Grants and Contracts
Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between August 1 – October 31, 2023!
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)
Michael Salling, PhD (Cell Biology and Anatomy)
“ADHD and the Influence of Adolescent Alcohol Drinking on Cognition and Behavior”
National Institutes of Health (R21)
Matthew Whim, PhD (Cell Biology and Anatomy)
“Modulation of Sympatho-Adrenal Function by Tissue Resident Macrophages”
Li Shen, MD, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology)
"CRISPR Interference of Essential Stage-Specific Gene Function in Chlamydia Trachomatis”
Liz Simon Peter, PhD (Physiology)
“Alcohol and Dysfunctional Skeletal Muscle Mass: Implications in Aging”
Chunlai Wu, PhD (Neuroscience Center of Excellence)
“Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders”
National Institutes of Health (U54)
Charles Wood, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
"Kaposi Sarcoma in the Era of ART in Africa Program (KEAPP)”
National Institutes of Health (K00)
Janos Istvan Paloczi, PhD (Physiology)
“The Role of Gut-Heart Axis in Acute Alcohol Intoxication-Induced Adverse Cardiovascular
Events”
Shannin Moody, PhD (Neurology/Cell Biology)
“Stress Biology and Psychosocial Stressors as Mechanisms for Racial Health Disparities
in Neural and Clinical Impairments of Multiple Sclerosis”
National Institutes of Health
Meredith Clement, MD (Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases) (Co-PI with Columbia
University)
“CHAMPS (Community Health Worker And MHealth to ImProve Viral Suppression) Intervention
to Promote ART Initiation, ART Adherence, and Suppressed Viral Load for PWH Engaged
in HIV Care in Geographic Hotspots in the US in Areas with a Substantial Burden of
HIV in the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Plan”
Scott Edwards, PhD (Physiology)
"Preclinical Medications Screening in Dependence, Affect and Pain Models of Alcoholism"
(5-year contract renewal NIAAA)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meredith Clement, MD (Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
“Project PrOVIDE”
Meredith Clement, MD (Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases) (subrecipient)
“STIIRC RPTOP: Egocentric Sexual Network Study to Inform HIV, Mpox and other STI”
US Department of Health and Human Services
Augusto Ochoa, MD (Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center)
“Community Project Funding”
Veterans Administration
Gala True, PhD (Internal Medicine/Community & Population Health)
“Partnering with Firearm Retailers to Promote and Provide Out-of-Home Firearm Storage:
Sustainability and Scalability of The Armory Project”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Joshua Edavettal (Physiology)
Travel Award
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Abbott Laboratories
“Clinical Evaluation of the ID NOWTM CT/NG Test”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Chembio Diagnostic Systems
“Evaluate the Performance of the CHEMBIO DPP® Syphilis TnT Assay”
Stephen Morse, DO (Medicine/Nephrology)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
“Phase 2/3 Adaptive, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy
and Safety of VX-147 in Subjects Aged 18 Years and Older with APOL1-mediated Proteinuric
Kidney Disease”
Casey Murphy, MD (Internal Medicine/PM&R)
Boston Scientific
“Cadaver and Model Workshop: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation,
and Vertiflex Lumbar Decompression”
Gabriel Tender, MD (Neurosurgery)
Globus Medical
Travel Award