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August Research Awards

August Research Awards

Investigator Co-Investigators Sponsor Type Project Title Begin Date End Date Awarded Dollars
David Michael Aronoff   University Of Pennsylvania Renewal (not prev committed) Unraveling mechanisms by which cervicovaginal microbiota can promote or prevent cervical remodeling and preterm birth 6/1/2022 5/31/2023 $18,460
Khadijah Breathett   National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Addressing Individual Provider Bias and Group Decision-Making in Selection of Advanced Heart Failure Therapies in Racial/Ethnic Minorities 8/11/2022 6/30/2023 $157,763
Scott Glen Canfield   Mcmaster University New Delivering neuronal survival signals across the blood brain barrier 3/31/2021 3/30/2024 $32,711
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Riley Pediatric Research Scholars 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $500,000
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Department of Pediatrics Faculty Recruitment Fund 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $2,764,500
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Wells General Fund Support 2022-2023 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $6,403,000
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Pediatric Health Services Research & PACER Support 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $1,175,000
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation New Division Chief Recruitment 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $500,000
D Wade Clapp   Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Riley Children's Foundation Annual Endowment Awards for IU/Riley Programs 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $4,733,033
Pierre C. Dagher   National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Renewal (not prev committed) Endotoxin preconditioning as a model to uncover protective pathways in sepsis-induced renal injury 7/1/2022 5/31/2023 $534,538
Carmella Evans-Molina   Riley Children's Foundation New Luke Bracken Wiese Fund for Juvenile Diabetes at Riley Hospital for Children 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $100,000
Carmella Evans-Molina   University Of Florida Renewal (not prev committed) Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors - nPOD 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 $13,719
Tatiana M Foroud   Banner Health New Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative ADAD Colombia Trial 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 $1,364,108
Heather Francis   National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism New Mast Cell Regulation of Alcohol-Induced Liver Damage 8/18/2022 7/31/2023 $227,844
Andrea L Frump   National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New The emerging role of apelin, RAAS, and ACE2 crosstalk in pulmonary hypertension 8/1/2022 7/31/2023 $706,423
Sujuan Gao   National Institute On Aging New Academic Leadership Award for Statistical Training in Multidisciplinary Aging Research 8/15/2022 7/31/2023 $157,947
Benjamin Gaston   Case Western Reserve University New Pilot Study of an Inhaled Treatment for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia 8/1/2021 7/31/2022 $7,671
Dipika Gupta   National Cancer Institute New Role of Nod2 and AMP-kinase in obesity-associated liver cancer 9/1/2022 8/31/2023 $79,250
Amir Reza Hajrasouliha Afshin Izadian National Eye Institute New Gold nanoparticle Neurosensory Epiretinal Implant to Treat Photoreceptor Vision Loss 9/1/2022 8/31/2023 $237,750
Grace Isabella Hallinan   National Institute On Aging New Characterization of the structural and molecular properties of propagating tau in vitro and in vivo 8/15/2022 7/31/2023 $140,171
Yunjie Huang   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation New Targeting ER luminal ER-QC to rescue mutant CFTR 5/1/2022 4/30/2023 $110,000
Yoshikazu Imanishi   Grace M. Showalter Trust New Showalter Scholar - Yoshikazu Imanishi 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $25,000
Heba Ismail   National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New The Gut Microbiome in Lean and Obese Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and Novel Mechanism of Action of Metformin 8/1/2022 5/31/2023 $183,705
Myda Khalid   University Of Calgary New Hyperhydration to Improve Kidney Outcomes in Children with Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli Infection 9/17/2021 8/31/2022 $42,584
Il-Man Kim   American Heart Association Incorporated New Regulation of cardiac long noncoding RNA MIAT by beta-arrestin-mediated beta1-adrenergic receptor signaling 7/1/2022 6/30/2024 $64,072
