Felix Fernandez, M.D., clinical research fellow, has received a one-year, $40,000 Research Fellowship Award from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation for research titled “Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in the Pathogenesis of Post-Transplant Obliterative Airway Disease.” …
David A. Leib, Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual science, has received a one-year, $55,000 Research to Prevent Blindness Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award. …
Timothy P. Fleming, M.D., research associate professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $177,198 grant from the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation for research titled “Targeted Killing of Human Breast Cancer Cells.” …
Thalachallour Mohanakumar, M.D., Ph.D., the Jacqueline G. and William E. Maritz Chair in Immunology and Oncology in the Department of Surgery, received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the American Liver Foundation. …
Agustin Pineda, M.D., postdoctoral fellow, has received a one-year, $45,761 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Structural Studies of the Sodium-Dependent Allosteric Nature of Thrombin.” …
Zhi Hong Lu, Ph.D., research fellow, has received a one-year, $40,000 research fellowship from Cooley’s Anemia Foundation. …
Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, has received a one-year, $50,000 Atorvastatin Research Award. …
Katherine Weilbaecher, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year, $65,000 grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation for research titled “The Study of Mechanisms of Signal Integration by Microphthalmia Transcription Factor in Osteoclasts.” …
Brian Gage, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has received a two-year, $230,373 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Risk Assessment for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.” …
Paul Bridgman, M.D., associate professor of neurobiology, has received a two-year, $121,000 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “An Essential Cell Type Specific Role for Nonmuscle Myosin IIB in Cardiovascular Development and Contractility.” …
Hong Xu, M.D., National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, has received a two-year, $80,685 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Engineering Thrombin for Exclusive Activity Towards Protein C.” …
Kyoungtae Kim, M.D., postdoctoral fellow, has received a two-year, $80,685 grant from the American Heart Association for research titled “Structure/Function Analysis of Yeast Actin-Capping Protein.” …
Pamela E. Hoppe, M.D., research instructor in genetics, has received a three-year, $245,700 grant from the National Science Foundation for research titled “Analysis of the Role of the UNC-82 Protein Kinase in C. Elegans Muscle Function.”…
Brian Suarez, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, has received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Urological Research Foundation for research titled “Studies on the Genetics of Prostate Cancer and Follow-Up of Men Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in the PSA Study.” …
Barbara Geller, M.D., professor of psychiatry, has received a two-year, $855,833 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for research titled “Family Psychopathology in Child Bipolarity.” …
Paul F. Austin, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, has received a five-year, $600,630 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research titled “Regulation of Bladder Smooth Muscle Hyperplasia.” …
Cathy Kim Naughton, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, has received a five-year, $602,531 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for research titled “The Role of RET in Spermatogenesis.” …
Matthew Goldsmith, M.D., instructor in pediatrics, has received a one-year, $65,000 grant from the Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation for research titled “Endothelia and Growth Control: A Genetic Analysis in Zebrafish.” …
Alan D. Waggoner, M.D., research assistant professor of medicine, has received a one-year $25,000 grant from the American Society of Echocardiography for research titled “Characterization of Diastolic Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Tissue Doppler Imaging and Pulse-Wave Doppler Echocardiography.” …
Gary Luker, M.D., assistant professor of radiology, has received a one-year, $114,750 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Committee for research titled “Imaging CXCL12-CXCR4 Regulation of Breast Cancer Metastases.” …
Paula M. Fracasso, M.D., associate professor of medicine, has received a two-year, $126,258 grant from the National Cancer Institute for research titled “Overcoming Barriers to Early Phase Clinical Trials.” …
Nathaniel J. Sopher, M.D., professor of surgery, has received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons for research titled “Randomized Prospective Trial of Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Partial Fun-doplication for the Treatment of Idiopathic Esophageal Achalasia.”