Latest Grant Recipients Are Announced

Eight Institute researchers recently received new grants totaling nearly $4 million ] million. The recipients are:

Kathleen Derwin, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, was awarded $244,840 over 1 year for “Evaluation of Fascia and Dermis ECM for Rotator Cuff Repair.” Funded by the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation ( Edison, NJ ).

William Fissell, MD, Biomedical Engineering, was awarded $200,000 over 2 years for “Could the GBM be the Filtration Barrier? Pressure, Permeability, and the ECM” (ASN career development award). Funded by the American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC .

Trine J ø rgensen, PhD, Immunology, was awarded $392,500 over 2 years for “The Relative Role of Sex and Genes During Development of Systemic Autoimmunity” (R21). The grant was funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and distributed via the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH.

Gary Koski, PhD, Immunology, was awarded $720,000 over 4 years for “A cancer vaccine strategy using DCs and strategically-paired TLR agonists.” Funded by the American Cancer Society.

Xiaoxia Li, PhD, Immunology, was awarded $750,000 over 3 years for “Molecular Mechanisms for IL-25-mediated Th2 responses.” Funded by the American Asthma Foundation.

Christine McDonald, PhD, Pathobiology, has been awarded $1,025,000 over 5 years for "Autophagy and Nod2 Function in Crohn's Disease" (R01). Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH.

Booki Min, DVM, PhD, Immunology, was awarded $426,120 over 2 years for “Mechanism of Basophil Mediated Immune Modulation” (R21). The grant was funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and distributed via the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH.

Maciej Zborowski, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, was awarded $143,661 for 1 year for “Continuous Red Blood Cell Production.” Funded through The Ohio State University and the U.S. Department of Defense.