Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between May 1 and July 31, 2022!
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):
Rinku Majumder, PhD (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
“Protein S Regulates Blood Coagulation by Inhibiting Factor IXa”
Charles Wood, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
“The Impact of Cannabis on Inflammation and HIV-1 Reservoirs in Zambia (Supplement
2)”
Yaguang Xi, MD, PhD (Genetics)
“Sulindac Sensitizes Colorectal Cancer to Anti-PD-L1 Therapy”
Meredith Clement, MD (Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases) (Co-PI with Duke University)
"Leveraging Local Health System Electronic Health Record Data to Enhance PrEP Access
in Southeastern Louisiana: A Community-Informed Approach”
National Institutes of Health (F30):
Joshua Edavettal (Physiology)
“Larp6 and Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy”
National Institutes of Health (F99):
Shannin Moody (Neurology)
“Stress Biology and Psychosocial Stressors as Mechanisms for Racial Health Disparities
in Neural and Clinical Impairments of Multiple Sclerosis”
National Institutes of Health (U54):
Charles Wood, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
“Zambia AIDS Malignancies Diagnosis and Pathogenesis Program Supplement”
National Institutes of Health (P20):
John West, Jr., PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
“Center for Translational Viral Oncology (CTVO)”
National Institutes of Health (Ruth Kirschstein Award):
University of Alabama-Birmingham Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
Jake Doiron (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence; PI: Lefer/Kapusta)
“Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)”
Office of Minority Health:
Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, MPH (Medicine/Section of Community and Population Medicine
and Center for Healthcare Value and Equity)
“Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19”
University Collaborations:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
“Awareness and Acceptability of Current and Emerging PrEP Modalities in a Racially-and-Regionally-Diverse
Sample of American Men who have Sex with Men”
Duke University/Kay Yow Foundation
Tara Castellano, MD (Obstetrics and Gynecology)
“Endometrial Cancer Molecularly Targeted Therapy Consortium”
Pharmaceutical and Company Grants:
Frank Lau, MD (Surgery)
Benesol/Solius
“Evaluating the Effect of Solius UV Light Source in Improving Serum Concentrations
of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D in Vitamin D Deficient/Insufficient Adults of Various Skin
Types”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Visby Medical Inc.
“Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Visby Medical Men's Sexual Health Test”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
“Immunodiagnostic Products Syphilis Assay Intended Use Sample Collection Project”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Becton Dickinson Corp
“Specimen Collection Trial”
Ryan Pasternak, MD and Hannah Simon (Pediatrics)
Packard Rapid Response Grant
“Racial Justice and Equity Efforts through The Southern Center for Adolescent and
Young Adult Health Equity and the Ambulatory and Adolescent Medicine Division”
Efrain Reisin, MD (Medicine/Nephrology and Hypertension)
Vertex Pharmaceutica
“A Study of the Prevalence of Apolipoprotein L1 Alleles Among Individuals with Proteinuric
Kidney Disease who are Recent African Ancestry or Geographic Origin”
John Stewart IV, MD, MBA (LSU Health/LCMC Health Cancer Center and Surgery)
Icon Clinical Research, Inc.
“MicroOrganoSphereTM (MOS) Drug Screen to Lead Care (MODEL) Precision Oncology Pilot
Trial in Colorectal Cancer (CRC)”
Professional Society and Private Grants:
Augusto Ochoa, MD (Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center)
National Medical Fellowships
“Honorarium Disbursement for 10 LSUHSC Individuals Serving as Host Site for Health
Professional Students”
Juzar Ali, MD FRCP© (Medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Charles & Elizabeth Wetmore Trust and Fund
“To Create the Wetmore Center for Comprehensive Patient Care and Clinical and Public
Health Research Program”