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"]Anna Lisa Crowley of Cardiology has received an award from the American Society of Echocardiography for a project entitled "Methodology for Improving Reliability and Reproducibility of Echocardiography in Clinical Research." Total funding will be $70,000.
Michel Khouri of Cardiology has received a sub-award (U01-HL105907-) through the New York University School of Medicine for a project entitled "ISCHEMIA: International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches." Total funding will be $180,440.
Gillian D. Schmidler of Cardiology has received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled "Prioritizing Research Topics." Total funding will be $84,728.
Jennifer B. Green of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received a sub-award (1U01-DK098246-01) through George Washington University for a project entitled "The Glycemia Reduction Approaches for Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study." Total funding will be $249,847.
Matthew D. Hirschey of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award from the Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation for a project entitled "Novel Mechanism of Protein Acetylation Regulates Detoxification." Total funding will be $60,000.
Steve S. Choi of Gastroenterology has received an award (5K08-DK080980-04S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Rac1 Promotes Hepatic Stellate Accumulation/Activation in Liver Injury." Total funding will be $546.
Katherine Garman of Gastroenterology has received an award (1K08-DK098528-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Submucosal esophageal structures as a progenitor niche for esophageal repair." Total funding will be $113,745.
Laura M. De Castro of Hematology has received a sub-award (P50-HL110790-01) through the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a project entitled "A Controlled Clinical Trial of Regadenoson in Sickle Cell Anemia." Total funding will be $100,266.
John Perfect of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Lehigh University for a project entitled "Molecular Umbrella-Amphotericin B Conjugates."
Amy P. Abernethy of Medical Oncology has received an award (1R13-HS022216-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Think Tank on Data Needs and Infrastructure in Oncology." Total funding will be $50,000.
Jennifer Garst of Medical Oncology has received an award from the National Lung Cancer Partnership for a project entitled "Improving Access to Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients (AccessTLC): Main Needs Assessment Study." Total funding will be $24,941.
Daniel J. George of Medical Oncology has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "Neoadjuvant Pazopanib: A Phase II Study to Evaluate the Effect of Disease Response and Recurrence and to Establish Predictive Biomarkers of Drug Activity in Renal Cell Carcinoma." Total funding will be $64,000.
Nicole Calakos of Neurology has received an award (1R21-NS079860-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Novel high-throughput screening for modifiers of TorsinA pathology." Total funding will be $431,750.
Burton L. Scott of Neurology has received a sub-award (2U01-NS052592-06) through the General Hospital Corporation (Mass) for a project entitled "Coenzyme Q10 in Huntington's Disease" under National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH) Grant No. 5 R01 NS052592-02." Total funding will be $10,500.[/tab][tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]Brett D. Atwater of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Attain Performa Quadripolar Lead Clinical Study." Total funding will be $270,425.
Gary M. Felker of Cardiology has received an award from Amgen, Inc. for a project entitled "Dose Escalation Study to Select and Evaluate an Oral Modified Release Formulation of Omecamtiv Mecarbil." Total funding will be $436,166.
Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd for a project entitled "CEC Adjudications for Roche ALEPrevent." Total funding will be $4,739,498.
Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Portola Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "Portola CHF Protocol." Total funding will be $2,546,798.
Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "Adjudication of Clinical Events for the BMS Protocols: BCB118 and BCB120." Total funding will be $165,632.
Kevin P. Jackson of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Duke/Medtronic Educational Program." Total funding will be $23,936.
William S. Jones of Cardiology has received an award from Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. for a project entitled "Ixmyelocel-T in subjects with critical limb Ischemia and no options for revascularization." Total funding will be $1,024,634.
Prateeti P. Khazanie (Mentor: Adrian F. Hernandez) of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Pacemaker use and outcomes in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction." Total funding will be $40,000.
Mitchell W. Krucoff of Cardiology has received an award from Orbusneich for a project entitled "OrbusNiech." Total funding will be $136,576.
Daniel B. Mark of Cardiology has received an award from AGA Medical Corporation for a project entitled "ACP HE." Total funding will be $823,520.
Albert Y. Sun (Mentor: Svati H. Shah) of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Genetic Markers of Ventricual Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy." Total funding will be $60,000.
Anna Mae Diehl of Gastroenterology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "A Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of GS-6624, a Monoclonal Antibody Against Lysyl Oxidase-Like 2 (LOXL2), in Subjects with Compensated Cirrhosis Secondary to Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)." Total funding will be $387,945.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Abbott Laboratories for a project entitled "Asthma and COPD Research Database." Total funding will be $354,723.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "Ph 3 Random Dbl-Blind Study to Eval the Safety & Efficacy of Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide vs Elvitegravir/Cobicistat/ Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in HIV-1 Positive Antiretroviral Treatment-Naive Adults." Total funding will be $155,863.
Ivan Spasojevic of Medical Oncology has received an award from the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for a project entitled "Evaluation of Apprepritan's effect on drug metabolism in multi-day combination chemotherapy regimen." Total funding will be $52,000.
Lisa D. Hobson-Webb of Neurology has received an award from Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "2nd International Conference and Course on Neuromuscular Ultrasound." Total funding will be $2,500.
Mark A. Stacy of Neurology has received an award from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research for a project entitled "Topiramate as an adjunct to Amantadine in the treatment of dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease." Total funding will be $91,801.
Yuh Chin T. Huang of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "205.477 Shuttle Walk Substudy." Total funding will be $153,750.
Njira L. Lugogo of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "Mepolizumab therapy on uncontrolled asthma." Total funding will be $66,840.
Lake D. Morrison of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from MedImmune, Inc. for a project entitled "Medimmune CD RI CAT." Total funding will be $269,052.
Lake D. Morrison of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from Stromedix, Inc. for a project entitled "Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Dose, Dose Escalation Study of STX-100 in Patients with IPF." Total funding will be $158,450.[/tab]
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