School of Medicine

The Pulse

Grants and Contracts

Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between November 1, 2024 and January 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 – F30
Nathan Michael Sharfman, PhD (Physiology)
“Amygdala Modulation of Adolescent Alcohol Effects on Pain”

NIGMS/National Institutes of Health - P20 project
Omeed Moaven, MD (Surgery, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center)
“A Novel Oncolytic Virus for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy”

Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Brian Copeland, MD (Neurology)
Ipsen Innovation
“A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Escalation and Dose Finding Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of IPN10200 in the Prevention of Episodic or Chronic Migraine in Adults”

Moises Arriaga, MD (Otolaryngology)
ZEISS 
“ZEISS Educational Grant: LSU Temporal Bone Dissection Course”

Uma Priya Mohan, PhD (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence)
American Heart Association
“Targeting Microglia Activation in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension”