Check out this listing of recent competitive grant awards to faculty at the UNC School of Medicine.
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates 6/1/18-6/26/18 (Total cost >$100,00):
| McCown, Thomas | Can non-invasive interventions synergistically enhance the efficacy of MECP2 gene therapy? | International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) | $99,998 |
| Dittmer, Dirk | Impact of HIV on the tumor microenvironment | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $387,192 |
| Gentzsch, Martina | Physiological models of cystic fibrosis airway cultures that mimic the in vivo environment for therapeutic testing | Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. (CFRI) | $140,000 |
| Heise, Mark | Defining Functional RNA Structures in an Arthritic Alphavirus Genome | NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | $231,668 |
| Diekman, Brian | Targeting senescent cells to limit cartilage degradation and osteoarthritis | Arthritis National Research Foundation | $100,000 |
| Allen, Kelli | Physical Activity Pathway for Patients with Osteoarthritis in Primary Care | NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | $240,814 |
| Arendshorst, William | Nox1/NoxA1 Regulation of Vascular Reactivity and Sodium Excretion in Health and Hypertension. | NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | $737,297 |
| Dayton, Paul | Treating Tumoral Hypoxia via Ultrasound-Guided Oxygen Release for Improving Radiation Therapy | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $676,220 |
| Gershon, Timothy | Bcl-xL-regulated apoptosis in cerebellar development and medulloblastoma treatment | NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | $350,758 |
| Ramsden, Dale | Polymerase Theta Mediated End Joining: Mechanism and Essential Functions in Repair of Chromosome Breaks | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $442,581 |
| Cohen, Todd | Elucidating The Aberrant TDP-43 Species That Promote Neurodegeneration | NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | $340,156 |