The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing $7,658,400 in new funding in January.
Xinglong Wang, PhD, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, received a grant of $2,886,632 from DHHS/NIH/NIA for a study on FAM222A and amyloid plaque deposition in Alzheimer's disease.
Andrew Vasey, MD, internal medicine-general medicine, receive a grant of $821,490 from West Virginia University for the RECOVER initiative adult cohort.
Lie Gao, MD, PhD, anesthesiology, received a grant of $517,639 from DHHS/NIH/NHLBI for a study on skeletal muscle Nrf2: Exercise-induced cardiovascular protection.
Caroline Ng, PhD, pathology/microbiology, received a grant of $308,979 from the U.S. Department of Defense for a study elucidating the malaria unfolded protein response.
Kelly Stauch, PhD, neurological sciences, received a grant of $219,409 from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for a study elucidating cell type-specific PINK1 and PRKN expression in vivo.
Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate, PhD, pathology/microbiology, received a grant of $150,377 from the National Strategic Research Institute for UNMC support to NSRI for preliminary DARPA IV & V planning.
Rajendra Angara, PhD, pathology/microbiology, received a grant of $145,020 from the American Heart Association for a study of coxiella-mediated regulation of lipid droplet metabolism in Q fever endocarditis.
Susan Swindells, MBBS, internal medicine-infectious diseases, received a grant of $110,820 from Boys Town National Research Hospital for multimodal Imaging of neuroHIV dynamics (MIND): An Omaha-Pittsburgh consortium.
Roslyn Mannon, MD, internal medicine-nephrology, received a grant of $58,652 from the University of California-San Francisco for a study on applying precision medicine to optimize desensitization with noveL biologics or cellular therapies in highly sensitized kidney transplant patients.
Tate Johnson, MD, internal medicine-rheumatology, received a grant of $50,000 from the Rheumatology Research Foundation for a study of immune and inflammatory mediators of heart failure incidence and severity in rheumatoid arthritis.
Tyler Kambis, genetics, cell biology and anatomy, received a grant of $33,788 from DHHS/NIH/NLBI for targeting metabolic remodeling and mitochondrial dysfunction in the diabetic heart.
Suhita Ray, genetics, cell biology and anatomy, received a grant of $32,036 from the American Heart Association for determining the role of a sterile alpha motif domain protein in stress-induced signaling and survival.
Kajal Kamra, anesthesiology, received a grant of $32,036 from the American Heart Association for a study of a novel mechanism of neural control of breathing in acute lung injury.
Wallace Thoreson, PhD, ophthalmology and visual sciences, received a grant of $18,754 from Creighton University for the Translational Hearing Center.
Joseph Americo Fernandes, MD, neurological sciences, received a grant of $13,452 from Massachusetts General Hospital for a task order.
Donald Coulter, MD, pediatrics-oncology/hematology, received a grant of $2,000 from Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania for work order on larotrectinib for previously untreated NTRK-fusion positive pediatric solid tumors and NTRK-fusion positive relapsd pediatric acute leukemias.
Industry-sponsored grants and contracts:
The following industry-sponsored contracts and foundation grants were received.
Bradford Brabec, MD, pediatrics administration, received funding for studies of infant formula and toddler drink feeding interventions.
Diana Florescu, MD, internal medicine-infectious diseases, received funding for a study of the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of adoptively transferred Viralym-M multivirus-specific T-cells in kidney transplant.
Matthew Lunning, DO, internal medicine-oncology/hematology, received funding to evaluate the safety and efficacy of genetically engineered autologous cells expressing anti-CD20 and anti-CD19 specific chimeric antigen receptor.
Alissa Marr, MD, internal medicine-oncology/hematology, received funding to evaluate enfortumab vedotin in subjects with previously lreated locally advanced or metastatic malignant solid tumors.
Nicole Shonka, MD, internal medicine-oncology/hematology, received funding for a study of the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of intravenously infused berubicin in adult patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
Jill Poole, MD, internal medicine-allergy/immunology, received funding for a study assessing exaceration rate, additional measures of ashma control and safety in adult and adolescent severe asthmatic paricipants.
Jingwei Xie, PhD, surgery-transplant, received funding for exploring electrospun nerve conduit and expanded electrospun nerve grafts.
Zachary Bauman, DO, surgery-acute care surgery, received funding for rib and sternal fixation.