The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the month of June 2021.
Gregory Crawford, PhD (Medical Genetics), J.H. Pate Skene (Neurobiology), and Jason Stein, PhD (Genetics), received an award from the National Institutes of Health/NIMH in the amount of $770,618 for a project entitled, Genomics, Variation, and Evolution of Cerebellar Circuits Linked to Higher Cognitive Function in Humans. The project period is 07/01/2021-06/30/2023.
Elizabeth Erickson, MD (Primary Care), received an award from Reach Out and Read Carolinas in the amount of $112,200 for a project entitled, Reach Out and Read Career Development Award. The project period is 07/01/2021-06/30/2022.
Rachel Greenberg, MD (Neonatology), received an award from New York University School of Medicine/NHLBI in the amount of $14,350 for a project entitled, Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-COV-2 Infection Initiative Phase 1. The project period is 06/09/2021-07/08/2021.
Corinne Linardic, MD, PhD (Hemaology-Oncology), received an award from Rally Foundation in the amount of $100,000 for a project entitled, Targeting CDK8 in Fusion-Positive Rhabdomyosarcoma. The project period is 07/01/2021-06/30/2023.
Laura Schanberg, MD (Rheumatology), received an award from CARRA/Bristol Myers Squibb in the amount of $183,709 for a project entitled, COVID Seropositive Conversion in Abatacept and Control Children in LIMIT-JIA. The project period is 06/07/2021-06/07/2025.
Emmanuel Walter, MD, MPH (Infectious Diseases), received an award from Pfizer in the amount of $263,130 for a project entitled, A Phase 3 Master Protocol to Evaluate Additional Dose(s) of BNT162B2 in Healthy Individuals Previously Vaccinated with BNT162B2. The project period is 06/09/2021-06/08/2023.
Congratulations to these faculty on their awards and best wishes to them in their investigative work.
William J. Steinbach, MD
Vice Chair, Research
Samuel L. Katz Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Interim Chief, Divsion of Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology