adolescents with Autistic Disorders." Total funding will be $18,810.
Stephanie Gaillard of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Inc. for a project entitled "Evaluating the Orphan Nuclear Hormone Receptor, ERRa, as a novel Therapeutic Target in Ovarian Cancer." Total funding will be $450,000.
Uptal Patel of Nephrology has received a sub-award (HHSF223200910006I) through the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. for a project entitled "Case Identification, Validation, and Adjudication of Acute Renal Failure." Total funding will be $194,539. [/tab][tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]Robert M. Califf of Cardiology has received an award from Amgen, Inc. for a project entitled "Statin Intolerance Think Tank." Total funding will be $30,000.
John K. Harrison of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation." Total funding will be $78,294.
Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from the Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "Hep C Registry (BMS-986094)." Total funding will be $199,077.
Christopher Kontos of Cardiology has received an award from the Aerpio Theraputics for a project entitled "Effects of HPTP Inhibitors on Endothelial Function." Total funding will be $50,000.
James S. Mills of Cardiology has received an award from the AstraZeneca International for a project entitled "A randomized, double-blind, parallel group, multicenter study to compare ticagrelor with clopidogrel treatment on the risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in patients with established Peripheral Artery Disease." Total funding will be $358,207.
Albert Y. Sun (Mentor: Brett D. Atwater) of Cardiology has received an award from the Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Automated Medical Record Driven Implantable Cardioverter-Difibrillator Heart Failure Trial." Total funding will be $20,300.
John R. Guyton of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award from the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "Efficacy and Safety of REGN/SAR236553 in Patients with Primary Hypercholesterolemia who are Intolerant to Statins, R727-CL-1119." Total funding will be $80,000.
Manal F. Abdelmalek of Gastroenterology has received an award from the Premier Research for a project entitled "A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of GFT505 once daily on Steatohepatitis in Patients with NASH." Total funding will be $12,888.
Anna Mae Diehl of Gastroenterology has received an award from the GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "Evaluation of the Anti-fibrotic Activity of the DGAT1 Inhibitors GSK2635754 and GSK2973980." Total funding will be $175,682.
Keyur Patel of Gastroenterology has received an award from the Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "Gilead 337 0109." Total funding will be $137,524.
Dawn T. Provenzale of Gastroenterology has received an award from the Institute for Medical Research, Inc. for a project entitled "PSA - Teresa Day." Total funding will be $61,920.
Dawn T. Provenzale of Gastroenterology has received an award from the Institute for Medical Research, Inc. for a project entitled "PSA - Dawn Provenzale." Total funding will be $24,182.
Corrine I. Voils of General Internal Medicine has received an award from the Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. for a project entitled "Standardizing the measurement of self-reported oral medication adherence for treatment of Hepatitis C." Total funding will be $141,620.
Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from the Core Science Solutions for a project entitled "11-MM-01 for patients with transplant eligible newly diagnosed MM." Total funding will be $71,245.
Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from the Core Science Solutions for a project entitled "Carfilzomib in patients with Amyloidosis Multiple Myeloma." Total funding will be $483,610.
Keith M. Sullivan of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "12th Annual Fellows Research Retreat." Total funding will be $25,000.
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award from the Instrumentation Laboratory Company for a project entitled "Instrumentation Laboratory Clinical Evaluation Program." Total funding will be $26,293.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "GS-US-292-0104 Phase 3 Randomized Doublel-Blind Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of EVG/COBI/FTC/TAF versus EVG/COBI/FTC/TDF HIV-1 Positive ART-Naive Adults." Total funding will be $99,569.
Amy P. Abernethy of Medical Oncology has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "Meet the Professor Program." Total funding will be $2,500.
Andrew Armstrong of Medical Oncology has received an award from Medivation, Inc. for a project entitled "STRIVE: A Multicenter Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Efficacy and Safety Study of Enzalutamide vs. Bicalutamide in Men with Prostate Cancer who have Failed Primary Androgen Deprivation Therapy." Total funding will be $249,123.
Kimberly L. Blackwell of Medical Oncology has received an award from AstraZeneca AB for a project entitled "To compare the efficacy & tolerability of Fulvestrant 500 mg w Anastrozole 1 mg as Hormonal Treatment for postmenopausal women w Hormone Receptor- + locally adv or Metastatic Breast Cancer who have not previously been treated w any hormonal therapy." Total funding will be $140,047.
Frank R. Dunphy II of Medical Oncology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "The Effect of Neoadjuvant Ipilimumab plus Chemotherapy on Cell Mediated Anti-Tumor Activity in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer." Total funding will be $347,908.
Daniel J. George of Medical Oncology has received an award from Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. for a project entitled "Ganetespib (STA-9090) in Combination with Carboplatin for A Patient with Metastatic Prostatic Ductal Carcinoma."
P. Kelly Marcom of Medical Oncology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "Novartis Breast Cancer Practicum." Total funding will be $66,780.
P. Kelly Marcom of Medical Oncology has received an award from Veridex, LLC for a project entitled "COMETI Phase 2: Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells from Subjects with Metastatic Breasat Cancer Using the CTC-Endocrine Therapy Index." Total funding will be $110,563.
Fatima A. Rangwala of Medical Oncology has received an award from OncoMed Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "A Phase IB/2 study of OMP-59R5 in combination with Gemcitabine in subjects with previously untreated stage IV pancreatic cancer." Total funding will be $149,917.
April K. Salama of Medical Oncology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme for a project entitled "Randomized, Phase II Study of MK-3475 versus Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Melanoma." Total funding will be $810,248.
Annick Desjardins of Neurology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "A Phase 1b, multi-center, open label, dose escalation study of oral LDE225 in combination with BKM120 in patients with advanced solid tumors." Total funding will be $202,424.
Monica Kraft of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from Berry Consultants for a project entitled "Meta-Analysis of data related to the treatment of Asthma." Total funding will be $17,171.[/tab]
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