2011 Pilot Awardees
Promotion of Basic Science Collaboration
PI | Collaborators | Project | Amount Funded |
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Alanna Schepartz, Ph.D. | Gary Cline, Ph.D. | Building a Better Byetta™: β-peptide Agonists of the GLP-1 Receptor | $150,000 |
David A. Spiegel, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Development of Small-Molecule Immune Modulators for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy | $146,177 |
Li Wen, M.D., Ph.D. | "Gut Feeling" of Immunotherapy in Type 1 Diabetes | $150,000 |
Translational and Interdisciplinary Research
PI | Collaborators | Project | Amount Funded |
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Kevan Herold, M.D. |
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Assessment of Residual Insulin Production and Its Association to Retention of Counterregulatory Responses to Hypoglycemia and Immune Markers in Patients with Long Standing Type 1 Diabetes | $148,843 |
Harriet Kluger, M.D. |
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Development of New Paradigms for Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastases | $150,000 |
Robert Malison, M.D. |
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Establishing and Eliminating Cue-drug Associations in Human Cocaine Addiction | $148,434 |
Christopher Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Monoamine Receptor in Mapping in HDC Knockout Mice: A Translational Model of Neurotransmitter Dysregulation in Tourette Syndrome | $148,447 |
Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies
PI | Collaborators | Project | Amount Funded |
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Yi-Hwa Liu, Ph.D. | Albert J. Sinusas, M.D. | Detection and Quantification of Molecular Processes in the Myocardium | $24,998 |
Christopher A. Tormey, M.D. and Richard Torres, M.D., M.S | Gary Stack, M.D., Ph.D. | Characterizing the Effect of Modes of Platelet Storage Agitation on Cytokine Reserve and Gas Transport | $21,795 |
Core Technologies
PI | Collaborators | Project | Amount Funded |
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Marc N. Potenza, M.D. |
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Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Imaging in Obesity: Relationships with Clinical, fMRI and Other Biological Measures | $29,979 |
Promotion of T2 and T3 Research
PI | Collaborators | Project | Amount Funded |
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Terrence Murphy, Ph.D. | Kathryn Henderson, Ph.D. | Enhancing Non-Randomized Studies in Public Health: A Novel Statistical Technique to Strengthen Causality of an Obesity Prevention Intervention for Children | $47,047 |