Category: Research Funding
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 – November 30, 2023
Division of Hematology Rafal Pawlinski, PhD, and Brandi Reeves, MD, were awarded a one-year $75,000 UNC School of Medicine Phase 2 Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) for their project, “evaluating the role of hypoxia inducible factors in endothelial and hematopoietic cells in myeloproliferative neoplasms.” Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism Emily Pfaff, PhD, spoke ab … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: October 1 – October 31, 2023
Division of Infectious Diseases Edward P Browne, PhD, received a: R61 grant from the NIDA to examine the impact of cannabinoids in HIV infected humanized mice. This is a five year, $3,465,157 grant. R21 grant from the NIAID to examine post therapy changes in CD4 T cells by single cell RNA sequencing. This award is $427,625. Nicholas Piazza, MD, received a $350,351 grant to intro … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1 – September 30, 2023
Division of Infectious Diseases Ross Boyce, MD, MSc, was awarded a $4.4 million, five-year (R01) grant to evaluate the effectiveness of a chemoprevention effort designed to prevent malaria outbreaks after flooding, using a combination of interventions. Key investigators include Jonathan Juliano, MD, MSPH, and Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA. Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, received a grant fro … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: August 1 – August 31, 2023
Division of Hematology Brandi Reeves, MD, received a 5-year, NHLBI K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award for the research project, “Evaluating the Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor in Myeloproliferative-Associated Thrombosis.” Daniel Richardson, MD, received a $150K grant for developing a patient-reported measure to identify treatment priorities of patients with advanc … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1 – July 31, 2023
Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology HIV/Hep C Certificate Program, lead by Louis King, MD, received a Health Resources and Services Administration grant from the National HIV Pathway Consortium to support certification efforts. Division of Hematology Paul Armistead, MD, PhD, and his research group received two grants. A 2-year, $260K Eshelman Institute for In … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 – June 30, 2023
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Richard Loeser, MD, received the Rheumatology Research Foundation (RRF) Innovative Research Award to explore small molecule discovery for disease modification in osteoarthritis (OA). Division of Hospital Medicine Amy Dacillo-Curso, ACNP-BC, and Ashmita Chatterjee, MD, were awarded an Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement gra … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: April 1 – April 30, 2023
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Keia Sanderson, MD, MSCR, has received an NIH K23 award, supported by the NIDDK, to identify maternal and neonatal risk factors to help predict childhood kidney disease earlier. Division of Geriatric Medicine John A. Batsis, MD, was awarded a five-year, $3.5-million R01 grant by the National Institute on Aging to investigate weight loss str … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1 – March 31, 2023
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Richard F. Loeser, Jr., MD, received a $2 million NIH grant to study “Oxidative Stress and the Development of Osteoarthritis”
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: February 1 – February 28, 2023
Division of Hematology Shakira Grant, MBBS, received a one-year, $11.5K grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE). Callie Berkowitz, MD, was awarded a grant from Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders. Alice Ma, MD, FACP, and Nigel Key, MB, ChB, FRCP, will serve a … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: January 1 – January 31, 2023
Division of Oncology Jacob Stein, MD, MPH, received a $50K award for UNC Adolescents and Young Adult Cancer Program: Reach and Influence on Cancer Care Delivery. Ashwin Somasundaram, MD, received the $150K Lineberger Developmental Award and the $50K Pancreatic SPORE Career Enhancement Award Grant. Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Kenichi Okuda, MD, was aw … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: December 1 – December 31, 2022
Division of Infectious Diseases Arlene Seña, MD, MPH, received $1.9 Million to advance diagnostic product development for syphilis.
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Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 – November 30, 2022
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Mildred Kwan, MD, PhD, and team received a Pfizer grant to address health disparities in antimicrobial stewardship. Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine Scott Randell, PhD, was awarded a $2 million grant titled, “Validation of the RD-X19 COVID Treatment Device toward Regulatory Approval and Commercialization.”