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April 2024 Research Awards

April 2024 Research Awards

Investigator Sponsor Type Project Title Begin Date End Date Awarded Dollars
Liana G Apostolova Alzheimer Association New iLEADS-24-1277370 1/1/2024 12/31/2025 $607,823.92
Camila Libel Arnaudo Indiana Family And Social Services Administration Renewal (not prev committed) Perinatal and Adult Psychiatry Access Line 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $1,709,950.00
Jeff Brault East Carolina University New Mitochondrial bioenergetics and colorectal cancer 2/19/2024 1/31/2025 $21,867.00
Jared Robert Brosch University Of Southern California New AHEAD Plasma Extension (APEX) 12/1/2023 11/30/2024 $53,800.00
Jared Robert Brosch Fordham University New Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI4) 12/1/2023 7/31/2024 $85,929.00
Amy Caldwell Health And Hospital Corporation Of Marion County Renewal (not prev committed) Title X Program Family Planning Medical Director 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 $5,623.00
Yelena Chernyak Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Patient-centered Treatment of Anxiety after Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room (PACER) 1/1/2025 12/31/2026 $966,083.00
Mary R. Ciccarelli Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Haddad Early Autism Evaluation and Biomarker Projects 4/1/2022 3/31/2025 $150,000.00
Jill Diane Connors Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Patient-centered Treatment of Anxiety after Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room (PACER) 1/1/2025 12/31/2026 $966,083.00
Steven Raymond Counsell Massachusetts General Hospital New Annual Wellness Visits vs GRACE-augmented Annual Wellness Visits For Older Adults with High Needs 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 $173,865.00
Laura Cracco National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke New Investigating the role of TDP-43 mislocalization, structure, and post-translational modifications in the neuropathologically heterogeneous TDP-43 proteinopathies 4/16/2024 3/31/2025 $1,029,657.00
Kenneth W. Dunn Nih Office Of The Director New Lightsheet microscope system for the Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy 4/1/2024 3/31/2025 $562,000.00
Greg Durm University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill New A Phase II Trial of Induction and Maintenance Pembrolizumab and Olaparib in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 4/4/2024 4/3/2029 $54,824.00
Conner Clair Earl National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Spatiotemporal and Deep Learning Analysis of Cardiac Imaging for Predictive Risk Stratification in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 4/1/2024 8/4/2024 $16,224.00
Jeffrey J Easler University Of Pittsburgh New Integrating Radiomics and Genomics to Improve the Clinical Assessment of Pancreatic Cysts and Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer 8/1/2023 7/31/2024 $10,050.00
Aaron Christopher Ermel The Carter Center New Ocular Chlamydia Trachomatis Monitoring Project 3/18/2024 3/17/2025 $15,500.00
Kathryn Dee Fischer Applied Research Institute New Pharmacological alterations of the DA system interacts in SB-121-fed BTBR mice during social, cognitive, and locomotor behaviors 4/11/2024 4/10/2025 $49,871.00
Erick Forno University Of Pittsburgh New SCH: Bringing Intelligence to Pulmonology: New AI-Enabled Systems for Pulmonary Function Tests Anytime and Anywhere 10/1/2023 9/30/2026 $130,532.00
Jennifer Hamner International Society For The Study Of Women's Sexual Health New A Prospective Study of the Impact of Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Devices on Sexual and Bladder Dysfunction 7/1/2024 6/30/2025 $7,500.00
Leng Han University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center New Molecular Mechanisms of Bladder Cancer Immunometabolism 6/1/2023 2/28/2025 $112,782.00
Tina M Harris Indiana University Health New Above The Influence Workshop 4/1/2024 3/31/2026 $57,557.00
Yoshikazu Imanishi National Eye Institute New Membrane compartmentalization in photoreceptor health and disease 5/1/2024 4/30/2025 $542,636.00
Seethal A Jacob Rhode Island Hospital New Maximizing Fetal Hemoglobin Responses to Hydroxyurea using Precision Medicine 4/1/2022 12/31/2023 $7,629.00
Danielle Janosevic National Institute Of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney New Transcriptomic Diagnosis and Staging of Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury 4/15/2024 1/31/2025 $157,953.00
Adam C Kean Ann & Robert H Lurie Children Hospital Of Chi New Investigating structural and genetic substrates of early-onset atrial fibrillation 7/1/2023 6/30/2028 $5,500.00
