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"]Robert M. Califf of Cardiology has received an award (3U54-AT007748-02S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory-Coordinating Ctr (Admin Supp)." Total funding will be $465,747.
William E. Kraus of Cardiology has received an award (3-U01AG022132-10S2) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "CALERIE Non-competing Extension with Funds." Total funding will be $765,749.
Sudarshan Rajagopal of Cardiology has received an award (1K08-HL114643-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Noncanonical Receptor Signaling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension." Total funding will be $512,920.
Matthew T. Roe of Cardiology has received an award from the American Heart Association for a project entitled "Mission Lifeline." Total funding will be $414,243.
Jonathan A. Stiber of Cardiology has received an award (1R01-HL112901-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of Drebrin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Remodeling." Total funding will be $1,943,660.
Deepak Voora of Cardiology has received an award (1R01-HL118049-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Development Of Prognostic Platelet RNA Biomarkers To Tailor Antiplatelet Therapy." Total funding will be $3,653,557.
Brittany N. Bohinc of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award from the American Thyroid Association for a project entitled "Overexpression of LGR4 and LGR5 in Human Thyroid Cancer Promotes Wnt/Beta-Catenin Signaling and is Associated with Tumor Aggressiveness." Total funding will be $57,370.
Matthew D. Hirschey of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award (1R01-AA022146-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Ethanol-induced Protein Acylation Regulates Metabolism." Total funding will be $474,667.
Frank Huynh (Mentor: Matthew D. Hirschey) of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition has received an award from the Canadian Diabetes Association for a project entitled "The Role of Adipose-Specific SIRT3 in Regulating Glucose and Lipid Metabolism." Total funding will be $126,564.
David Edelman of General Internal Medicine has received an award (3T32-HS000079-15S1) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for a project entitled "AHRQ National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grant."
Heather E. Whitson of Geriatrics has received an award (1R01-AG043438-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Cognitive Changes and Brain Connectivity in Age-Related Macular Degeneration." Total funding will be $2,069,758.
Nelson J. Chao of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from the Gateway for Cancer Research for a project entitled "A Controlled Study of Stem Cell Transplantation Medical Home Care Compared to Standard Hospital Care." Total funding will be $455,623.
Stefanie Sarantopoulos of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award (5K08-HL107756-03) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "BAFF Pathology: Novel Therapeutic Targets in Chronic Graft versus Host Disease." Total funding will be $255,366.
Murat O. Arcasoy of Hematology has received a sub-award (5P01-CA108671-06) through the Mount Sinai School of Medicine for a project entitled "Single Arm Salvage Therapy with Pegylated interferon Alfa-2a for patients with High Risk Polycythemia Vera or High Risk Essential Thrombocythemia who are either Hydroxyurea Resistant or Intolerant Or have had Abdominal Vein Thrombosis."
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award from the American Society of Hematology for a project entitled "Translational Hematology and the Clinical Laboratory." Total funding will be $50,000.
Thomas L. Ortel of Hematology has received an award (6U27-DD000553-05) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a project entitled "Promoting the Health of Individuals with Clotting Disorders." Total funding will be $206,622.
Barbara D. Alexander of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1T32-AI100851-01A1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)." Total funding will be $722,229.
John A. Bartlett of Infectious Diseases has received an award (1D43-TW009595-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Sociobehavioral Sciences Research to Improve Care for HIV Infection in Tanzania." Total funding will be $1,333,648.
Vance G. Fowler Jr. of Infectious Diseases has received an award (HHSN272200900023C) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Modification No. 8 - Staphylococcal Bacteremia Study." Total funding will be $3,683,988.
Melissa E. Hector-Greene (Mentor: Gerard C. Blobe) of Medical Oncology has received an award (3R01-CA135006-05S1) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Role of TbRIII in Regulating Motility and Invasion." Total funding will be $50,873.
Rachel A. Hesler (Mentor: Gerard C. Blobe) of Medical Oncology has received an award (1F31-CA180602-01) from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "The Role of Type III TGF-beta Receptor in the Fibrotic Tumor Stroma." Total funding will be $97,917.
