Jay Alberts, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, three-year $670K NIH (via Kinetic Muscles, Inc.) grant, "An innovative home stroke rehabilitation and monitoring system."
Margot Damaser, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, five-year $1.3M NIH/R01 grant, "Stem cell homing for treatment of female pelvic floor disorders."
James H. Finke, PhD, Immunology, five-year $2.6M NIH/R01 grant, "Sunitinib modulation of cancer immunotherapy."
William Fissell, MD, Biomedical Engineering, two-year $403K NIH/R21 grant, "Antibiotic dosing in continuous dialysis."
Robert J. Fox, MD, Neurological Institute, $571K two-year grant from the Research and Clinical Programs Department of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for "A multi-modal assessment of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency."
Candece Gladson, MD, Cancer Biology, five-year $1.6M NIH/R01 grant, "Brain endothelial TNF-R1 can function to inhibit angiogenesis."
Anita Hjelmeland, PhD, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, five-year $1.3M NIH/R01 grant, "A20 Promotes glioma stem cell mediated tumorigenesis."
Jan Jensen, PhD, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, one-year $475K NIH/R24 grant, "A multidisciplinary approach towards cell therapy for diabetes."
Sadashiva Karnik, PhD, Molecular Cardiology, four-year $1.6M NIH/R01 grant, "Molecular basis for Ang II receptor functions."
Michael Kattan, PhD, Chair, Quantitative Health Sciences, three-year $1.2M NIH/ARRA grant, "Refinement and enhancement of a web-based risk calculator deployment system."
John P. Kirwan, PhD, Pathobiology, three-year $1.7M NIH/R01 grant, "Effect of bariatric surgery on mechanisms of type 2 diabetes: The B2D Trial."
Vinod Labhasetwar, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, $2.5M five-year NIH/R01 grant, "Stroke therapy."
Veronique Lefebvre, PhD, Cell Biology, five-year $2.4M NIH/R01 grant, "Transcriptional control of Sox9."
Xiaoxia Li, PhD, Immunology, four-year $1.8M NIH/R01 grant, "Molecular mechanisms for IL-25-mediated Th2 responses."
Vadim Lvovich, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device Solutions, is the Principle Investigator of a $2.7M award from the Ohio Third Frontier program to establish a new Center for Sensor and Microdevices in collaboration with Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, Parker Hannifin Corporation, H. C. Starck Corporation, ZIN Technologies, FTA Biosciences, Guild Associates, and Sandridge Food. Co-Investigators from Cleveland Clinic are Francis Papay, MD, Chair, Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute; Roy Silverstein, MD, Chair, Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute; Rishi Singh, MD, (Cole Eye Insitute); Keith McCrae, MD, (Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Taussig Cancer Institute and Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute); and Aaron Fleischman, PhD (Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute).
Dianne Perez, PhD, Molecular Cardiology, four-year $1.6M NIH/R01 grant, "Protective signaling mechanisms of the alpha1A-adrenoceptor."
Anand Ramamurthi, PhD, new Associate Staff in Biomedical Engineering, has transferred the remaining three years, totaling $1.2M, of a five-year NIH/R01, "Cues for cell-mediated regeneration of elastin matrix," from his former institution.
Jeremy Rich, MD, Chair, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, five-year $2.2M NIH/R01 grant, "Targeting brain tumor stem cells through novel therapeutic combinations."
Takuya Sakaguchi, PhD, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, three-year $747K NIH/K99 grant, "Forward genetic analysis of biliary system formation in zebrafish."
W. H. Tang, MD, Cell Biology, five-year $3.8M NIH/R01 grant, "Nitrative stress in heart failure."
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