Honors & Awards

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Neurovascular Dysfunction in Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Award Date: 5/18/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $526,781

Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD, DABT
Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators as Potential Medical Countermeasures in a Pig Model of Chlorine Gas-Induced Acute Lung Injury
Award Date: 5/6/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $241,500

Thomas E. Buchheit, MD
Neuronal and Glial Interactions of Neuropathic Pain
Award Date: 4/29/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $488,534

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Role of Preoperative Baroreflex Sensitivity on Postoperative and Persistent Pain after Thoracic Surgery
Award Date: 2/3/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $201,250

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Project 1: Effects of Flavors on Nicotine Choice and Central Reward Me
Award Date: 1/28/2021
Funding Agency: Yale University
Grant Amount: $276,375

Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD
Optimizing Outpatient Anesthesia: Improving Analgesia and Reducing Opioid Misadventure
Award Date: 12/21/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $505,170

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Test the Efficacy of Exalys EP4 Antagonist to Prevent Neuroinflamation and Delirium in a Preclinical Model
Award Date: 12/16/2020
Funding Agency: Exalys Therapeutics, Inc
Grant Amount: $200,479

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Biomarkers of Lung Injury in Methyl Isocyanate Exposed Rodents and Pigs
Award Date: 11/24/2020
Funding Agency: University of Colorado – Denver
Grant Amount: $105,838

Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Intraganglionic Analgesic Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Gene Vector Optimization in Large Animals
Award Date: 11/4/2020
Funding Agency: Interventional AnalgesiX, Inc.
Grant Amount: $147,100

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Intersects with COVID-19
Award Date: 9/2/2020
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $322,620

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Advanced TRPA1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Chlorine Inhalation Injury
Award Date: 9/2/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $769,835

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Anesthetic and Synthetic Cooling Flavors in E-cigarettes: Chemistry and Respiratory Effects Modulating Nicotine Intake
Award Date: 7/30/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $769,835

Katherine Martucci, PhD
The Impact of Opioids on Chronic Pain: Clinical Research and Career Training in Spinal Cord fMRI and Brain Reward Systems
Award Date: 7/20/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $248,784

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Neuronal and Glial Interactions of Neuropathic Pain
Award Date: 7/15/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $488,534

Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Defining the Role of Peripheral Adrb3 in Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Award Date: 7/15/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $524,671

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Role of Preoperative Baroreflex Sensitivity on Postoperative and Persistent Pain after Thoracic Surgery
Award Date: 6/18/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $201,250

Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)
Award Date: 6/17/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $768,005

David S. Warner, MD
Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
Award Date: 6/9/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $314,587

Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators as Potential Medical Countermeasures in a Pig Model of Chlorine Gas-Induced Acute Lung Injury
Award Date: 5/29/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $442,750

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Resolution of Postoperative Pain by Complementary Approaches
Award Date: 4/22/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,505,715

Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Resolving Functional Pain by Complementary Approaches
Award Date: 4/22/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,394,879

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Molecular Core
Award Date: 4/22/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,553,621

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Administrative Core
Award Date: 4/22/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,215,178

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Neurovascular Dysfunction in Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Award Date: 4/16/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $561,845

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Targeting Microbially-Derived Juvenile Protective Factors to Resolve Neuroinflammation and Delirium
Award Date: 3/10/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $161,000

Evan D. Kharasch, MD, PhD
Optimizing Outpatient Anesthesia: Improving Analgesia and Reducing Opioid Misadventure
Award Date: 1/24/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $559,927

Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Defining the Role of Peripheral Adrb3 in Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Award Date: 9/5/2019
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: NIH and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Amount: $2,623,436

David S. Warner, MD
Pharmacologic Suppression of Reperfusion Injury Following Endovascular Thrombectomy In Stroke
Award Date: 9/2/2019
Funding Agency: NIH and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Amount: $475,175

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD and Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Advanced TRPA1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Chlorine Inhalation Injury
Award Date: 8/26/2019
Award Type: U01
Funding Agency: NIH and the National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS)
Grant Amount: $2,305,444

Dr. Maixner Named IASP Honorary Member
Congratulations to William Maixner, DDS, PhD, on being named an Honorary Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Honorary membership is the highest honor IASP can bestow on a member and recognizes outstanding contributions to the field. Dr. Maixner will be honored during the 2020 IASP General Assembly at the 18th World Congress on Pain in Amsterdam on August 8th.

Niccolò Terrando, BSc (hons), DIC, PhD
Bioelectronic Regulation of CNS Lymphatic Drainage in Delirium and AD
Award Date: 8/23/2019
Funding Agency: Alzheimer’s Association
Grant Amount: $150,000

Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Resolving Neuropathic Pain With High Frequency SCS Via Modulation of Glial Signaling and Neuroinflammation in Small and Large Animals
Award Date: 7/26/2019
Funding Agency: Boston Scientific Corporation
Grant Amount: $320,889

Niccolò Terrando, BSc (hons), DIC, PhD and Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Targeting Microbially-Derived Juvenile Protective Factors to Resolve Neuroinflammation and Delirium
Award Date: 7/13/2019
Award Type: R03
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $322,000

Andrea Nackley, PhD
Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)
Award Date: 9/11/2018
Award Type: NIH R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Grant Amount: $3,846,094

Katherine Martucci, PhD
The Impact of Opioids on Chronic Pain: Clinical Research and Career Training in Spinal Cord fMRI and Brain Reward Systems
Award Date: 8/14/2018
Award Type: NIH R00
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Grant Amount: $746,654

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Anesthetic and Synthetic Cooling Flavors in E-cigarettes: Chemistry and Respiratory Effects Modulating Nicotine Intake
Award Date: 7/19/2018
Award Type: NIH R01
Funding Agency: National institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Grant Amount: $1,456,395

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Bioelectronic Rescue of Cognitive Impairment After Surgery
Award Date: 6/19/2018
Award Type: NIH R21
Funding Agency: National institute on Aging (NIA)
Grant Amount: $436,027

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Omegaven and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Award Date: 4/18/2018
Funding Agency: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
Grant Amount: $122,000

Andrea Nackley, PhD
Defining the Role of Adipocyte Adrb3 in Chronic Pain
Award Date: 1/9/2018
Funding Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Amount: $160,000

Xin Zhang, MD, PhD
Activation of Peripheral β2 and β3ARs Leads to Increased Nociceptor Activity
Award: Best of Abstracts
Award Date: 2/15/2018
Agency: Genetics and Pain Shared Interest Group of the American Pain Society

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Neurovascular Dysfunction in Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Award Date: 9/15/2017
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging – RO1
Grant Amount: $2,815,756

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
Award Date: 3/20/2017
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Grant Amount: $158,998

Thomas E. Buchheit, MD
Germline Epigenetic Effects of Opioids (GEEO)
Award Date: 3/16/2017
Funding Agency: Research Triangle Institute International
Grant Amount: $79,999

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Biomarkers of Lung Injury in Methyl Isocyanate Exposed Rodents and Pigs
Award Date: 2/10/2017
Funding Agency: University of Colorado – Denver
Grant Amount: $577,458

Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Proteins, MicroRNAs and Genes Associated with TMD and Overlapping Conditions
Award Date: 9/1/2016
Funding Agency: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
Grant Amount: $500,000

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Role of TLR4 in Surgery-Induced Cognitive Decline
Award Date: 8/10/2016
Funding Agency: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Grant Amount: $108,888

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
CTPM Director Appointed to European Pain School Board
Date: 8/1/2016

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Bioelectronic Medicine and Cholinergic Regulation of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Award Date: 7/1/2016
Funding Agency: Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS)
Grant Amount: $75,000

Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Mechanisms of Itch in Poison Ivy-Induced Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Award Date: 6/24/2016
Funding Agency: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R21)
Grant Amount: $384,780

Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Neuroprotective Effects of URMC-099 in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Award Date: 4/19/2016
Funding Agency: University of Rochester Medical Center
Grant Amount: $3,000

William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Genetic and Psychosocial Influences on Transition to Chronic TMD and Related Pain (OPPERA-2)
Award Date: 4/8/2016
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill/NIH
Grant Amount: $134,043