Department of Medicine faculty have received notice of the following research, clinical trials, CME or other training awards.
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Robert M. Califf of Cardiology has received an award (1C1CMS331018-01-00) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a project entitled "From Clinic to Community: Achieving Health Equity in the Southern United States." Total funding will be $3,250,847.
Daniel B. Mark of Cardiology has received a sub-award (5U01-HL105907-02) through the New York University School of Medicine for a project entitled "ISCHEMIA Database." Total funding will be $7,757.
James E. Tcheng of Cardiology has received an award (1R24-FD004411-01) from the Food and Drug Administration for a project entitled "Standardized Collection and Submission of Cardiovascular Endpoint Data." Total funding will be $149,589.
Eric Velazquez of Cardiology has received a sub-award (1U01-HL114200-01) through the Mount Sinai Medical Center for a project entitled "Optimizing Referral and Linkage to Hypertension Care in Rural Kenya." Total funding will be $9,362.
Matthew J. Wolf of Cardiology has received an award from the American Heart Association for a project entitled "Novel genetic suppressors of Raf-mediated cardiac hypertrophy." Total funding will be $154,000.
Kelli D. Allen of General Internal Medicine has received an award (3R01-AR059673-03S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Pilot testing a Patient and Provider Intervention for Managing OA in Hispanic adults." Total funding will be $129,525.
John Williams of General Internal Medicine has received an award from the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision for a project entitled "FIMDM Medical Editor Grant." Total funding will be $27,500.
Harvey Jay Cohen of Geriatrics has received an award (3P30-AG028716-07-S) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Claude D. Pepper OAIC." Total funding will be $84,520.
Patrick M. Sullivan of Geriatrics has received an award from the New York University School of Medicine for a project entitled "Targeting Vasogenic Edema Associated with Passive Immunication for Alzheimer's Disease." Total funding will be $34,178.
Heidi K. White of Geriatrics has received an award from the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs for a project entitled "CRIT - Chief Resident Immersion Training in the Care of Older Adults: A National Dissemination of the Successful Boston University Medical Center Program." Total funding will be $73,500.
John A. Bartlett of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (7UM1-AI068636-07) through the Brigham and Women's Hospital for a project entitled "Year 7 Performance Evaluation Committee." Total funding will be $32,326.
John A. Bartlett of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (CT2900-WCHS Ryan White-) through Wake County Human Services for a project entitled "HIV Adult ID Services through Wake County, Year 4." Total funding will be $118,651.
Larry B. Goldstein of Neurology has received a sub-award (STDP EMF-CMC 04-11-20E-) through Carolinas Medical Center for a project entitled "A GIS Evaluation of a Statewide EMS Stroke Routing Protocol." Total funding will be $2,000.
Mark A. Stacy of Neurology has received an award (1U13-NS080495-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease." Total funding will be $7,000.
Gretchen G. Kimmick of Medical Oncology has received an award from the City of Hope for a project entitled "Tolerability of the Combination of Lapatinib and Trastuzumab in Adults Aged 60 or Older With HER2 Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer."
Timothy R. Owens (Mentor: Michael J. Kelley) of Medical Oncology has received an award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons for a project entitled "AANS Fellowship." Total funding will be $40,000.
James J. Vredenburgh of Medical Oncology has received an award (1P01-CA154291-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Clinical Support Core." Total funding will be $5,542,223.
Lesley H. Curtis of Medicine has received a sub-award (HHSN-268201200036C-) through the University of Washington for a project entitled "Cardiovascular Health Study." Total funding will be $37,008.
Christopher Cox of Pulmonary has received an award (1R01-HL109823-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Improving decision making for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation." Total funding will be $780,934.
John Hollingsworth of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine has received an award (1R01-ES020350-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Extracellular Matrix, Innate Immunity, and Ozone-induced Airways Disease." Total funding will be $419,988.
Julia KL Walkerof Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine has received a sub-award (2R56-AI079236-) through the University of Houston for a project entitled "Mechanisms of Beta-blocker Induced Improvements in Asthma." Total funding will be $109,900.[/tab] [tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]Terry A. Fortin of Cardiology has received an award from MD Primer Inc for a project entitled "QuERI Quality Enhance Research Initiative Ext. Program."
Thomas J. Povsic of Cardiology has received an award from Baxter Healthcare Corporation for a project entitled "Targeted intramyocardial delivery of G-CSFmobilized autologous CD34+ cells for the improvement in total exercise time during standardized exercise testing in subjects with refractory angina pectoris & chronic myocardial ischemia.”
Andrew Wang of Cardiology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "A randomized, phase II study to evaluate the safety and pharmokinetics of oral dabigatran etexilate in patients after heart valve replacement.."
Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "An Open-Label, Dose-Escalation, Phase 1/2 Study of the Oral Formulation of MLN9708 Administered Twice-weekly in Combination with Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Requiring Systemic Treatment."
Arati Rao of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from Talon Therapeutics for a project entitled "A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Substitution of Marqibo (VSLI) for (VSI) in the Induction, Intensification, and Maintenance Phases of Combo Chemo in the Treatment of Subjects 60 Yrs Old(er) w/Newly Diagnosed (ALL)." Total funding will be $377,128.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "BMS AI 447-028-016 Asumaprevier and Daclatasvir for responders to Perginterferon Alfa and Ribavirin on Hep C patients." Jane E. Onken of Gastroenterology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "BMS IM133-005 Crohn's Disease." Total funding will be $130,720.
Kenneth E. Schmader of Geriatrics has received an award from the Institute for Medical Research, Inc. for a project entitled "PSA - Patrick Sullivan." Total funding will be $39,933.
Murat O. Arcasoy of Hematology has received an award from Sanofi-Aventis U.S. for a project entitled "EFC12153 SAR302503 Sanofi." Gowthami Arepally of Hematology has received an award from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd for a project entitled "Teva pharmaceuticals study." Total funding will be $301,332.
Neil L. Spector of Medical Oncology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "An open label, phase II trial of afatinib with or without vinorelbine for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing Inflammatory Breast Cancer." Kevin A. Schulman of Medicine has received an award from Verizon Communications, Inc (Verizon Business) for a project entitled "Verizon Heath Risk Assessment." Total funding will be $175,859.
E. William St Clair of Rheumatology & Immunology has received an award from the Mayo Clinic for a project entitled "Subagreement-Mayo Clinic to Duke "Clinical Course and Clinical Outcomes Among Subjects with AAV and Renal Disease in the RAVE cohort." Total funding will be $6,000.[/tab] [/tabs]