Neil L. Spector of Medical Oncology has received an award (W81XWH-13-1-0087) from the United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for a project entitled "Circumventing Therapeutic Resistance and the Emergency of Disseminated Breast Cancer Cells through Non-Invasive Optical Imaging." Total funding will be $266,796.
Andrew F. Malone (Mentor: Michelle Winn) of Nephrology has received an award from the Irish Nephrology Society for a project entitled "2013 Amgen/INS Research Bursary Award." Total funding will be $39,922.
Laura P. Svetkey of Nephrology has received a sub-award (1R01-HL114957-01A1) through the Medical University of South Carolina for a project entitled "Smartphone Delivered Meditation for BP Control Among Prehypertensives." Total funding will be $17,548.
Neil R. MacIntyre of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received a sub-award (R01-HL089897-) through the National Jewish Medical and Research Center for a project entitled "COPD Genetic Epidemiology Program - Clinical Center Site Agreement." Total funding will be $27,367.
Scott M. Palmer of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received a sub-award (1R01 -HL114626-01A1) through the Columbia University for a project entitled "Obesity, Inflammation, and Lung Injury after Lung Transplantation." Total funding will be $97,541."[/tab][tab title="Industry-sponsored clinical trials"]Richard C. Becker of Cardiology has received an award from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP for a project entitled "ASW CV Learning Program 2013." Total funding will be $144,215.
James P. Daubert of Cardiology has received an award from Biosense Webster Inc for a project entitled "nMARQ Pulmonary Vein Isolation System for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation." Total funding will be $247,664.
Mitchell W. Krucoff of Cardiology has received an award from Pharmacyclics, Inc. for a project entitled "Phase I Dose-Escalation Study: PCI-24781 Administered Orally in Patients with Advanced Cancer." Total funding will be $14,057.
Robert J. Noveck of Cardiology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "Ambrisentan Use for Clinical Study - Gilead IN-US-300-0159."
Manesh R. Patel of Cardiology has received an award from MaQuet Cardiovascular for a project entitled "CRISP-AMI Secondary Manuscripts." Total funding will be $59,222.
Jonathan P. Piccini of Cardiology has received an award from ResMed Corp for a project entitled "Cardiovascular Improvements with ASV Therapy in Heart Failure." Total funding will be $3,458,333.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from US Bioservices for a project entitled "US Bioservices CME Commercial Support." Total funding will be $2,500.
Andrew J. Muir of Gastroenterology has received an award from Gilead Sciences, Inc. for a project entitled "HCV RNA Monitoring for Sofosbuvir/Ledipasvir." Total funding will be $281,813.
Matthew L. Maciejewski of General Internal Medicine has received an award from HealthCore for a project entitled "A Comparison of Imaging Utilization in Medicare FFS vs Medicare Advantage." Total funding will be $30,144.
David Rizzieri of Hematological Malignancies and Cellular Therapy has received an award from C.T. Development America, Inc for a project entitled "Phase I/II to evaluate the Safety Activity of the DNA Agent SG2000 in CLL/AML." Total funding will be $380,032.
Vance G. Fowler Jr. of Infectious Diseases has received an award from MedImmune, Inc. for a project entitled "Duke Staph Aureus Collaboration Project." Total funding will be $303,804.
David J. Adams of Medical Oncology has received an award from DEKK-TEC for a project entitled "Preclinical profile for BACPTDP." Total funding will be $39,272.
Daniel J. George of Medical Oncology has received an award from Algeta US, LLC for a project entitled "Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Practicum." Total funding will be $60,585.
April K. Salama of Medical Oncology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "A multsite, prospective, observational study in US patients with advanced melanoma." Total funding will be $38,533.
April K. Salama of Medical Oncology has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for a project entitled "A Multi-National, prospective, Observational Study in Patients with Unresectable or Metastastic Melanoma." Total funding will be $38,532.
Marvaretta M. Stevenson of Medical Oncology has received an award from AbbVie Inc. for a project entitled "M10-897 NSCLC: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase 2, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Veliparib and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Versus Placebo and Whole Brain Radiation therapy in Subjects with Brain Metastases from NSCLC." Total funding will be $512,556.
Timothy J. McMahon of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine has received an award from Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc for a project entitled "PH-2013-001." Total funding will be $510,448.[/tab]
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