Grants and Contracts
Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between May 1 and July 31, 2025!
NOTE: If any information has been inadvertently omitted, please contact the editor (dflock@lsuhsc.edu) and a correction will be printed in the next issue of The Pulse.
National Institutes of Health – R01
Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD (Neuroscience Center of Excellence)
“RPE Messengers, Transcription and Photoreceptor Renewal”
National Institutes of Health – F30
Dongjoon D. Kim, MD, PhD Student (Neuroscience)
“Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Vision Loss in Usher Syndrome”
National Institutes of Health – R00
Trayambak Pathak, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
“Store-operated Oral 3 Calcium Channels in Metabolism and Obesity”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Harvey Chim, MD (Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
Epineuron Technologies
“Regeneration of Acutely Injured Nerves (REGAIN)”
Michael Watson Cook, MD (Surgery)
Medtronic
“Medtronic Fellowship Training for Bariatric Surgery”
Robert L. Dubin, MD (Obesity Medicine - Baton Rouge)
Obesity Society
Obesity Medicine Fellowship Development
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine - Infectious Diseases)
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
“Clinical Performance of the Cobas® Liat Lesion Panel Nucleic Acid Test for Use on
the Cobas® Liat System”
Michelle M. Loch, MD (Medicine/Hematology-Oncology)
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.
“ELEGANT-Elacestrant versus Standard Endocrine Therapy in Women and Men with Node-positive,
Estrogen Receptor-positive, HER2-negative, Early Breast Cancer with High Risk of Recurrence-
A Global, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label Phase 3 Study”
Mary Maluccio, MD (Surgery)
Crinetics Pharmacecuticals
“A Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and
Safety of Paltusotine in Adults with Carcinoid Syndrome due to Well-Differentiated
Neuroendocrine Tumors”
Malachi G. Sheahan III, MD (Surgery)
Medtronic, Inc.
“Medtronic Fellowship Integrated Residency and Fellowship for Vascular Surgery”
Malachi G. Sheahan III, MD (Surgery)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
“The GORE VBX Forward Clinical Study: A Comparison of the GORE Viabahn VBX Balloon
Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX) to Bare Metal Stenting for Patients with Complex Iliac
Occlusive Disease”
Alison A. Smith, MD, PhD (Surgery)
GE Healthcare Technology and Innovation
“Ultrasound Image Data Collection Study in Critical and Emergency Care Settings for
the Development of AI Tools for Rapid Trauma Assessment”
Alison A. Smith, MD, PhD (Surgery)
Life Sciences Plus Inc.
“Evaluation of Blood STOPiX Trauma Matrix for Hemostasis and Tissue Repair in Porcine
Burn Model”
Shou-Ching Tang, MD, PhD (Medicine - Hematology and Oncology)
Shanghai Allink Biotherapeutics Co. Ltd.
“A First-in-Human, Open-Label, Multicenter Phase I/II Clinical Study to Evaluate the
Safety, Tolerability Pharmacokinetics, and Antitumor Activity of ALK201 for Injection
in Adult Participants with Advanced Tumors”
Guoshun Wang, DVM, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
“Chronic Inflammation iNOS-production of NO and Intestinal Obstruction in CF”
Intramural Grants
Clinical Research Grants
David Welsh, MD (Medicine - Pulmonary/Critical Care)
"Alcohol Dysblosis, Immune Exhaustion & Senescence, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and
Colorectal Carcinoma"
New Project Grants
Fokhrul Hossain, PhD (Genetics)
"Phosphodiesterase 10A: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer"
Research Enhancement Program Bridge Grant
Scott Edwards, PhD (Physiology)
"SRP-001: A Non-Opioid and Non-Hepatotoxic Analgesic for the Treatment of Pain in
the Context of Alcohol Use Disorder"
Resident Research Grants
Collins Langley, MD (Dermatology)
"Evaluating the Effect of a Novel IL 11 Inhibitor on a Keloid Fibroid Model"
Carlos Monroig Rivera, MD (Orthopaedics)
"Establishing a Pre-Clinical Model of Arthrofibrosis"
J. Nicholas Poche, MD (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery)
"Computational Fluid Dynamics Evaluation of Sinonasal Flow During Respiration and
Nasal Irrigation Fol lowing Transnasal Endoscopic Surgery"