Lindsey Marie Kirkpatrick   Baylor College Of Medicine New Development of the MasSpec Pen Technology for Rapid and Accurate Identification of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections 9/15/2021 8/31/2022 $28,956
Yunlong Liu Kun Huang National Human Genome Research Institute New Indiana Genomics Research Training Program for Data Scientists (INGEN4DS) 8/10/2022 5/31/2023 $256,983
Angelia Denise Lockett   National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Regulation of UPRmt activation in the development of pulmonary vascular remodeling in PAH 8/1/2022 7/31/2023 $112,160
Sunu Mathew   Alzheimer Association New Association of Retinal Vasculature with Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Biomarkers 9/1/2022 8/31/2025 $146,469
Sanjay Mohanty   National Institute On Aging New Using Routine Care Electronic Medical Record Data and Artificial Intelligence to Develop a Passive Digital Marker to Predict Postoperative Delirium 9/1/2022 6/30/2023 $126,092
Roman M Natoli   Lehigh University New Virtual Mechanical Testing of Humeral Fracture Healing and Nonunion 8/1/2022 12/31/2022 $11,000
Brandon Oberlin   National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism New High-intensity and Sensation Seeking Associations with Episodic Simulation Efficacy and Brain Response 8/1/2022 7/31/2023 $188,219
David B. Pisoni William G Kronenberger Ohio State University Renewal (not prev committed) Family Processes in Developmental Outcome of Pediatric Hearing Loss 8/1/2022 7/31/2023 $96,214
Clement L Ren Cynthia Diane Brown Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT) Therapeutics Development Center 4/1/2021 3/31/2022 $264,651
Sashwati Roy   National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New Diabetic Foot Ulcer Wound Fluid Biomarker 4/25/2022 3/31/2023 $485,875
Don B Sanders Cynthia Diane Brown Cystic Fibrosis Foundation New Therapeutics Development Center Award 4/1/2022 3/31/2023 $338,235
Don B Sanders   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation New Oropharyngeal metagenomics of pulmonary exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis 9/1/2023 8/31/2024 $159,016
Don B Sanders   Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) IN-182/182 - Riley Hospital for Children Indiana University Medical Center (Sanders, Don B.) 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $287,990
Jesse Jay Savage   Johns Hopkins University New A Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in INPH Shunting (PENS) Trial 9/30/2021 7/31/2022 $32,477
Tyler Andrew Shugg   National Institute Of General Medical Sciences New Investigation of the Immune-Mediated Drug-Drug Interaction Potential of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors 8/15/2022 7/31/2023 $167,269
Dimitrios Stefanidis   Purdue University New Wearable sensors for modeling and assessing non-technical skills in surgery 7/1/2022 4/30/2023 $142,839
Jing Su Pengyue Zhang National Library Of Medicine New Revealing Health Trajectories of Chronic Kidney Disease for Precision Medicine 8/1/2022 5/31/2023 $329,401
Paul R Territo   National Institute On Aging New Modulation of TNF as a Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia 8/20/2022 7/31/2024 $469,306
Leah Wetherill   National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism New Collaborative Initiative on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CIFASD) Data Coordination Resource 8/10/2022 4/30/2023 $222,577
Carol Ann Witczak   National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal Skin New Role of FK506-Binding Protein 3 (FKBP3) as a Novel Regulator of Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis 7/28/2022 6/30/2023 $209,220
Andy Qigui Yu   American Foundation For Aids Research New Eradication of HIV-1 reservoir in germinal center T follicular helper cells 7/1/2022 6/30/2023 $100,000
Jie Zhang Cristian Alberto Lasagna Reeves National Institute On Aging New Identify and study the roles of key genes and proteins in subpopulations of Alzheimer¿s disease patients with uncoupled neurofibrillary tangles 8/1/2022 7/31/2024 $425,957
Yi Zhao   National Institute Of Mental Health New Statistical methods for longitudinal integrated mechanistic modeling of multiview data 9/1/2022 6/30/2023 $544,453
Gregory D Zimet   Purdue University New Assessing the Feasibility of Community Paramedicine for Addressing Rural Vaccine Disparities: A Mixed-Method Study 2/17/2022 2/16/2024 $91,802
Gregory D Zimet   University Of North Texas Health Science Center New Patient Decision Aid Tool for HPV Vaccination among Adults Ages 27-45 Years Old 4/1/2022 3/31/2024 $33,362
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