Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between May 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021!
NOTE: If any information has been inadvertently omitted, please contact Denise Flock-Williams and a correction will be printed in the next issue of The Pulse.
National Institutes of Health (R01):
Traci Goodchild, PhD (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence)
"Renal Denervation in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction"
Tiffany Wills, PhD (Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy)
“Sex Specific Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Exposure on BNST Plasticity”
National Institutes of Health (R21):
Chunlai Wu, PhD (Departments of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Anatomy)
“Enhancing Mask/ANKHD1 Activity to Protect Against Tau-Induced Neurodegeneration”
National Institutes of Health (R37):
Martin Ronis, PhD (Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
“The Role of Oxidative Stress in Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia”
National Institutes of Health (F30):
Alexandra Denys, MD/PhD candidate (Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
“The Role of Osteocytes in Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia”
National Institutes of Health (T35):
Patricia Molina, MD, PhD (Department of Physiology)
Medical Student Alcohol Research Internship
Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center New Orleans
Clara Berdasco, PhD (Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)
“COVID 19 SARS-Cov-2 and ACE2 Interaction in Hypertension”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants:
Juzar Ali, MD (Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care & Allergy/Immunology)
Insmed Incorporated
“A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy,
Safety and Tolerability of Brensocatib Administered Once Daily for 52 Weeks in Subjects
with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis”
Meredith Clement, MD (Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Section)
International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
“Development and Implementation of a Rapid PrEP Initiative at a Sexual Health Center
in New Orleans, Louisiana”
Ryan Krlin, MD (Department of Urology)
American Urogynecologic Society
“AQUIRE Registry”
Matthew Lammi, MD (Department of Medicine/Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Allergy/Immunology)
Acceleron Pharma, Inc.
“A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Compare the Efficacy
and Safety of Sotatercept vs Placebo When Added to Background Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
(PAH) Therapy for the Treatment of PAH”
Paul LeLorier, MD (Department of Medicine)
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Fellowship
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases)
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
“Urogenital Infection Study Data Analysis”
Aaron Mammoser, MD (Department of Neurosurgery)
Novocure GmbH
“A Pivotal Randomized, Open-Label Study of Optune Concomitant with Radiation Therapy
and Temozolomide for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma”
Gabriel Tender, MD (Department of Neurosurgery)
Globus Medical
Travel Award
Gabriel Tender, MD (Department of Neurosurgery)
Shaw Surgicals
Shaw Surgical Spine Summit 2021
Mark Townsend, MD (Department of Psychiatry)
Compass Pathways, Ltd
“The Safety and Efficacy of Psilocynbin in Participants”
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD, (Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology)
Universidad De Antioquia
“Universidad De Antioquia HPV-UDEA-1”