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 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"