Grants and Contracts
Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from
federal, state, and/or independent sources between February 1 and April 30, 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 – R21
Chunlai Wu, PhD (Neuroscience Center of Excellence)
“PP2A B Subunit Regulates Synaptic Development and Cognition - Learning from Human
Mutations”
National Institutes of Health – F32
Xavier Chapa-Dubocq, PhD (Physiology)
“Alcohol Impact on Traumatic Brain Injury: Focus on Mitochondrial Alterations”
National Institutes of Health – FAA Fellowship Award
Keishla Rodriguez-Graciani, PhD (Physiology)
“Alcohol-Medicated Mitochondrial Adaptions in Skeletal Muscle: Role of Sirtuin1”
Louisiana Department of Health – PUPP Grant
Bridgette Celeste Egan, MD (Medicine/Emergency Medicine)
“Project ED HOPE (Evidence Driven-Hospital Overdose Prevention Effort)”
Seth Vignes, MD (Medicine/Hospital Medicine)
“Mixed-Methods Analysis of Injection Related Illness in LA Medicaid Population”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Ifechukwude Joachim Biose, PhD (Pharmacology)
Pennington Biomedical Research Center/LAUNCHED
“Rederiving Founder FEI Mice Line at Pennington Biomedical Research Center”
Meredith Clement, MD (Medicine–Infectious Disease)
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
“A Phase 2b Single Arm, Repeat Dose Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetic Profile,
Safety, and Tolerability of A New Formulation of Cabotegravir LA Injected Intramuscularly
Q4M in Adolescent and Adult Participants at Risk of HIV Acquisition”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
“Clinical Performance of the Cobas Liat CT/NG/MG Nucleic Acid Test on Oropharyngeal
and Anorectal Swab Samples”
Hollis O'Neal, Jr., MD (Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine)
Our Lady of the Lake/Astra Zeneca
“A Phase III, Mulitcentre, Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Placebo-controlled
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tozorakimab (MEDI3506) in Patients Hospitalized
for Viral Lung Infection Requiring Supplemental Oxygen”
Jonathan Edward Schoen, MD (Surgery)
Avita Medical Americas LLC
“A Prospective Multicenter Single-arm Clinical Study Investigating Clinical Outcomes
when Cohealyx™ is used for the Management of Full Thickness Wounds Post-surgical Excision”
Jonathan Edward Schoen, MD (Surgery)
Polynovo
“MTX Early Disposition Study”
Shou-Ching Tang, MD, PhD (Medicine/Hematology and Oncology)
Ningbo NewBay Technology Development Co.
“A Phase 1, Open-label, Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and
Pharmacokinetics of NB004 Administered as Monotherapy or Combination Therapy in Subjects
with Advanced Solid Tumors”
Shou-Ching Tang, MD, PhD (Medicine/Hematology and Oncology)
Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc
“Olema First-In-Human, Open-Labeled, Multicenter Study of OP-3136 in Adult Participants
with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors”
LSUHSC Intramural Research Enhancement Program
Pinki Prasad, MD (Pediatrics)
LSUHSC Intramural Research Enhancement Program Clinical Research Grant
“FERTILE: Fertility Evaluation and Reminders for Treatment-Induced Infertility—Leveraging
Education and an Electronic Health Record—A Pilot Study”
Elizabeth Avegno, PhD (Physiology)
LSUHSC Intramural Research Enhancement Program
“Early Life Stress and Adolescent Alcohol have Long-Term Additive Effects on Behavior
and Brain”