The UNMC College of Medicine received new grant and funding awards representing $2,172,002 in new funding in December.
- Aaron Barksdale, MD, emergency medicine, received a grant of $37,597 from the University of Minnesota for “Influence of cooling duration of efficacy in cardiac arrest patients (ICECAP) trial CSPR#003.”
- Shannon Buckley-McKeown, PhD, genetics, cell biology and anatomy, received a grant of $150,000 from the American Society of Hematology for “Ubiquitin E3 ligase UBR5 mutations in mantle cell lymphoma initiation and B cell development.”
- Alison Freifeld, MD, internal medicine-infectious diseases, received a grant of $80,000 from Weill Medical College of Cornell University for “Screening for resistant enteric bacteria to personalize infection prevention strategies in neutropenic patients.”
- Vikas Gulati, MD, ophthalmology and visual sciences, received a grant of $119,280 from the Ohio State University for “Aqueous humor dynamic components that determine intraocular pressure variance.”
- Georgette Kanmogne, PhD, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, received a grant of $191,250 from the National Institutes of Health/Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute of Mental Health for “Preventing Alzheimer’s disease-like brain pathology in HIV infection by targeting CCR5.”
- Marilyn Larson, PhD, pathology and microbiology, received a grant of $23,000 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha for “XPED phase III support fall/spring 2020-21.”
- Daniel Monaghan, PhD, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, received a grant of $461,131 from the National Strategic Research Institute for “Biologic and chemical threat characterization and medical countermeasure development.”
- Stephen Obaro, MBBS, pediatrics-infectious diseases, received a grant of $85,778 from Case Western Reserve University for “SMART (Sickle and malaria accurate remote testing).”
- Kari Simonsen, MD, pediatrics-infectious diseases, received a grant of $10,500 from the University of California-San Diego for “Kawasaki disease comparative effectiveness trial (KIDCARE).”
- Siwei Zhao, PhD, surgery-transplant, received a grant of $48,546 from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for “Electrical stimulation of endogenous adipose-derived stem cells for chronic wound healing.”
Industry-sponsored grants and contracts:
The following industry-sponsored contracts and foundation grants were received. Information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC can be found here.
- Danish Bhatti, MD, neurological sciences, received funding for the Registry for the Advancement of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease (RAD-PD).
- Matthew Lunning, DO, internal medicine-oncology-hematology, received funding for “Expanded access protocol (EAP) for patients receiving lisocabtagene maraleucel that is nonconforming for commercial release.”
- Alissa Marr, MD, internal medicine-oncology and hematology, received funding for “Pivotal, randomized, open-label study of tumor treating fields (TTFields) concurrent with standard of care therapies for treatment of stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following platinum failure (LUNAR).”
- Russell McCulloh, MD, pediatrics-hospitalists, received protocol funding for CoVPN 3501: Eli Lilly (LY3819253).
- Scott Westphal, MD, internal medicine-nephrology, received funding for the PROspera Kidney Transplant ACTIVE Rejection Assessment registry (ProActive) study.