Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Grants, Contracts, and Industry Agreements

Grant and Contract Awards	Annual Direct / Project Period Direct

BALISTRERI, W

Pegylated Interferon +/- Ribavirin for Children With HCV
National Institutes of Health (Johns Hopkins University)
U01 DK 067767	09/30/03 - 08/31/09	$16,506 / $110,120

BEZERRA, J

The Plasminogen System and Liver Repair

R01 DK 055710

02/15/07 - 11/30/10

$200,900 / $820,000

Jaundice Chip: A Diagnostic Tool for Cholestatic Liver Disease

R42 DK 075162

07/01/07 - 06/30/09

$92,425 / $176,059

Immunologic Dysfunction In Biliary Atresia

R01 DK 064008

02/25/08 - 01/31/13

$212,500 / $1,062,500

Clinical Center for Biliary Atresia: Etiopathogenesis and Clinical Outcome

U01 DK 062497

09/15/02 - 12/31/09

$159,329 / $1,101,428

Digestive Health Center: Bench to Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease

P30 DK 078392

08/01/07 - 05/31/12

$727,500 / $3,637,500

Bezerra, J

Administrative Core

325,499

Potter, S

Gene Expression Core

53,741

Aronow, B

Bioinformatics Core

106,171

Witte, D

Integrative Morphology Core

113,119

Grabowski, G

Sequencing Core

21,332

Hommel, K

P&F Study

30,000

Miethke, A

P&F Study

30,000

Hoebe, K

P&F Study

30,000

Digestive Health Center: Bench to Bedside Research in Pediatric Digestive Disease

P30 DK 078392 (supplement)

07/25/09 - 05/31/11

$215,033 / $215,033

Bezerra, J

Administrative

155,033

Hoebe, K

P&F Study

20,000

Hommel, K

P&F Study

20,000

Miethke, A

P&F Study

20,000

BUCUVALAS, J

Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
National Institutes of Health (Children's Memorial Hospital)
R01 HD 045694	04/01/05 - 03/31/10	$12,595 / $119,188
A Multi-Center Group to Study Acute Liver Failure in Children Project
National Institutes of Health (Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)
U01 DK 072146	09/01/05 - 08/31/10	$39,167 / $197,941
Studies of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
National Institutes of Health (Emmes Corporation)
U01 DK 61693	05/15/04 - 03/31/10	$21,670 / $138,600

COHEN, M

Expression and Function of the Guanylin Ligand Family
National Institutes of Health
R01 DK 047318	02/01/05 - 11/30/09	$204,428 / $1,100,000
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Training Grant
National Institutes of Health
T32 DK 007727	07/01/05 - 06/30/10	$315,213 / $1,771,477
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Dose Escalation Inpatient Phase I Study to Determine the Safety of ETEC
National Institutes of Health (University of Maryland)
N01 AI 040014	12/01/08 - 11/30/09	$307,045 / $460,468

DENSON, L

Cytokine Regulation of Growth Hormone Signaling
National Institutes of Health
R01 DK 068164	04/01/06 - 12/31/10	$190,316 / $1,000,000
Prospective Study of Immuno-genetic Determinants of Growth in Pediatric IBD
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
	07/01/07 - 06/30/09	$130,000 / $260,000
GM-CSF Bioactivity and IBD Phenotype
Broad Medical Research Program
IBD-0211	10/01/07 - 09/30/09	$61,956 / $195,089
Biomarkers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Behavior and Treatment Response
National Institutes of Health
R01 DK 078683	04/01/09 - 03/31/13	$401,274 / $1,581,829
Risk Stratification amd Identification of Immunogenetic and Microbial Markers of Complicated Disease
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (Emory University)
6-38778-G1	07/01/08 - 06/30/09	$10,000 / $10,000

FRANCIOSI, J

Outcome Measures in Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Beyond Eosinophil Counting
Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation
	12/15/08 - 12/14/10	$75,000 / $150,000

GARIN-LAFLAM, M

Guanylin Cyclase C Activation in Intestinal Epithelial Survival and Migration
National Institutes of Health
F32 DK 080588	07/01/08 - 06/30/09	$56,702 / $56,702

HEUBI, J

Intraluminal Effects of Cholesterol Absorption/ Synthesis
National Institutes of Health
R01 DK 068463	05/01/05 - 01/31/10	$375,217 / $1,653,077
Rare Liver Disease Network- CLIC6001
National Institutes of Health (The Children's Hospital of Denver)
U54 DK 078377	08/01/07 - 07/31/09	$6,249 / $6,249
BARC Central Lab CRC
National Institutes of Health (University of Michigan)
U01 DK 062456	09/01/05 - 05/31/10	$11,863 / $11,863

KOCOSHIS, S

Intestinal Failure in Children: A Contemporary Retrospective Review by the Pediatric Intestinal Failure Consortium
National Institutes of Health (Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)
R21 DK 081059	06/15/08 - 05/31/10	$3,643 / $9,107

KOHLI, R

Effect of Ileal Transposition on Nutritional Associated Hepatic Steatosis
Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation
	11/15/07 - 11/14/09	$50,000 / $100,000
Pediatric Center for Gene Expression and Development
National Institutes of Health
K12 HD 028827	10/01/07 - 08/31/09	$98,331 / $193,272

LEONIS, M

The RON Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in Hepatic Tumorgenesis
National Institutes of Health
K08 CA 111819	08/01/06 - 07/31/11	$123,000 / $615,000

MIETHKE, A

AASLD Advanced Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
	07/01/08 - 06/30/09	$60,000 / $60,000

SHROYER, N

Intestinal Secretory Lineage Development and Function
National Institutes of Health
K01 DK 071686	09/01/06 - 07/31/09	$124,417 / $371,138

STEINBRECHER, K

Role Of Epithelial GSk-3β in Initiation and Resolution of Intestinal Inflammation
AGA Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
	07/01/07 - 06/30/10	$18,750 / $56,250
Role of p65/GSK-3β-mediated Gene Expression in Initiation of IBD
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
	01/01/08 - 12/31/10	$90,000 / $270,000

XANTHAKOS, S

Biological Determinants of Steatohepatitis after Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
National Institutes of Health
K23 DK 080888	07/01/08 - 06/30/13	$173,400 / $820,600