Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between August 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021!
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 (R44):
David J. Lefer, PhD (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence) in collaboration with Dupage
Medical Technology, Inc.
“Developing a New Drug for Treating Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”
U.S. Department of Defense:
Mihran Naljayan, MD (Department of Medicine/Nephrology) will serve as a clinical advisor
working with Juan Gao, MD (Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics) and Dan Kapusta,
PhD (Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics).
“Identification of a New Drug to Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease”
Jennifer Simkin, PhD (Department of Orthopaedics)
“Neuromodulation Promotes Tissue Regeneration over Fibrosis”
Veterans Administration:
Jennifer “Gala” True, PhD (Department of Medicine) (Co-investigator)
“A Randomized Control Trial of an Innovative In-home Rehabilitation Program for Persons
with TBI and their families: Home-based Occupational-therapy and Management of the
Environment (HOME for Us)”
Jennifer “Gala” True, PhD (Department of Medicine) (Co-investigator)
“Using Peer Navigators to Increase Access to VA and Community Resources for Veterans
with Diabetes-related Distress”
Jennifer “Gala” True, PhD (Department of Medicine) (Co-investigator)
“Growing Rural Outreach through Veteran Engagement (GROVE) Center”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants:
Brian Boulmay, MD (Department of Medicine)
Novocure GmbH
“LUNAR: Pivotal, Randomized, Open-label Study of the Tumor Treating Field (TTFields)
Concurrent with Standard of Care Therapies for Treatment pf Stage 4 Non-small Cell
Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Following Platinum Failure”
Jorgelina Muriel Calandria, PhD (Neuroscience Center of Excellence)
Cayman Biomedical Research Institute and Sapphire North America
2021 Return to Research Grant "Mechanisms of Neuroprotection Exerted by Bioactive
Lipids Derived from Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)"
Traci T. Goodchild, PhD (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence)
ReCoR Medical
“Cardioprotective Effects of Renal Denervation on Left Ventricular Remodeling Following
Acute Myocardial Infarction”