Round 8
Gary Hayward, PhD, Professor of Oncology
“Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Potential Novel Anti-Herpesvirus Drug Agents”
Roselle Abraham, MBBS, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Development of Biodegradable Scaffolds for Cell Therapy”
Round 7
Julius Birnbaum, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Development of an In-Vitro Neurotoxicity Model and Identification of Novel Autoantibodies Associated with a Painful Sjogren’s Neuropathy”
Kathryn Wagner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology
“A Xenograft Animal Model for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy”
Jessica Yeh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Comparative Effectiveness Study of Glycemic Reduction Strategies in Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes”
Clifford Weiss, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology
“Pulse Sequence Development, Testing and Implementation for MR-guided Vascular Malformation Embolization”
Linda Smith Resar, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine & Hematology
“Development of Novel Micro-RNA Technology to Treat Pancreatic Cancer “
Leo Luznik, MD, Associate Professor of Oncology
“GVHD Prevention and Immune Reconstitution After Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide”
Round 6
James Barrow, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Principal Investigator, Lieber Institute for Brain Development
“High Throughput Screening and Hit-to-Lead Medicinal Chemistry for IP6 Kinases”
Ling He, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Identification of a Biomarker for Metformin Action”
Betty Tyler, BA, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
“Determining the Safety of Intracranially Implanted Temozolomide in a Non-Human Primate Model”
Donald Shaffner, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
“End-tidal Carbon Dioxide (ETCO2) Directed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)”
Arvind Pathak, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology
“LSC EYE A Low Cost Portable Retinal Imager”
Andreia Vasconcellos Faria, MD, PhD, Research Associate of Radiology
“Retrospective Study of Patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia – Imaging as a Tool for Automated Diagnosis”
Janet Staab, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Development of a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Device for Aspergillosis”
Round 5
Aaron Milstone, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Safety of Chlorhexidine in Premature Infants
James Casella, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Randomized Pilot Study of Hydroxyurea for the Primary Prevention of Neurologic Complications in Children with Sickle Cell Disease
Nilofer Azad, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology
Combinatorial Cytotoxic and Epigenetic Therapy in Colorectal Cancer
Donald Zack, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology
Development of a Novel Neuroprotective Agent for the Treatment of Glaucoma and Other Optic Neuropathies
Round 4
Robert Wood, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
“A Sublingual Film for Peanut Allergy”
Karl Womer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“The Role of MYH9 in Renal Transplantation”
Harry Silber, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Noninvasive Device for Assessing Cardiac Filling Pressure in Heart Failure”
Mohamed Farah, PhD, Research Associate of Neurology
“BACE1 Inhibition as a Therapy for Neuropathies”
Jeanne Nunez, MD, Instructor of Pediatrics
“Temporal Association of Polysomnographic Cardio-Respiratory Events with Gastro-esophageal Reflux Detected by MII-pH Probe in the Premature Infant with Persistent Cardio-Respiratory Events at Term”
Neeraj Vij, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Development of PLGA-PEG Based Nano-Drug Delivery System for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases”
Roy Brower, MD, Professor of Medicine
STIP: Statin Trial for Influenza Patients
Round 3
Patrizio Caturegli, MD, Associate Professor of Immunology
A New Serum Test for the Differential Diagnosis of Pituitary Masses”
Allen Everett, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
“Validation and Quantification of Biomarkers of Subacute Brain Injury in Children with Sickle Cell Disease”
Kelvin MacDonald, MD, Research Associate in Pediatric Pulmonology
“Pre-Clinical Assay of Prostone Compounds in Cystic Fibrosis”
Deborah Persaud, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
“Optimization and Development of Diagnostic Assays for HIV Infection in Infants Living in Resource-Constrained Settings”
Dorry Segev, MD, Associate Professor of Transplant Surgery
“Identifying Appropriate Recipients for Kidneys from Infectious Risk Donors”
Charlotte Sumner, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
“Evaluation of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Mice”
S. Darius Tandon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Translating an Efficacious Depression Intervention to Prevent Postpartum Depression”
Round 2
Ravit Boger, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Genetic Variation in Toll-like Receptors and Immune Response to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) glycoprotein B Vaccine”
Edward Fuchs, PA-C, Instructor of Clinical Pharmacology
“Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Technology to Measure Intracellular Nucleoside Triphosphate Formation in HIV-Seronegative Volunteers”
Neeraj Vij, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
“Nano-Delivery of Bortezomib in Cystic Fibrosis”
David D. Yuh, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
“3-D TEE-based Computational Modeling of the Mitral Valve”
David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology
Automated Medical Interviewing for Diagnostic Decision Support
Round 1
Ken Brady, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Anesthesia/Critical Care Medicine
“Preventing Brain Injury in Premature Neonates by Monitoring Cerebrovascular Autoregulation”
Robert Getzenberg, PhD, Professor of Urology
“Autologous Myoblast Injection Therapy for Urinary Sphincter Deficiency: Pre-Clinical Testing Study”
Richard Roden, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Pathology
“Design Synthesis and Evaluation of Candidate Proteasome Inhibitors that Prevent E6-Mediated p53 Degradation and Selectively Kill HPV+ Cervical Cancer Cells”
Guy M. McKhann, MD, Professor of Neurology
“Valproate and Neuroprotection in Aortic Surgery (VANAS)”
Dan Stoianovici, PhD, Associate Professor of Urology
“Intraoperative Ultrasound Imaging of the Prostate during Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy”
Cornelia L. Trimble, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“A Pilot Study to Compare Intramuscular Injection with Particle-Mediated Delivery of a Therapeutic HPV 16 DNA Vaccine, in Patients with HPV 16+ Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia 2/3″
Martha Zeiger, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
“Differentiating Thyroid Tumor Classes through Analysis of Alternative Time Splice Variant Patterns”
Susan Dorman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Pharmacokinetic Issues in the Use of Daily Rifapentine plus Moxifloxacin”
Martin Pomper, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiology
“Imaging infection with Radiolabeled Nucleoside Analogs”
Steven P. Schulman, MD, Professor of Cardiology
“Phenotypic Characteristics of Beta Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms in Health and Disease”
