Grant Awards
Trustee Grant Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline | Title |
| Hee Kyung Kim, MD | $60,000 | Radiology/IRC | MR Quantification of Muscular Fat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| Ian Lewkowich, PhD | $60,000 | Immunobiology | Mechanisms of Steroid Resistance in Severe Asthma |
| Ronald Waclaw, PhD | $60,000 | Experimental Hematology | Regional Requirements for Shp2 in the Telencephalon |
| Samantha Brugmann, PhD | $60,000 | Plastic Surgery | The Role of Kif3a in Craniofacial Development |
| Senad Divanovic, PhD | $60,000 | Molecular Immunology | Role of the IL-17 Axis in the Pathogenesis of NASH |
| Rolf Stottmann, PhD | $60,000 | Human Genetics | Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Forebrain Development |
| Joo-Seop Park, PhD | $60,000 | Pediatric Urology | Cell Fate Regulation of Nephron Progenitors |
| Kakajan Komurov, PhD | $60,000 | Experimental Hematology | Integrative Modeling of Molecular Networks of Multicellular Communities |
| Andrew Dimitrijevic, PhD | $60,000 | Communication Sciences Research Center | Objective Evaluation of Cochlear Implant Function |
Translational Research Grant Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline | Title |
| Prasad Devarajan, MD | $50,000 | Nephrology | CORE-CCHMC/UC Clinical Proteomics and Biofluid Profiling Core |
| Charles Dumoulin, PhD | 50,000 | Imaging Research Center | CORE-Taking the IRC MR Engineering core from "good" to "best" |
| Michael Jordan, MD | $100,000 | Immunobiology and BMT/Immune Deficiency | Gene therapy for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis |
| Hermine Brunner, MD | $100,000 | Rheumatology | MicroRNA as Potential Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis |
| Takuji Suzuki, MD, PhD | $100,000 | Pulmonary Biology | Pulmonary Macrophage Transplantation (PMT) Therapy of Hereditary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis |
| Sonata Jodele, MD | $100,000 | BMT/Immune Deficiency | Proteomics for early diagnosis of TMA |
| Raouf Amin, MD | $100,000 | Pulmonary Medicine | Trial of Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Agonist in Sleep Apnea |
| Kimberly Risma, MD, PhD | $100,000 | Allergy and Immunology | Pathogenesis of Perforin Mutations Causing Immunodeficiency |
| Charles Quinn, MD | $67,547 | Hematology | Measuring RBC Turnover by Stable Isotope Labeling in SCD |
| Li Yu, PhD | $25,000 | Imaging Research Center | Correlation Imaging for Economizing Multi-Scan MRI in Clinical Neuroimaging Protocols |
| James Mulloy, PhD | $100,000 | Experimental Hematology/Cancer Biology | RUNX1 tumor suppressor as a therapeutic target in AML |
| Karen Ryan, PhD | $25,000 | UC--Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | The intestinal hormone FGF-19 and bariatric surgery |
| Marshall Montrose, PhD | $93,068 | UC--Molecular & Cellular Physiology | Defective 5-ASA metabolism in inflammatory bowel disease |
| Aimee Dietz, PhD | $25,000 | UC--College of Allied Health Sciences | High-Tech AAC Treatment of Aphasia |
| Pankaj Desai, PhD | $100,000 | UC--College of Pharmacy | Pre-Clinical Studies to Optimize the Development of Novel Prolactin Antagonists for Breast Cancer Treatment |
| Yuhang Zhang | $25,000 | UC--College of Pharmacy/Dept. of Dermatology | Targeting dermal fibroblasts to promote hair follicle neogenesis in transplanted skin |
| Robert McNamara, PhD | $99,954 | UC--Bipolar Disorders Research | Imaging neuronal resilience to psychostimulants |
Outcomes Research Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline | Title |
| Holly Brodzinski, MD, MPH | $59,882 | Emergency Medicine | Risk Stratification to Efficiently Diagnose Appendicitis |
| Sandra Cortina, PhD | $60,000 | Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology | Physician Based Intervention for Adherence Promotion |
| Lori Crosby, PsyD | $60,000 | Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology | The Role of a Disease Specific Patient Portal in Improving the Transition to Adult Care in SCD |
