New Grant Awardees
| Name | Department | Funding Agency | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Harold | Neurology | NMT Medical, Inc. | CLOSURE I-STARFlex Septal Closure System vs. Best Medical Therapy in Patients with Stroke or TIA |
| Apicella, Michael | Microbiology | Washington University in St. Louis | Midwest Regional Center of Excellence (MRCE) |
| Beglinger, Leigh | Psychiatry | Massachusetts General Hospital | Coenzyme Q10 in Huntington's Disease |
| Cabuay, Barry | Internal Medicine | CardioKine, Inc. | BALANCE: Treatment of Hyponatremia Based on Lixivaptan in NYHA Class III/IV Cardiac Patient Evaluation |
| Callaghan, John | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | US Department of Veterans Affairs, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center | VA IPA |
| Callaghan, John | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | US Department of Veterans Affairs, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center | VA IPA |
| Callaghan, John | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | US Department of Veterans Affairs, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center | VA IPA |
| Callaghan, John | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | US Department of Veterans Affairs, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Personnel Support |
| Clamon, Gerald | Internal Medicine | Miikana Therapeutics, Inc. | MKC-102: A Phase 1/2 Study of Oral MKC-1 Administered Twice Daily for 14 Consecutive Days Every 3 Weeks in Combination with Pemetrexed |
| Davidson, Beverly | Internal Medicine | Lori G. Sasser Foundation | Fellowship for Development of a Therapy for Huntington's Disease |
| Davidson, Beverly | Internal Medicine | US Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health | miRNA-Mediated Modulation of Neural Progenitor Cell Fate |
| Davidson, Beverly | Internal Medicine | Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. | Evaluation of Synthetic siRNA in Brain and Liver |
| Davidson, Beverly | Internal Medicine | March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation | Micro RNAs in Neural Development |
| Diekema, Daniel | Pathology | Pfizer, Inc. | Geographic Distribution and Antifungal Susceptibility of the Newly Described Species Candida orthopsilosis, Candida metapsilosis and Candida nivariensis |
| Dixon, Bradley | Internal Medicine | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of 24 Weeks Treatment with Vildagliptin (50 mg qd or 100 mg qd) versus Placebo in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Moderate Renal Insufficiency |
| Dyken, Mark | Neurology | Merck & Company, Inc. | A Phase IIa, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, 3-period Crossover, Adaptive Dose Design, Clinical Trial to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of MK-0249 in Treating Refractory Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Appropriately Using Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) Therapy |
| Fingert, John | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | American Glaucoma Society | Molecular Genetics of Pigment Dispersion Syndrome |
| Folk, James | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | University of Pennsylvania | Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials |
| Fredericks, Douglas | Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. | Effects of F2A in Rabbit Model of Femoral Metaphyseal Bone Healing |
| Gantz, Bruce | Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery | Cochlear Americas | Clinical Study of the Nucleus Hybrid Cochlear Implant, Hybrid S12 |
| Gantz, Bruce | Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery | National Institutes of Health | Research Training Program for Otolaryngology |
| Gioannini, Theresa | Internal Medicine | US Department of Veterans Affairs | VA IPA |
| Gonzalez-Alegre, Pedro | Neurology | Dystonia Medical Research Foundation | Therapeutic RNA Interference for DYT1 Dystonia |
| Groskreutz, Dayna | Internal Medicine | National Institutes of Health | RSV Uses Double-Stranded RNA Receptors to Inhibit p53 and Prolong Cell Survival |
| Hageman, Gregory | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | Optherion, Inc. | Optherion Sponsored Research Agreement |
| Haynes, William | Internal Medicine | IMI International Medical Innovations, Inc. | Dose and Vasodilation Responses to a Topical Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN) in Patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon |
| Hodgson-Zingman, Denice | Internal Medicine | US Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health | KATP Channel Expression and Localization in the Progression of Heart Failure |
| Hoffman, Eric | Radiology | National Jewish Medical & Research Center | Genetic Epidemiology of COPD |
| Hohl, Raymond | Internal Medicine | Terpenoid Therapeutics, Inc. | Novel Glioblastoma Therapeutics |
| Hohl, Raymond | Internal Medicine | Terpenoid Therapeutics, Inc. | Preclinical Development of Geranylgeranyl Disphosphate Synthase Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Therapeutics |
| Hohl, Raymond | Internal Medicine | Kosan Biosciences, Inc. | Phase 3 Randomized, Open-Label Clinical Trial of Tanespimycin (KOS-953) plus Bortezomib Compaired to Bortezomib Alone in Patients with Multiple Myeloma in First Relapse |
| Horswill, Alexander | Microbiology | American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate | The Role of Cell-to-Cell Communication in the Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms |
| Horwitz, Phillip | Internal Medicine | Cordis Corporation | P07-6330 (The Elite Study): A Prospective, Single-Blind, Randomized, Multi-Center Study Comparing the CYPHER ELITE to the CYPHER BX VELOCITY Sirolimus-Eluting Stent System |
| Janz, Siegfried | Pathology | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | iMycCa and BclXL Transgenic Mice |
| Katz, Daniel | Surgery | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | A Randomized, Multi-Center, Parallel-Group, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Therapeutical Benefit of an Initially Intensified Dosing Regimen of Myfortic® vs. a Standard Dosing Regimen of Myfortic® in Combination with Neoral® and Corticosteroids in de Novo Renal Transplant Patients |
| Kitamoto, Toshihiro | Anesthesia | National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia & Depression | Identification of Novel Genes Involved in the Lithium-Responsive Neurological Process |
| Kitamoto, Toshihiro | Anesthesia | National Institutes of Health | Significance of MicroRNA-mediated Gene Regulation in Chronic Neuropathic Pain |
| Klesney-Tait, Julia | Internal Medicine | Fresenius Biotech GmbH | A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose-Ranging Study of an Anti-T-lymphocyte Immune Globulin (EZ-2053) in the Prophylaxis of Acute Pulmonary Allograft Rejection in Adult Recipients of Primary Pulmonary Allograft(s) |
| Kreder, Karl | Urology | Medtronic, Inc. | Clinical Events Committee consultancy for clinical trials:1. Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Group Trial comparing te Safety and Efficcy of InterStim® Therapy to Standard Medical Therapy for Subjects with Urgency-Frequency Symptoms2. Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Group Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of InterStim® Therapy to Standard Medical Therapy for Subjects with Urinary Urge Incontinent Symptoms of Overactive Bladder |
| Kwitek, Anne | Internal Medicine | Iowa State University | Development of Bioinformatic Resources to Transfer Biological Information Across Species |
| Levy, Barcey | Family Medicine | American Cancer Society | Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties |
| Loew, Thomas | Pediatrics | Purdue Pharma LP | A Multi-Center, Inpatieint, Open-Label, within Subject Dose Titration Study to Characterize the Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, Safety and Efficacy of Hydromorphone HCI Oral Solution in Subjects from 28 Days to 16 Years of Age, Inclusive, Who Require Opioid Analgesics for Post-Operative Pain |
| Mathews, Katherine | Pediatrics | PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | A Phase 2b Efficacy and Safety Study of PTC124 in Subjects with Nonsense-Mutation-Mediated Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy |
| McLennan, Geoffrey | Internal Medicine | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Understanding Cystic Fibrosis through Novel Digital Imaging Strategies |
| McLennan, Geoffrey | Internal Medicine | Aeris Therapeutics, Inc. | Phase 2 Study of the 20mL Biological Lung Volume Reduction System (BLVR) in Patients with Homogeneous or Upper Lobe Predominant Emphysema |
| Miller, Francis | Internal Medicine | US Department of Veterans Affairs | Nox1 and Signal Transduction of Smooth Muscle Cells in Vascular Injury - VA IPA |
| Moore, Steven | Pathology | Muscular Dystrophy Association | Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Workshop |
| Moreland, Jessica | Pediatrics | National Institutes of Health | ClC-3 Ion Transport Modulates NADPH Oxidase-Dependent PMN Priming by Endotoxin |
| Murray, Jeffrey | Pediatrics | March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation | Genetic Studies of Maternal/Fetal Effects in Prematurity |
| Nauseef, William | Internal Medicine | Louisiana State University | CFTR Expression and Function in Human Neutrophils |
