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"]Pamela S. Douglas of Cardiology has received a sub-award (1U01-HL123336-01 REV) through the Massachusetts General Hospital for a project entitled "Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE)." Total funding will be $140,534.
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg of Cardiology has received a sub-award (N62645-14-2-0001) through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for a project entitled "Austere Environment Consortium for Enhanced Sepsis Outcomes (ACESO) Project." Total funding will be $1,091,166.
Eric D. Peterson of Cardiology has received an award from the American College of Cardiology Foundation for a project entitled "TVT PAS 2." Total funding will be $608,430.
Sunil V. Rao of Cardiology has received an award from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine for a project entitled "PROMETHEUS: Efficacy and Safety of Romosozumab With Placebo in Men With Osteoporosis." Total funding will be $43,014.
Gillian D. Schmidler of Cardiology has received a sub-award (OPP1097194) through Tufts University for a project entitled "Registry on cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) studies." Total funding will be $11,856.
Laura M. Beskow of General Internal Medicine has received an award (1R01-LM012178-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Ethical Approaches to Research Use of Clinical Records and Data." Total funding will be $1,138,300.
L. Ebony Boulware of General Internal Medicine has received an award (R34-DK094116) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Decision support interventions to improve renal replacement therapy preparation." Total funding will be $178,004.
Juliessa M. Pavon of Geriatrics has received an award from the Health in Aging Foundation for a project entitled "Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders." Total funding will be $50,000.
Keith M. Sullivan of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award (HHSN272201100025C) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Scleroderma Cyclophosphamide or Transplantation (SCOT) Trial-Option 4." Total funding will be $682,588.
Vance G. Fowler Jr. of Infectious Diseases has received a sub-award (1R01-HL119648-01A1) through Ohio State University for a project entitled "Forces at the heart of Staphylococcus biofilms on cardiac implants." Total funding will be $200,337.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received an award from the Cape Fear Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Bundled Testing and Patient navigation." Total funding will be $30,000.
Kimberly L. Blackwell of Medical Oncology has received a sub-award through Johns Hopkins University for a project entitled "Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium Infrastructure Support Task Order 2014-Komen 2000650120." Total funding will be $50,000.
Michaela A. Dinan of Medical Oncology has received an award from the BC Cancer Research Centre for a project entitled "Nationwide Utilization of Cardiac Imaging In Cancer Patients." Total funding will be $472,020.
Michael J. Kelley of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Chordoma Foundation for a project entitled "Chordoma Genetically Engineered Mouse Model." Total funding will be $6,500.
P. Kelly Marcom of Medical Oncology has received an award from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a project entitled "A randomized phase II study of adjuvant Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) vs Paclitaxel in combination with Trastuzumab for stage I HER2-positive breast cancer (ATEMPT Trial)." Total funding will be $93,250[/tab][tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]William E. Kraus of Cardiology has received an award from Vida Health for a project entitled "A mHealth Strategy for Long-Term Care in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients." Total funding will be $55,026.
Mitchell W. Krucoff of Cardiology has received an award from Perosphere, Inc. for a project entitled "Retrospective QTc Analysis for PER977-01-001." Total funding will be $298,951.
Chetan B. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from Roche Diagnostics for a project entitled "Guide-It POC." Total funding will be $5,000.
Tracy Y. Wang of Cardiology has received an award from Bristol-Myers/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Partnership for a project entitled "BMS Summer Series 2015." Total funding will be $141,664.
Manal F. Abdelmalek of Gastroenterology has received an award from Immuron, Ltd for a project entitled "IMM-124E for Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis." Total funding will be $187,804.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Merck Sharp & Dohme for a project entitled "Merck/MSD MK-5172-065-00." Total funding will be $111,276.
Keyur Patel of Gastroenterology has received an award from Tacere Therapeutics for a project entitled "The Follow Up Study Regarding the Safety and Efficacy of TT-034, a Genetically-Modified Adeno-Associated Virus Designed to Target Hepatitis C in a Study Under Protocol B2801001." Total funding will be $133,264.
Connie Bales of Geriatrics has received an award from the National Pork Board for a project entitled "Add-On: Pork as Meal Supplement." Total funding will be $36,000.
Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc for a project entitled "OPZ007 Onyx Phae 1b/3 Multicenter study of Oprozomib." Total funding will be $131,349.
Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from Array BioPharma Inc for a project entitled "A Phase II study of Filanesib (ARRY-520) with patients with Advanced Multiple Myeloma." Total funding will be $207,431.
Murat O. Arcasoy of Hematology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "A Phase 3, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Momelotimib Versus Best Available Therapy in Anemic or Thrombocytopenic Subjects with Primary Myelofibrosis, Post-polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis, or Post essential Thrombocythemia Myelofibrosis." Total funding will be $116,661.
Mehri McKellar of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Alliance Behavioral Healthcare for a project entitled "HIV Early Intervention Testing." Total funding will be $119,850.
Cameron R. Wolfe of Infectious Diseases has received an award from Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. for a project entitled "Task Order CRB-SSS-S-13-003314 - Protocol IRC 003." Total funding will be $148,578.
William R. Berry of Medical Oncology has received an award from Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc for a project entitled "An open label, phase 1/2 safety, pharmacokinetic, and proof-of-concept study of ARN-509 in patients with progressive." Total funding will be $15,616.
William R. Berry of Medical Oncology has received an award from OncoGenex for a project entitled "A randomized phase 3 study comparing cabazitaxel/prednisone in combination with Custirsen (OGX-011) to cabazitaxel/prednisone for second-line chemotherapy in men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer." Total funding will be $60,909.
William R. Berry of Medical Oncology has received an award from Dendreon Corporation for a project entitled "A randomized, open-label, phase 2 study of sipuleucel-t with concurrent versus swquential administration of enzalutamide in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer." Total funding will be $29,650.
Daniel J. George of Medical Oncology has received an award from Sanofi US for a project entitled "PRACTICUM - SANOFI 3 DAY DISEASE STATE TRAINING PROGRAM (PROSTATE, STEM CELL TRANSPLANT,LEUKEMIA /LYMPHOMA) ." Total funding will be $84,632.
Herbert I. Hurwitz of Medical Oncology has received an award from Incyte Corporation for a project entitled "A randomized double blind studyh of Ruxolitinib or placebo in combination with Regorafenib in subjects with relapsed or refractory metastatic colorectal cancer." Total funding will be $341,698.[/tab][/tabs]