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Grants and contracts
AWARDED IN 2017
FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS
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SPONSOR AND TITLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR LENGTH NEW AWARD TOTAL
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
Mapping Drug Resistance Genes in Plasmodium falciparum Dr. Timothy Anderson 5 years $4,615,235
NIH/UTHSCH
A Neonatal Monkey Model for Tuberculosis Vaccination
Dr. Marie-Claire
Gauduin 5 years $3,491,584
NIH
Genetic analysis of cercarial release in schistosomes Dr. Timothy Anderson 5 years $2,545,442
NIH/UNC
Leveraging Ancestry to Map Kidney Loci Dr. Shelley Cole 5 years $1,245,399
NIH/JANSSEN
Advanced Development of a Multivalent Filovirus (Ebola/ Marburg) Hemorrhagic Fever Vaccine (SOW 27) Dr. Ricardo Carrion 1 year $1,160,067
NIH/GSU
Small molecule inhibitors of Ebola virus polymerase function Dr. Robert Davey 5 years $1,038,016
NIH
Defining the Normal Range of Postprandial Metabolic Risk: Multi-omic and multi-tissue Analysis after a Mixed Meal
Dr. Raul
Bastarrachea 2 years $544,803
NIH
Establishing a miRNA biomarker signature for brain structural variation in a non-human primate model Dr. Melanie Carless 2 years $521,848
FDA/U OF OK
Purchase of 20 Baboons Dr. Karen Rice 1 year $170,995
NIH
Research to Improve and Standardize Marmoset Nutrition and Dietary Health (Equipment Supplement) Dr. Suzette Tardif 1 year $158,030
NIH/UVA
Targeting Ebola virus for small molecule drug discovery Dr. Robert Davey 2 years $66,516
NIH/STELLENBOSCH
Altered immune-endocrine axis in type 2 diabetes and tuberculosis risk Dr. Larry Schlesinger 1 year $2,427
Total from Federal Research: $15,560,362
PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE RESEARCH GRANTS
SPONSOR AND TITLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR LENGTH NEW AWARD TOTAL
GATES
Drug resistance markers for surveillance in schistosomiasis control programs Dr. Timothy Anderson 1 year $286,656
GATES
Alveolar macrophage immunobiology and functional genomics: Unlocking human to human variation in host response to M. tuberculosis Dr. Larry Schlesinger 2 years $263,922
COWLES
Genomic analysis of hybridization in Schistosoma haematobium from Nigeria Dr. Timothy Anderson 2 years $122,386
OWENS
Microencapsulated Stem Cells for the Treatment of Diabetes Dr. Marcel Daadi 2 years $95,000
OWENS
Innovations in the Baboon Model of Liver Cancer Dr. Christopher Chen 2 years $89,864
MARMION
Metabolomics-Obesity and Aging Dr. Michael Olivier 1 year $89,000
DOUGLAS
Douglass Grad Student Fellowship Dr. Tiziano Barberi 2 years $71,600
TEXAS BIOMEDICAL FORUM (TBF)
In vivo engraftment potential of hPSC-derived muscle progenitors maintained in long-term cultures Dr. Bianca Borchin 1 year $70,637
COWLES
Role of LncRNAs in establishing and reactivation of HIV latency Dr. Smita Kulkarni 1 year $61,193
TBF
Influence of the human lung mucosa in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis Dr. Jordi Torrelles 1 year $60,000
TBF
In vivo efficacy of small molecule anti-TB compounds Dr. Abul Azad 1 year $60,000
TBF
Predicting Time Since Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection Dr. Joanne Turner 1 year $60,000
SPONSOR AND TITLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR LENGTH NEW AWARD TOTAL
TBF
Development of Novel Arenavirus Inhibitors into Drug Like Substances
TBF
Novel Antiviral Based on Crosslinking Marburgvirus nucleoprotein
Dr. Manu Anantz padma
1 year $50,000
Dr. Andrew Hayhurst 1 year $50,000
TBF
Cellular Long Non-coding RNAs in HIV replication Dr. Smita Kulkarni 1 year $49,954
TBF
Identification of microRNA Biomarkers Associated with Extent of Atherosclerosis in Hispanic Obese Adolescents Dr. Genesio Karere 1 year $49,928
TBF
Liver and serum metabolomics biomarkers for atherosclerosis Dr. Biswapriya Misra 1 year $49,654
TBF
Assessing the Impact of Consumption of a Sugar-sweetened Drink on Physical Activity, body fat, and Metabolism in the Baboon
Dr. Anthony
Comuzzie 1 year $46,307
OWENS
The Role of Follistatin Like-1 Protein in Coronary Aneurisms of Kawasaki Disease
TBF
Regulation of VPS34 complex in macropinocytosis
TBF
Effect of HIV infection on M. tuberculosis granuloma formation and evolution
TBF
Baboon Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Retina Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Retina Degeneration
TBF
Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Aging Adaptive Immunity in M tb Infection Dr. Jean Patterson 2 years $40,338
Dr. Olena Shtanko 1 year $40,000
Dr. Eusondia Arnett 1 year $40,000
Dr. Alberto Muniz 1 year $40,000
Dr. Colwyn Headly 1 year $36,100
SPONSOR AND TITLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR LENGTH NEW AWARD TOTAL
KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
Development of antiretroviral agents that penetrate the central nervous system and exert potent activity against various HIV-1 Dr. Ruth Ruprecht 1 year $35,765
SAAFDN
Developing Stem Cell Therapy for Treating Diabetes
ETHNOMED
Effects of exposure to BMAA on neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain
OWENS
Exploring a Possible Novel Approach for the Treatment of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Dr. Marcel Daadi 2 years $35,000
Dr. Suzette Tardif 1 year $33,324
Dr. Tiziano Barberi 2 years $30,000
MCNUTT
V.H. McNutt Memorial Foundation Gang Cages Donation
Institutional donation
1 year $25,000
VASCFDN/BCM
Follistatin-like 1 protein blockade in Kawasaki Disease Dr. Jean Patterson 1 year $25,000
SAAFDN
Exploring a Possible Novel Approach for the Treatment of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Dr. Tiziano Barberi 2 years $20,000
VARIOUS
Dr. Katy A. Freed Fund for Research in Cystinosis and Rare Genetic Disorders
Dr. Timothy
Anderson 1 year $1,510
