Department of Medicine faculty have received notice of the following research, clinical trials, CME or other training awards.
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Richard C. Becker of Cardiology has received an award (1U54-HL112307-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Administrative Core." Total funding will be $123,345.
Richard C. Becker of Cardiology has received an award (1U54-HL112307-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Translating an Antiplatelet Aptamer and Antidote into a First in Human Clinical Study." Total funding will be $841,715.
Michael D. Gunn of Cardiology has received an award (1R21-AI100257-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Development of anti-Salmonella Single-chain Abs as serum diagnostics." Total funding will be $193,754.
William E. Kraus of Cardiology has received an award (EP-12-D-000284) from the Environmental Protection Agency for a project entitled "Analyses and reports of Cathgen database." Total funding will be $100,277.
William E. Kraus of Cardiology has received a sub-award (HEALTH-F2-2012-27736) through the Royal Veterinary College, University of London for a project entitled "Meta-Predict." Total funding will be $24,322.
Robert J. Noveck of Cardiology has received a sub-award (N66001-10-C-2134) through the University of Colorado - Denver for a project entitled "Safety evaluation of Aminophylline and Ambrisetan in healthy volunteers." Total funding will be $148,446.
Geoffrey Pitt of Cardiology has received an award from the March of Dimes for a project entitled "The Role of CaV1.2 Ca2+ channels in birth defects in non-excitable tissues." Total funding will be $200,000.
Keith M. Sullivan of Cell Therapy has received a sub-award (1R34-HL108761-01) through the University of Pittsburgh for a project entitled "Hematopoietic Cell Therapy for Young Adults with Severe Sickle Cell Disease." Total funding will be $7,789.
James R. Bain of Endocrinology has received an award (2P01-DK058398-11A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Core B." Total funding will be $210,768.
Matthew D. Hirschey of Endocrinology has received an award from the Central Society for Clinical Research for a project entitled "CSCR Early Career Development Award." Total funding will be $10,000.
Deborah Muoio of Endocrinology has received an award (2P01-DK058398-11A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Mitochondrial Stress and Metabolic Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle." Total funding will be $376,800.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from the University of Florida for a project entitled "Hepatitis C Therapeutic Registry and Research Network- A Longitudinal, Observational Study."
Lesley H. Curtis of General Internal Medicine has received a sub-award (HHSF223200910006I) through Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. for a project entitled "Mini-Sentinel Angiodema Project." Total funding will be $5,902.
Mitchell Heflin of Geriatrics has received an award (6UB4-HP19203-02-01) from the Health Resources and Service Administration for a project entitled "Geriatric Education Center (GEC) Alzheimer's Supplement." Total funding will be $42,222.
Kimberly Johnson of Geriatrics has received an award (1R01-AG042130-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Increasing Access to Hospice Care for Older African Americans: A National Study." Total funding will be $466,336.
Gowthami Arepally of Hematology has received an award (1R03-AI101992-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Modeling the spectrum of HIT pathobiology." Total funding will be $157,000.
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award (1U54-HL112307-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Laboratory Assessment of Targeted Antithrombotic Therapies." Total funding will be $213,306.
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award (1U54-HL112307-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Translational Research Skills Development Core." Total funding will be $96,993.
Marilyn J. Telen of Hematology has received an award (2K12-HL087097-06) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Duke-UNC Clinical Hematology and Transfusion Research Career Development Program." Total funding will be $1,949,155.
Vivian H. Chu of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1R34-AI098620-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Optimizing duration of antibiotics after valve surgery for infective endocarditis." Total funding will be $235,500.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (NCH12-F999) through the NC Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled "Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS." Total funding will be $178,317.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (X07HA00051) through the NC Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled "Ryan White Part B Region 7 Network of Care." Total funding will be $434,366.
Wendy A. Prudhomme-O'Meara of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (U01-AI069911-06) through the Indiana University for a project entitled "East Africa IEDEA Regional: Malaria Surveillance in Rakai, Uganda." Total funding will be $6,194.
Mark Lanasa of Medical Oncology has received an award from the American Society of Hematology for a project entitled "ASH Trainee Award: The role of cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein 1 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia." Total funding will be $5,000.
Michael A. Morse of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for a project entitled "Targeting HER2 Signalling by Alphaviral-based Immunotherapy plus Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition." Total funding will be $512,984.
Victoria L. Seewaldt of Medical Oncology has received an award (1R01-CA158668-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Targeted Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: From the Bench to Clinical Testing." Total funding will be $1,627,185.
Vern C. Juel of Neurology has received a sub-award (R01-FD003710-) through the University of Miami for a project entitled "Efficacy of Prednisone in the Treatment of Ocular Myasthenia." Total funding will be $5,927.