| O'Donnell, Michael | Urology | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Pre-clinical Studies to Test the Feasibility of Intravesical siRNA for Treating Bladder Cancer in Humans |
| O'Dorisio, M Sue | Pediatrics | Food & Drug Administration | Phase I Trial of 90Y-Dota-Tyr3-Octreotide in Children and Young Adults with Recurrent Solid Tumors that are Somatostatin Receptor Positive |
| Paradiso, Sergio | Psychiatry | National Institutes of Health | Neuroscience of Late-Life Depression, Social Perception, and Emotional Awareness |
| Polgreen, Philip | Internal Medicine | Pfizer, Inc. | Optimizing Influenza Surveillance in a Rural State |
| Rao, Satish | Internal Medicine | SmartPill Corporation | Assessment of Whole Gut Transit Time Using The SmartPill Capsule: A Multicenter Study |
| Rembolt, Penelope | Medicine Administration | Iowa Foundation for Medical Care | Mobile Clinic |
| Rothman, Paul | Internal Medicine | National Institutes of Health | Role of DOK Proteins in Lung Cancer |
| Ryken, Timothy | Surgery | MGI Pharma, Inc. | A Phase 2, Multicenter, Exploratory Study, Evaluating the Treatment Effect of Surgery Plus GLIADEL Wafer in Patients with Metastatic Brain Cancer |
| Schmidt, Gregory | Internal Medicine | Agennix, Inc. | A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Talactoferrin Alfa in Patients with Severe Sepsis |
| Scott, William | Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences | National Genecular Institute, Inc. | Validation of the NGI Digital Photorefractor (DPR) |
| Segaloff, Deborah | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | National Institutes of Health | Structure and Function of the LH, FSH, and TSH Receptors |
| Sharafuddin, Melhem | Graduate Medical Education | Baxter Healthcare Corporation | Injection of Autologous CD34-Positive Cells for Improved Symptomatic Relief and Ischemic Wound Healing in Subjects with Moderate or High-Risk Critical Limb Ischemia |
| Shields, Richard | Physical Therapy | Washington University in St. Louis | Multicenter Career Development Program for Physical and Occupational Therapy |
| Spitz, Douglas | Radiation Research Laboratory | University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey | In Vivo Mammalian Tissue Response to Low Dose Ionizing Radiation: The Role of Oxidative Metabolism and Intercellular Communication |
| St Louis, Erik | Neurology | Schwarz BioSciences, Inc. | SP902 Clinical Trial |
| Takacs, Elizabeth | Urology | Pfizer, Inc. | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Fesoterodine as an Add-On Therapy in Men with Persistent Overactive Bladder Symptoms under Monotherapy of Alpha Blocker for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms |
| Teoh, Lai Tee | Radiation Research Laboratory | American Heart Association, Heartland Affiliate | A Role for Homocysteine in Regulating Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Function in Cardiovascular Diseases |
| Tsalikian, Eva | Pediatrics | Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Norditropin National Registry Agreement |
| Vaidya, Jatin | Psychiatry | National Institutes of Health | An fMRI Study of Relative Reward Processing in Adolescents and Adults |
| Vibhakar, Rajeev | Graduate Medical Education | Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation | DNA Methylation in Medulloblastoma Pathogenesis |
| Vibhakar, Rajeev | Pediatrics | Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States | Role of Micro RNA 124A in Medullablastoma |
| Wibbenmeyer, Lucy | Surgery | Tyco Healthcare Group, LP | The Impact of the Use of Kerlix AMD Gauze Dressings in Nosocomial Infections in Hospitalized Burned Patients |
| Widness, John | Pediatrics | Children's Hospital Corporation | Platelet Transfusion in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| Willemsen-Dunlap, Ann | Anesthesia | Western Michigan University | Western Michigan Simulation Project |
| Wilson, Mark | Internal Medicine | Palmer Chiropractic University | Expanding EBM and Research across the Palmer College of Chiropractic |
| Yahr, Timothy | Microbiology | National Institutes of Health | Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion |
| Yang, Baoli | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Medical College of Wisconsin | Characterization of PITX2 Phenotypes |
| Yeaman, Charles | Anatomy & Cell Biology | PKD Foundation | Molecular Mechanism of Renal Deciliation and Cystogenesis |
| Ziegler, Ekhard | Pediatrics | Nestle Nutrition Research | Effect of the Level of Dietary Protein on Infant Growth and Body Composition in the First Year of Life |
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