Kurt Kroenke Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Patient-centered Treatment of Anxiety after Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room (PACER) 1/1/2025 12/31/2026 $966,083.00
Mark P. Langer Intuitive Foundation New Adjuvant Treatment Deintensification after Transoral Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 $75,000.00
Cristian Alberto Lasagna Reeves National Institute On Aging Renewal (not prev committed) CAA, Tau and Neurodegeneration 5/1/2024 4/30/2027 $2,251,074.00
Karen Theresa Liby U.s. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity New A novel NRF2 pathway inhibitor for treating lung cancer 9/1/2023 8/31/2025 $511,838.00
Patrick J. Loehrer Eli Lilly And Company Foundation New AMPATH Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening to Improve Women?s Cancer Outcomes in Kenya and Nepal 12/1/2023 11/30/2026 $2,000,000.00
Luke A Lopas Mid-america Orthopaedic Association New Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting 4/1/2024 6/30/2024 $2,500.00
Larry Wayne Markham National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute New Spatiotemporal and Deep Learning Analysis of Cardiac Imaging for Predictive Risk Stratification in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 4/1/2024 8/4/2024 $16,224.00
Rebecca McNally Keehn Riley Children's Foundation Renewal (not prev committed) Haddad Early Autism Evaluation and Biomarker Projects 4/1/2022 3/31/2025 $150,000.00
Olha Melnyk Diabetes Research Connection New Evaluation of lysosome dysfunction during autoimmune diabetes pathogenesis 4/5/2024 4/4/2025 $49,499.00
Michael S. Metrick Indiana Family And Social Services Administration Renewal (not prev committed) Perinatal and Adult Psychiatry Access Line 7/1/2023 6/30/2025 $1,709,950.00
Patrick O Monahan Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Patient-centered Treatment of Anxiety after Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room (PACER) 1/1/2025 12/31/2026 $966,083.00
Jenny S Morgan Eli Lilly And Company Foundation New AMPATH Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening to Improve Women's Cancer Outcomes in Kenya and Nepal 12/1/2023 11/30/2026 $2,000,000.00
Paul Musey Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute Renewal (not prev committed) Patient-centered Treatment of Anxiety after Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Room (PACER) 1/1/2025 12/31/2026 $966,083.00
Roman M Natoli Johns Hopkins University New PO versus IV Antibiotics for the Treatment of Infected Nonunion of Fractures After Fixation 9/30/2022 9/29/2024 $32,151.00
Kathy L Newell National Institute Neurological Disorders & Stroke New Investigating the role of TDP-43 mislocalization, structure, and post-translational modifications in the neuropathologically heterogeneous TDP-43 proteinopathies 4/16/2024 3/31/2025 $1,029,657.00
Heather M O'Hagan National Cancer Institute New Targeting LSD1 to prevent therapy-induced transdifferentiation in BRAF mutant colorectal cancer 4/1/2024 3/31/2025 $431,920.00
Padmanabhan Pattabiraman National Eye Institute New Transcriptional control of lipid biogenesis in trabecular meshwork and intraocular pressure regulation 5/1/2024 4/30/2025 $486,865.00
Douglas K Rex Indiana University Health New Optical diagnosis versus laser measurement of polyps size during colonoscopy and implications for surveillance 4/18/2024 4/17/2029 $25,803.00
Andrew J Saykin Research!america New IMPACT Indiana Initiative 2024 11/1/2023 5/20/2024 $3,400.00
Michael Wisung Sim Intuitive Foundation New Adjuvant Treatment Deintensification after Transoral Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx 1/1/2024 12/31/2024 $75,000.00
Emily K Sims Pacific Northwest National Laboratory New Robust Mass Spectrometric Protein/Peptide Assays for Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Applications 2/22/2024 6/30/2024 $42,277.00
Anita Ahmed Turk Hoosier Cancer Research Network New Phase 2 Study of Gemcitabine, Cisplatin, Quemliclustat (AB680) and Zimberelimab(AB122) during First-Line Treatment of Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers 3/18/2024 3/17/2029 $114,534.00
Bree Ashley Weaver Health And Hospital Corporation Of Marion County Renewal (not prev committed) Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) Program 7/1/2023 6/30/2024 $13,055.00
Jimmy Yen Alzheimer Association New Impact of systemic interferon responses in Alzheimer's disease 6/1/2024 5/31/2027 $199,820.00
Ivorine Yu Alzheimer Association New Impact of systemic interferon responses in Alzheimer's disease 6/1/2024 5/31/2027 $199,820.00
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