| Ellen Lipstein, MD | $60,000 | Adolescent Medicine | Improving Parent Decisions about Treatment with TNF-a Inhibitors |
| Jennifer Reed, MD | $60,000 | Emergency Medicine | Improving STI Results Notification and Partner Services in the ED |
| Lori Stark, PhD | $60,000 | Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology | Web-based Delivery of Effective Treatment for Growth in CF |
| Alexander Vinks, PharmD, PhD | $60,000 | Laboratory of Applied Pharmacokinetics & TDM | Improving Safety and Efficacy of Mycophenolate Therapy |
| Lea Widdice, MD | $60,000 | Adolescent Medicine | Development and Piloting of Decision Tools to Improve HPV Immunization Rates |
| Laurel Bookman, MD/Ravindhra Elluru, MD, PhD | $60,000 | Neonatology/Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery | Decreasing Cost of Care in Infants with Airway Obstruction |
| Neera Goyal, MD, MSc | $60,000 | Neonatology | Impact of home visitation on neonatal outcomes |
| Daniel Grossoehme, Dmin,M.Div. | $60,000 | Pulmonary Medicine | Social Networks and Adherence in Adolescents with CF |
| David Hooper, MD, MS | $60,000 | Nephrology & Hypertension | A reliable blood pressure management system |
| Lynn Babcock, MD | $60,000 | Emergency Medicine | The SMART Intervention for Youth with Mild TBI |
| Lisa Hunter, PhD/Scott Wexelblatt, MD | $60,000 | CSRC/Neonatology & Pulmonary Biology | Reducing Loss to Follow-up in a Newborn Hearing Screening Program |
Fifth Third Bank/Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Women Scholars Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline |
| Edith Janssen, PhD | $50,000 | Molecular Immunology |
| Avani Modi, PhD | $50,000 | Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology |
GAP Funding Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline | Title |
| Scott Holland, PhD | $66,600 | Communication Sciences | fMRI of normal language development in children |
| Rashmi Hegde, PhD | $66,600 | Developmental Biology | EYA in retinal angiogenesis |
| Brian Gebelein, PhD | $66,600 | Developmental Biology | Hox control of cell-specific EGF signaling during development |
Research, Innovation & Pilot Funding Awards
| Recipient | Amount | Discipline | Title |
| James Mulloy, PhD | $66,600 | Hem/Onc and Developmental Biology | Role of bone marrow microenvironment in a humanized MDS Mouse model |
| Saulius Sumanas, PhD | $66,600 | Developmental Biology | Validation of genes associated with intracranial aneurysms in a zebrafish model |
| Daniel Starczynowski, PhD | $66,600 | Experimental Hematology | Mechanism and treatment of Lenalidomide Resistance |
| Lee Grimes, PhD | $66,600 | Immunobiology | Evaluate interrupting the process of autophagy as part of a novel therapeutic treatment for subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that fail standard therapy |
| Steve Danzer, PhD | $66,600 | Anesthesia/Neurobiology | Evolution of an epileptogenic network following PTEN deletion from adult-generated granule cells |
| Dean Beebe, PhD | $66,600 | Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology | Chronic sleep restriction as a contributor to teen driving risk |
| Richard Lang, PhD | $66,600 | Ophthalmology | Development of the Fovea |
| Yutaka Yoshida, PhD | $66,600 | Developmental Biology | Connectivity between corticospinal neurons and the spinal motor neuron subtypes (spinal cord injury) |
| Fumika Hamada, PhD | $55,500 | Ophthalmology | Modulation of development of thermo regulatory apparatus by light |
| Zubair Ahmed, PhD | $55,500 | Ophthalmology | Function of a novel usher syndrome protein in the retina |
| Joo-Seop Park, PhD | $55,500 | Pediatric Urology | Role of Notch2 as a transcriptional repressor in nephrogenesis |
| Paul Andreassen, PhD | $55,500 | Exp Hem & Cancer Biology | Novel mechanism for Fanconi Anemia: disruption of heterocromatin |
| Susanne Wells, PhD | $55,500 | CBDI | Identification of Fanconi Anemia disease biomarkers using NMR-based metabonomics |
| Janaka Wansapura, PhD | $55,500 | Imaging Research Center | Quantification of myocardial perfusion in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy |
