The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the month of July 2020. Please extend your congratulations to the following individuals.
Kyle Rehder, MD (Critical Care Medicine) received an award from Boston Children’s Hospital in the amount of $1,825 for a project entitled “Understanding COVID-19 Among Critically ill Children in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigator’s (PALIS) Network”. The project period 04/09/2020-10/08/2021.
Kristin Schroeder, MD, MPH (Hematology-Oncology) received an award from The Regents of the University of California UCLA in the amount of $16,345 for a project entitled “AIDS Malignancy Consortium”. The project period is 09/01/2019- 08/31/2020.
Danny Benjamin, MD, PhD, MPH (Infectious Diseases) received an award from National Institutes of Health/NCATS in the amount of $869,057 for a project entitled” COVID-19 Supplement- Center for Innovative TRIals in ChilDrEN and AduLTs (TRIDENT”. The project period is 07/15/2020-06/30/2021.
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD (Infectious Diseases) and Jennifer Jenks (MSTP/MGM Graduate Student) received an award from National CMV Foundation in the amount of $10,000 for a project entitled” Strategies to Target CMV Glycoprotein B Antigenic Domain-2 B Cell Lineage Maps”. The project period is 04/01/2020-03/31/2021.
Emmanuel Walter, MD, MPH (Infectious Diseases) received an award from National Institutes of Health in the amount of $317,734 for a project entitled” VETU Task Area A- FY2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 – Option 1”. The project period is 07/12/2020-07/11/2021.
Deeksha Bali, PhD (Medical Genetics) received an award from JCR Pharmaceuticals in the amount of $ 74,933 for a project entitled” Method Development and Data Validations for MPSII”. The project period is 07/01/2020 -06/30/2021.
Deeksha Bali, PhD (Medical Genetics) received an award from JCR Pharmaceuticals in the amount of $74,933 for a project entitled” Method Development and Data Validation for MPS 1”. The project period is 07/01/2020-06/30/2021.
Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD (Medical Genetics) received an award from National Institutes of Health/NIAMSD in the amount of $379,393 for a project entitled” Genome Editing for the Correction of Pompe Disease”. The project period is 07/20/2020-06/30/2022.
Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD (Medical Genetics) received an award from Moderna Therapeutics in amount of $384,019 for a project entitled “A Global, Phase 1/2, Open-label, and Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of mRNA-3927 in Participants with Propionic Acidemia”. The project period is 07/13/2020-4/30/2022.
Vandana Shashi, MD, MBBS (Medical Genetics) and David Goldstein, PhD (Columbia University) received a supplemental award from National Institute of Health/NHGRI in the amount of $146,047 for a project entitled “An Integrated and Diverse Genomic Medicine Program for Undiagnosed Diseases”. The project period is 07/29/2020-06/30/2021.
William Malcolm, MD (Neonatology) received an award from Cheisi in amount of $425,700 for a project entitled “A Phase II, multicenter, double blind, double dummy, randomized, 2 arms parallel study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of CHF6563 in babies with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome”. The project period is 07/01/2020-06/30/2021.
Eric Benner, MD, PhD (Neoatology) and Agnes Chao, MD (Neonatology Fellow) and received an award from American Academy Pediatrics Fellowship in the amount of $5,000 for a project entitled” Therapeutic Potential of Oxysterols in Neonatal White Matter Injury”. The project period is 07/01/2020-06/30/2021.
Muhammad Zafar, MD (Neurology) received an award from SK Life Sciences in amount of $76,847 for a project entitled “Phase I, Open-Label Study of Carisbamate in Adult and Pediatric Subjects with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome”. The project period is 07/07/2020-07/06/2021.
Carolyn Avery, MD, MHS (Primary Care) received an award from American Academy of Pediatrics in the amount of $75,000 for project entitled “Carolinas Collaborative 2.0 Strengthening Support for Vulnerable Families”. The project period is 03/01/2020-11/30/2022.
Congratulations to these faculty on their awards and best wishes to them in their investigative work.
Coleen K. Cunningham, MD
Vice Chair, Research
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Chief, Division of Global Health