| 2006 Scleroderma
Foundation Research Grant Awardees |
| Investigator |
Institution |
Project Title |
Grant Duration |
Amt Granted |
Todd Bull, M.D.
New Investigator |
University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center |
Identification of Pulmonary Hypertension
Related Genes in Scleroderma: Biomarker of Disease |
Three Years |
$150,000 |
Vincent Falanga, M.D., FACP
Established Investigator |
Roger Williams Medical Center |
Scleroderma Digital Ulcers with Autologous
Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells & Bioengineered
Skin |
Two Years |
$150,000
|
Jaspreet Pannu, BS, MS, Ph.D.
New Investigator |
Medical University of South
Carolina |
Role of IGF-1/GFBP-3 axis in scleroderma
fibrosis |
Three Years |
$150,000 |
Dinesh Khanna,
M.D., M.S.
New Investigator
|
University of
Cincinnati |
Evaluation of Health Related
Quality of Life in Systemic Sclerosis |
Three Years |
$150,000 |
Weng Kee Wong, Ph.D., M.S.
Established Investigator |
UCLA School of Public Health,
Dept. of Biostatistics |
Statistical Analysis to Identify Patients
Responsive to an Anti-Fibrotic Agent and a Missing Data
Imputation Protocol for SSc Researchers |
One Year |
$75,000 |
Virginia Steen, M.D.
Established Investigator
|
Georgetown University Medical
Center |
Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment of
Scleroderma (PHAROS) |
Two Years |
$150,000 |
Swati Bhattacharyya,
Ph.D.
New Investigator |
Northwestern
University |
Role of transcriptional coactivator
p300 in Scleroderma |
Three Years |
$150,000 |
Sohail Ahmed, M.D.
New Investigator |
Boston University School of Medicine |
Dissecting the Mechanism of Endothelial
Cell Dysfunction Induced by Scleroderma Anti Endothelial
Cell Antibodies |
One Year |
$50,000 |
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|
|
Total Granted: |
$1,025,000 |
