Grants and Contracts Awarded This Quarter
Congratulations to the following individuals for obtaining extramural funding from federal, state, and/or independent sources between November 1, 2023 – January 31, 2024!
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
Omeed Moaven, MD (Surgery)
“A Novel Oncolytic Virus for Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy”
Rheumatology Section (Subrecipient, in collaboration with Tulane Epidemiology)
“Psychosocial Factors and Lupus Disease Progression among African American Women”
National Institutes of Health – UT2
Michael Dunham, MD (Otolaryngology)
“I-RED Southeast XLerator Network”
National Science Foundation
Fern Tsien, PhD (Genetics); Co-PI Kelly Sherman, PhD (Pharmacology); Arnold Zea, PhD
(Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology); Michael Norman, PhD and Martha Cuccia
(SOPH)
“GeneBIORETS: Genetics, Genomics and Biology Research Experiences for Teachers in
the Sciences”
LA Department of Health and Hospitals
Meredith Clement, MD (Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases) (subrecipient)
“HIV Prevention Activities Health Department Based”
Pharmaceutical, Professional Society and Private Grants
Bennett Deboisblanc, MD (Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care & Allergy/Immunology)
Acceleron Pharma Inc.
“A Phase 2, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects
of Sotatercept versus Placebo for the Treatment of Combined Postcapillary and Precapillary
Pulmonary Hypertension (Cpc-PH) due to Heart Failure”
Nicholas Harris (Physiology)
American Heart Association
“Predoctoral Fellowship: TRAF3IP as a Proinflammatory Mediator of Alcohol-Related
Cardiomyopathy”
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
“Pilot Clinical Evaluation of the BioFire Vaginitis Panel DX-SDY-119342”
Michelle Loch, MD (Medicine/Hematology-Oncology)
Personalis, Inc.
“Breast Cancer-Minimal/Molecular Residual Disease Detection and Therapy Monitoring
in Patients with Early stage TNBC-Phase I (B-STRONGER)”
Gala True, PhD (Internal Medicine/Community & Population Health)
Southeast Louisiana AHEC
“Firearm Safety”
Jayne S. Weiss, MD (Ophthalmology)
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Foundation
“Creation of a Dry Eye Clinical Service at LSUHNO”
Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, MPH (Medicine/Section of Community and Population Medicine
and Center for Healthcare Value and Equity)
Volunteers of America
“VOA Community Workers”