Neil R. MacIntyre of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine has received an award (HHSN268200736186C) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "LOTT Option 2." Total funding will be $380,984.
Claude A. Piantadosi of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine has received an award (1R01-AI095424-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Redox Regulation of Lung Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Sepsis/Pneumonia." Total funding will be $1,962,500.
Kim M. Huffman of Rheumatology has received an award from the Central Society for Clinical Research for a project entitled "2012 Early Career Development Award (ECDA)." Total funding will be $10,000.
Virginia B. Kraus of Rheumatology has received an award from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "FSA Component - Study to advance the validation and qualification of biomarkers for OA diagnosis, prognosis and clinical trials - fNIH OAI Substudy." Total funding will be $382,361.[/tab] [tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]
Richard C. Becker of Cardiology has received an award from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP for a project entitled "AstraZeneca Learning Program 2012." Total funding will be $160,243.
Eric L. Eisenstein of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "ENGAGE PAS." Total funding will be $405,601.
Christopher Granger of Cardiology has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "STABILITY Trial Manuscripts." Total funding will be $846,499.
Robert J. Noveck of Cardiology has received an award from PRA International for a project entitled "Phase 1 study to assess the ACHN IV dose."
Manesh R. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from EOCI Pharmacomm for a project entitled "DCRI Learn Bayer." Total funding will be $56,864.
Jonathan P. Piccini of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic Foundation for a project entitled "Chronic ICD Lead Extraction Tensile Force Assessment (ICDTEA)."
Arati Rao of Cell Therapy has received an award from AccuGenomics, Inc. for a project entitled "Research Samples and Associated Clinical Data."
Keith M. Sullivan of Cell Therapy has received an award from Genentech, Inc. for a project entitled "11th Annual Fellows Research Retreat." Total funding will be $25,000.
John R. Guyton of Endocrinology has received an award from Amarin for a project entitled "REDUCE-IT Protocol Number: AMR-01-01-0019."
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc for a project entitled "Salix GI Endoscopy Training Program." Total funding will be $75,000.
Keyur Patel of Gastroenterology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "GS-US-334-0108 to study Efficacy and safety of GS-7977 & Ribavirin.”
Vivian H. Chu of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "ID Grand Rounds: Daptomycin Resistance- Multimodal Mechanisms." Total funding will be $2,500.
Charles B. Hicks of Infectious Diseases has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "ING116529 Viking-4, Ph 3 RandoDoubleblind Study to Demonstrate AV Activity of DTG50mgBID vs Plac Both Co-Adm w Failing AR Reg over 7Days, Followd by OpenLabel Ph w All Subjs Rcvg DTG50mgBID co-admin w OBR in HIV-1Infd, INI Tx-Expd & Resistant Adults."
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blinded Study of the Safety and Efficacy of DRV/COBI/FTC/GS-7340 STR Versus COBI-boosted DRV plus FTC/TDF Fixed Dose Combination in HIV-1 Infected, ART-Naive Adults (GS-US-299-0102)."
Heather D. Adkins of Neurology has received an award from Scion NeuroStim LLC for a project entitled "Clinical Pilot Study to Evaluate a Non-Invasive, Neurostimulation Device for treatment of Migraine Headache." Total funding will be $30,080.
Daiwai M. Olson of Neurology has received an award from Baxter Healthcare Corporation for a project entitled "Brevibloc Observational Registry."
Jeffrey Crawford of Medical Oncology has received an award from GTx, Inc. for a project entitled "PhaseIII, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effect of GTx-024 on Muscle Waisting in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer on First-Line Platinum Plus a Non-Taxane Chemotherapy."
Joseph O. Moore of Medical Oncology has received an award from Ariad Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "ARIAD Compassionate Care."
Fatima A. Rangwala of Medical Oncology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "A Multi-center open-label study to assess pharmacokinetics of TKI258 in adult cancer patients with normal and impaired hepatic function."
Richard F. Riedel of Medical Oncology has received an award from Threshold Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "TH-CR-406/SARC021."
Sascha A. Tuchman of Medical Oncology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "BHQ880 for Smoldering Multiple Myeloma."
Gordana Vlahovic of Medical Oncology has received an award from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for a project entitled "An open label two-stage study of orally administered BKM 120 in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with activated P13K pathway."
Virginia B. Kraus of Rheumatology has received an award from the Biomarker Factory for a project entitled "Development of Screening Laboratory Tests Indicating Risk of Osteoarthritis Progression." Total funding will be $1,303,928.[/tab] [/tabs]