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This is a listing of recent competitive grant awards to UNC School of Medicine faculty for July 1-15.


The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates from 7/1/2020 -7/15/2020 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):

PI

Project Title

Sponsor

Award Amount

Project Begin Date

Pawlinski, Rafal The role of APC, thrombin, and PAR-1 in microvascular stasis in sickle cell disease American Society of Hematology (ASH)

$125,000

7/1/2020

Jonas, Beth Fellowship Training Award for Workforce Expansion Rheumatology Research Foundation (American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation)

$100,000

7/1/2020

Grover, Natalie CD30-Directed CAR-T Cells Co-Expressing CCR4 in Relapsed/Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma Lymphoma Research Foundation of America

$225,000

7/1/2020

Moll, Stephan 2020 Clinical Fellowship Award in General Vascular MedicineFocusing on VTE, PAD, and Anticoagulation Anticoagulation Forum

$120,000

7/1/2020

Bergmeier, Wolfgang Efficacy and guidelines for platelet transfusion in the setting of anti-platelet therapy American Society of Hematology (ASH)

$100,000

7/1/2020

Hay, Sherry Carolina HealthNet (CHN) Duke Endowment

$497,000

7/1/2020

Sekelsky, Jeff NRSA in Genetics NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$674,878

7/1/2020

Bush, Montika Persistence with Combined Pharmacotherapy & Cardiac Rehabilitation after MI Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation

$100,000

7/1/2020

Swanstrom, Ronald Intersection of HIV, Opiods, and Amyloid Fibrils in a CNS Organoid Model NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

$325,549

7/1/2020

Tarantino, Lisa Rapid identification of cocaine sensitivity genes using a novel reduced complexity cross NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

$227,394

7/1/2020

Nicholas, Rob Pharmacological Sciences Training Program NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$482,056

7/1/2020

Parnell, Scott Cell Cycle Regulation in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

$112,405

7/1/2020

Kash, Thomas Alcohol-induced alterations in orbitofrontal cortex serotonin signaling NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

$126,357

7/1/2020

Dowen, Rob Regulation of lipid homeostasis by proliferative signaling pathways NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$385,143

7/1/2020

Bryant, Kirsten Mechanistic dissection and inhibitor targeting of autophagy in RAS driven cancers NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

$369,832

7/1/2020

Sayed, Chris Evaluation of the genetics of hidradenitis suppurativa NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD)

$168,960

7/1/2020

Savoldo, Barbara Tailoring CAR T cell therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

$634,693

7/1/2020

Schrider, Dan Advancing evolutionary genetic inference in humans and other taxa NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$382,894

7/1/2020

Vincent, Benjamin Gvl mHA Specific T Cell Responses Prevent AML Relapse Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

$525,246

7/1/2020

Ashkin, Evan Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Program Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust

$110,000

7/1/2020

Caron, Kathleen Training Program in Cellular Systems and Integrative Physiology NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$190,754

7/1/2020

Tsagaratou, Ageliki Epigenetic Regulation of Lineage Specification NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

$378,288

7/1/2020

Falk, Ronald Pathobiology of ANCA Glomerulonephritis: Targeting Adaptive and Innate Immune Processes for Precision Therapies NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD)

$678,823

7/1/2020

Henderson, Louise Comorbidity and Functional Status in a Population Undergoing Lung Cancer Screening NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)

$327,967

7/15/2020