UNMC College of Medicine faculty received eight grant awards representing more than $700,000 in new funding during the month of April.
Industry-sponsored grants:
The following industry-sponsored contracts and foundation grants were received. Information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC can be found here.
Ted Mikuls, M.D., internal medicine – rheumatology, has received support through the University of Alabama – Birmingham for a study of the safety and effectiveness of the varicella zoster vaccine in patients taking tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors.
John Davis, Ph.D., obstetrics/gynecology, has received support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a study of lipid metabolism and steroidogenesis in the bovine corpus luteum.
Iraklis Pipinos, M.D., Ph.D., surgery – general surgery, has received support through the University of Nebraska at Omaha to study the improvement of mobility in peripheral artery disease in patients using an ankle-foot orthosis.
Hani Haider, Ph.D., orthopaedic surgery, is the UNMC lead on two separate studies of new devices, including a study of pin-on-disk testers and a wear comparison between different metal alloys, as well as a study of initial fixation and micromotion of uncemented total knee replacements.
Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., internal medicine – infectious diseases, has received support from Johns Hopkins University to assist in their development of the Long-Acting/Extended Release Antiretroviral Resource Program.
Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., surgery – general surgery, has received support to cover robotic costs for common hernia procedures.
Diana Florescu, M.D., internal medicine – infectious diseases, is the UNMC lead on a study of novel systemic antifungal therapy in patients with invasive fungal infections.
Donald Coulter, M.D., pediatrics – hematology & oncology, has received support from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to assist in their phase III clinical trial of combination therapy for pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia.