The following is a list of new and competing renewal awards that were made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics for the months of May - June 2022. Please extend your congratulations to the following individuals.
May 2022
Eileen Chambers (Nephrology) received an award from Boston Children’s Hospital for a project entitled, Advancing Transplantation Outcomes in Children. The project period is 09/07/2021-06/30/2028.
Rasheed Gbadegesin (Nephrology) received an award from Fibrogen, Inc. for a project entitled, FGN-Ped-Clin-o2 (SSU). The project period is 04/27/2022-04/30/2023.
Elizabeth Gifford (Sanford School of Public Policy), Jillian Hurst (Infectious Diseases) and Lindsay Terrell (Child Abuse and Neglect) received an award from The Duke Endowment for a project entitled, Avenues for Prevention and Early Intervention to Address Child Maltreatment. The project period is 07/01/2022-06/30/2024.
Laurie Graves (Hematology-Oncology) received an award from MIB Agents Family Fund Award for travel to the Factor Conference. The project period is 040/01/2022-06/30/2022.
Neil Nenard Bursac (Biomedical Engineering) and Andrew Landstrom (Cardiology) received an award from the National Institutes of Health/NIBIB for a project entitled, Engineered BacNav and BacCav for Improved Excitability and Contraction. The project period is 05/01/2022-01/31/2026.
Monica Lemmon (Neurology) received an award from the University of California of San Francisco for a project entitled, NSR-Gene (Neonatal Seizure Registry, Genetics of PostNeonatal Epilepsy). The project period is 04/01/2022-03/31/2027.
Priya Kishnani (Medical Genetics) received an award from Kriya Therapeutics Project Addendum for a project entitled, AAV Gene Therapy for the Treatment of GSD IX Y2: Determination of Titer fof Duke AAVs using Kriya Titering. The project period is 05/26/2022-12/31/2022.
Priya Kishnani (Medical Genetics) received an award from Kriya Therapeutics Project Addendum for a project entitled, AAV Gene Therapy for the Treatment of GSC IX y2: Determination of Efficacy between Duke Plasmids and Kriya Plasmids for Restoring PHKG22. The project period is 04/28/2022-12/31/2022.
Monica Lemmon (Neurology) received an award from the University of California of San Francisco for a project entitled, NSR-Gene (Neonatal Seizure Registry, Genetics of PostNeonatal Epilepsy). The project period is 04/01/2022-03/31/2027.
Kristy Pahl (Hematology-Oncology) received an award from Children’s Hospital of LA for a project entitled, Prospective Validation of a Venous Thrombosis Risk Assessment Model in Critically Ill Children from the CHAT Registry (CHAT 1901). The project period is 02/01/2022-06/30/2022.
Jennifer Rothman (Hematology-Oncology) received an award from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled, NC Sickle Cell Contract. The project period is 06/01/2022-05/31/2023.
Sarah Young (Medical Genetics) received an award from Research Triangle Institute International for a project entitled, INewborn Screening Pilot Studies IDIQ with TO B, MPSII. The project period is 09/28/2021-09/27/2023.
Muhammad Zafar (Neurology) received an award from Neurocrine Bioscience for a project entitled, NBI-827104-CSWS2025. The project period 05/06/2022-08/05/2024.
June 2022
Jennifer Hoffman (Nicholas School of the Environment) and Jillian Hurst (Infectious Diseases) received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled, Impact of Early-life Exposure to Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) on Neonatal and Early Childhood. The project period is 02/01/2022-01/31/2027.
Priya Kishnani (Medical Genetics) received an award from Kriya Therapeutics for a project entitled, AAV Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease IX y2. The project period is 03/02/2022-12/31/2022.
Priya Kishnani (Medical Genetics) received an award from Kriya Therapeutics for a project entitled, AAV-mPhkg2 Gene Therapy for the Treatment of GSC IXy2. The project period is 06/16/2022-03/31/2023.
Michael Moody (Infectious Diseases) received an award from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project entitled, Genomic Epidemiology of Treponema Pallidum Strains Infecting Women and Men in Low-Income Countries to Inform Syphilis Vaccine Development (INV-036560). The project period is 11/02/2021-10/31/2022.
Vinod Prasad received an award from Allovir, Inc. for a project entitled”AlloVirP-105” The project period is 05/23/2022-03/31/2025.
Sharla Rent received an award from the National Palliative Care Research Center for a grant entitled” Supporting Families after Perinatal Loss in Tanzania”. The project period is 07/01/2022-06/30/2024.
Vandana Shashi (Medical Genetics) received a supplemental award from the National Institutes of Health/NHGRI for a project entitled, An Integrated and Diverse Genomic Medicine Program for Undiagnosed Diseases. The project period 07/01/2022-06/30/2023.
Ashley Stark (Neonatology) and Rachel Greenberg (Neonatology) received an award from Thrasher Research Fund for a project entitled, Pharmacokinetics of Clonidine Administered in the Infant Population. The project period is 07/01/2022-06/30/2024.
Lars Wagner (Hematology-Oncology) received an award from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a project entitled, Longitudinal Multimodal Assessment of Neuropsychological. The project period is 06/01/2022-05/31/2023.
Emanuel Walter (Infectious Diseases) received an award from Clinetic Inc. for a project entitled, EHR Surveillance of Lower Respiratory Tract (LRTI) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Infants. The project period is 05/16/2022-03/14/2023.
Sarah Young (Medical Genetics) received an award from Research Triangle Institute for a project entitled, National Screening Pilot Studies IDIQ with TO B, MPS II. The project period 09/28/2021-09/27/2027.
Congratulations to these faculty on their awards and best wishes to them in their investigative work.
Christoph Hornik, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Research
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Chief, Division of Quantitative Sciences
christoph.hornik@duke.edu