Eleven School of Medicine faculty projects were recently funded through an AMC21 initiative giving NIH-funded investigators incentive to submit a second R01.
The projects, chosen based on scientific merit, were eligible for $50,000 per year, for a project period of up to two years, pending appropriate progress and achieving benchmarks. The goal is have a new funded R01 by the second year.
Those awarded are:
Suresh Boppana, M.D., professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
“The Role of T Cell Responses in Controlling HCMV Transmission via Breast Milk”
Gareth Dutton, Ph.D., associate professor Medicine in the Division of Preventive Medicine
“Daily Self-Weighing to Promote Weight Loss Among African American Primary Care Patients Affected by Obesity”
Jiang Hao, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biochemistry
“Role of DPY30 in Hematologic Malignancies-Mechanisms and Targeting Strategy”
Laurie Harrington, Ph.D., associate professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
“Modulating Effector CD4 T Cell Differentiation by Manipulating Cellular Metabolism”
Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., professor of Microbiology
“Iron Acquisition by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis”
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, Ph.D., professor of Pathology
“Cell and Gene Therapy for Nonunion Fractures”
David Schneider, Ph.D., associate professor of Biochemistry
“Control of RNA Polymerase I Transcription Initiation and Elongation”
Alexander Szalai, Ph.D., professor of Medicine in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
“Effects of ITGAM Genetic Variation on Mac-1 Mediated Functions”
Hubert Tse, Ph.D., assistant professor of Microbiology
“Oxidative Post-Translational Modification of Type 1 Diabetes Autoantigens”
Qin Wang, Ph.D., associate professor of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
“Adrenergic Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis”
Yong Zhou, M.D., associate professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
“Targeting Matrix Stiffness in Aging-Associated Lung Fibrosis”
The next cycle for funding for the second R01 incentive grants will open in fall 2016. Visit the Funding Opportunities webpage to learn more about current and upcoming RFAs.
June 29, 2016