New funding awards - September 2016

Sponsored Research

Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled "TO#12 Phase II Communication Plan." Total funding will be $695,042.

Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a project entitled "PCORI Short Term Communications Procurement Plan." Total funding will be $25,561.

Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received a sub-award through the Genetic Alliance for a project entitled "PCORNet Communications - Engagement Materials." Total funding will be $43,266.

Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award (3U54-AT007748-05S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Use of the ADAPTABLE Trial to Strengthen Methods to Collect, Validate, and Integrate Patient-reported Information with Electronic Health Record Data." Total funding will be $906,000.

Christopher Holley of Cardiology has received an award (1R03-HL135475-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of snoRNAs in regulation of cardiac hypertrophy." Total funding will be $159,000.

Chiara Melloni of Cardiology has received an award (HHSN27500037 Mod1) from the National Institute for Child Health & Human Development for a project entitled "PTN TO#37 Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, and Safety of Topical Timolol in Infants." Total funding will be $640,648.

Robert J. Mentz of Cardiology has received a sub-award (HHSN271201500103C) through Wake Forest University Health Sciences for a project entitled "Accelerometer Data Collection and Analysis of REHAB-HF Participants." Total funding will be $67,847.

Francis Miller of Cardiology has received an award (W81XWH-16-1-0179) from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Targeting Extracellular Histones with Novel RNA Biodrugs for the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury." Total funding will be $930,380.

Howard A. Rockman of Cardiology has received an award from the Edna and Fred L. Mandel, Jr. Foundation for a project entitled "Rockman Lab - Mandel Foundation", a part of Victor J. Dzau's project entitled "Mandel Foundation."

James E. Tcheng of Cardiology has received a sub-award (1U01-FD005476-01) through the Mercy Health for a project entitled "BUILD." Total funding will be $74,821.

Matthew D. Hirschey of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award (3R01-AG045351-03S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Novel SIRT5 Enzymatic Activity Regulates Cellular Mechanisms of Aging and Disease." Total funding will be $60,000.

Matthew D. Hirschey of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award (1R56-AG052568-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Novel SIRT4 Enzymatic Activity Influence Cellular Mechanisms of Aging." Total funding will be $397,500.

Anna Mae Diehl of Gastroenterology has received an award (2R01-DK077794-09A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Hedgehog Signaling and Adult Liver Regeneration." Total funding will be $1,788,750.

Jennifer J. St. Clair Russell of General Internal Medicine has received an award (7R03-HS024317-02) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for a project entitled "Using Mixed Methods to Explore Barriers and Facilitators to Nephrologist-Initiated Discussions about Palliative Care." Total funding will be $57,043.

Shenglan Tang of General Internal Medicine has received an award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project entitled "Supporting the Government of China to Implement Health Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Total funding will be $898,307.

Kenneth E. Schmader of Geriatrics has received an award (3P30-AG028716-11S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center Alzheimer's Disease Administrative Supplement." Total funding will be $157,459.

Heather E. Whitson of Geriatrics has received a sub-award (1U13-AG054139-01) through the American Geriatrics Society for a project entitled "Geriatrics Research: From Bench to Bedside." Total funding will be $4,687.

Anthony D. Sung of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for a project entitled "IIT Phase I/II Treatment of steroid non-responsive acute GVHD with alpha 1 antitrypsin AAT."

Deverick J. Anderson of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1U54-CK000483-01) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a projects entitled "Core Project", "Large Collaborative Project", “Medium Collaborative Project”, and “Small Collaborative Project”.

Gregory Gray of Infectious Diseases has received an award (N32398-16-P-0255) from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Detecting Emerging Respiratory Viruses in Mauritania at the Human Animal Interface." Total funding will be $143,800.

Niharika B. Mettu of Medical Oncology has received an award (W81XWH-1610124 012CA150626P2) from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Preclinical and Human Correlative Studies of a Novel Bruton Tyronsine Kinase Inhibitor in Pancreatic Cancer." Total funding will be $866,037.

Lesley H. Curtis of Other Medicine has received an award (HHSF223201610083C) from the Food and Drug Administration for a project entitled "Fitness-for-Use of Electronic Health Records as Source Data for Clinical Research." Total funding will be $1,019,688.

David M. Murdoch of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award (1R01-GM123542-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Magnetically directed single cell transcriptome analysis in HIV latency." Total funding will be $2,713,180.

David M. Murdoch of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award (1R01-DA043241-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "A Systems Biology Approach to HIV-associated Neurocognitive Impairment: Role of Drug Abuse and Neuroinflammation." Total funding will be $3,396,733.

Craig R. Rackley of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from the Chest Foundation for a project entitled "Chest Advanced Clinical Training Program-Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis." Total funding will be $44,924.

Megan E. Clowse of Rheumatology and Immunology has received an award (1K18-HS023443-01A1) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for a project entitled "Optimizing Lupus Management in Pregnancy." Total funding will be $449,427.

Industry-sponsored Clinical Trials

Gary M. Felker of Cardiology has received an award from Amgen, Inc. for a project entitled "A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Omecamtiv Mecarbil on Mortality and Morbidity in Subjects with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced." Total funding will be $6,648,596.

Christopher Granger of Cardiology has received an award from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for a project entitled "Implementation of Demonstration Project for Health Systems: Atrial Fibrillation (INFORM-AF)." Total funding will be $175,436.

Christopher Granger of Cardiology has received an award from Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC for a project entitled "Implementation of Demonstration Project for Health Systems: Atrial Fibrillation (INFORM-AF)." Total funding will be $637,718.

Adrian F. Hernandez of Cardiology has received an award from Luitpold Pharmaceuticals for a project entitled "REA in 1VIT15043 study." Total funding will be $30,918,987.

Chetan B. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from Amgen, Inc. for a project entitled "PRIME-HF." Total funding will be $86,499.

Andrew Wang of Cardiology has received an award from MyoKardia, Inc. for a project entitled "PIONEER-HCM." Total funding will be $79,075.

Tracy Y. Wang of Cardiology has received an award from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for a project entitled "Drug Development Program." Total funding will be $156,460.

Paul S. Jowell of Gastroenterology has received an award from Medtronic, Inc. for a project entitled "Medtronic Advanced Crt Implant Educational Program." Total funding will be $21,965.

Martin H. Poleski of Gastroenterology has received an award from Prometheus Labs, Inc. for a project entitled "Prometheus 15IBD02 Retrospective Observational Study to Assess the Clinical Use and Utility of Prometheus Anser IFX and Anser ADA Testing in Gastroenterology Practice in the US." Total funding will be $184,311.

Cristina Gasparetto of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for a project entitled "An Open-Label, Randomized Phase 3 Trial of Combinations of Nivolumab, Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma." Total funding will be $100,887.

Kimberly L. Blackwell of Medical Oncology has received an award from Eisai, Inc. for a project entitled "Eisai Breast Cancer Advanced Training." Total funding will be $82,000.

Kimberly L. Blackwell of Medical Oncology has received an award from Innocrin Pharmaceutical, Inc. for a project entitled "A Phase 1/2 Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Efficacy of VT-464 in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer." Total funding will be $124,706.

Kamran Mahmood of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from Ajinomoto Co., Inc. for a project entitled "A Case-Control Study to Verify Diagnostic Performance of AminoIndexї Technology." Total funding will be $84,909.

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