Department of Medicine faculty have received notice of the following research, clinical trials, CME or other training awards.
Sponsored research
Monique L. Anderson of Cardiology has received an award from the American Heart Association for a project entitled "AHA Local Markets." Total funding will be $25,000.
James M. Brennan of Cardiology has received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled "Optimizing Health Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Valve Disease." Total funding will be $1,913,609.
Pamela S. Douglas of Cardiology has received a sub-award (5U01-CA081920-12) through the University of South Florida for a project entitled "SCUSF 0806 Phase II placebo--controlled trial of lisinopril and Coreg." Total funding will be $192,020.
Sudha Shenoy of Cardiology has received an award (1R01-HL118369-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Regulation of B-arrestin2's pro-atherogenic activity by the deubiquitinase USP20." Total funding will be $2,377,735.
Jonathan A. Stiber of Cardiology has received an award (1R01-HL121531-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of Drebrin in Atherosclerosis." Total funding will be $1,383,083.
Angelical S. Martin (Mentor: Matthew D. Hirschey) of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award (1F31-HL123275-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The Role of Acetylation in Regulating Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis." Total funding will be $97,104.
Rodger A. Liddle of Gastroenterology has received an award (2R01-DK064213-11) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Pathogenic Mechanisms of Pancreatitis." Total funding will be $1,377,500.
Leigh Boulware of General Internal Medicine has received a sub-award (HHSN268201300047C) through the University of Mississippi Medical Center for a project entitled "Jackson Heart Study Kidney Disease Working Group." Total funding will be $15,515.
Leigh Boulware of General Internal Medicine has received a sub-award (5P50-HL105187-04REV) through the Johns Hopkins University for a project entitled "Patient and Family Community Intervention." Total funding will be $30,544.
Leigh Boulware of General Internal Medicine has received a sub-award (1R01-DK102134-01) through the University of Washington for a project entitled "CKD-Targeted Analyses of the Jackson Heart Study." Total funding will be $16,931.
Shenglan Tang of General Internal Medicine has received an award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project entitled "Developing and Evaluating Financial Models for TB/MDRTB Care in China." Total funding will be $446,422.
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award (2U50-DD000897-03) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled "Population-based Surveillance And Outcomes of Venous Thromboembolism." Total funding will be $150,000.
John Perfect of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (1U01-AI109657-01) through Johns Hopkins University for a project entitled "Cryptococcus Infection Network Cohort study for non-HIV Patients: The CINCH Study." Total funding will be $3,000.
Nathan M. Thielman of Infectious Diseases has received an award from the Rwanda Ministry of Health for a project entitled "Human Resources for Health, Rwanda." Total funding will be $1,505,275.
Jennifer J. Huang (Mentor: Gerard C. Blobe) of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Triangle Community Foundation for a project entitled "2014 Gertrude B. Elion Mentored Medical Student Research Award." Total funding will be $10,000.
Shelby Reed of Other Medicine has received a sub-award (CE-12-11-4143) through the University of Pennsylvania for a project entitled "Patient Valued Comparative Effectiveness of Corticosteroids Versus Anti-TF Alpha Therapy." Total funding will be $130,000.
Christina E. Barkauskas of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award (1K08-HL122521-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The role of Pdgfra+ fibroblasts in lung fibrosis and alveolar homeostasis." Total funding will be $557,055.
Monica Kraft of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received a sub-award (5U10-HL098115-05) through the University of Arizona for a project entitled "VIDA." Total funding will be $236,498.
Monica Kraft of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received a sub-award (5U10-HL098115-05) through the University of Arizona for a project entitled "Microbiome." Total funding will be $40,402.
John S. Sundy of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from the American College of Radiology for a project entitled "American College of Radiology, Faculty Development Program." Total funding will be $33,500.
Industry-sponsored clinical trials
Brett D. Atwater of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Assessing and Improving the Biventricular Pacing Percentage in CRT device patients at Duke using Data and Process Driven QI Strategies." Total funding will be $16,429.
Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from GlaxoSmithKline for a project entitled "LOI: Albiglutide CV Outcomes Study." Total funding will be $517,047.
Robert J. Noveck of Cardiology has received an award from Perosphere, Inc. for a project entitled "PER977-02-001 Phase II Program." Total funding will be $1,838,223.
Mahesh J. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from Ikaria, Inc for a project entitled "CPX Substudy in Preservation." Total funding will be $485,208.
Manesh R. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from Janssen Research & Development, LLC for a project entitled "Rocket RFA." Total funding will be $225,000.
Manesh R. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Clinical Observation Educational Program." Total funding will be $72,000.
Manesh R. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from MaQuet Cardiovascular for a project entitled "CRISP-AMI Follow-up Study." Total funding will be $300,032.
Sudarshan Rajagopal of Cardiology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "Targeting the Right Ventricle with Biased Agonists in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension." Total funding will be $130,000.
Tracy Y. Wang of Cardiology has received an award from AstraZeneca AB for a project entitled "TIGRIS: Long-Term risk, clinical management and healthcare resource utilization of stable coronary artery disease in post myocardial infarction patients." Total funding will be $45,900.
Mark N. Feinglos of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award from Sanofi US for a project entitled "EFC12405 LixiLan-L." Total funding will be $226,463.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme for a project entitled "MK5172-062." Total funding will be $102,803.
J. Brice Weinberg of Hematology has received an award from The Biomarker Factory for a project entitled "Use of Biomarkers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia for Clinical Decision Making." Total funding will be $783,979.
Frank R. Dunphy II of Medical Oncology has received an award from AstraZeneca AB for a project entitled "A phase II, Open-label, single-arm study to assess the safety and efficacy of AZD9291 in patients with locally advanced/mteastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed with previous epidermal growth factor receptor." Total funding will be $205,308.
Scott M. Palmer of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from The Biomarker Factory for a project entitled "Cross Sectional Blood Banking and Processing." Total funding will be $25,927.
Michael S. Hershfield of Rheumatology and Immunology has received an award from Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "Sigma-Tau Monitoring Agreement." Total funding will be $398,309.