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 |