The following departmental faculty were awarded new competitive and non-competitive research grants (of $100,000 +) during calendar year 2024.
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD (Multi-PI)
IL-6 Trans-signaling Increases Vulnerability to Postoperative Cognitive Decline in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Award Date: 12/18/24
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $349,190
Martha Kenney, MD
Creating a Theory of Change for Community-Driven Research in Sickle Cell Disease
Award Date: 11/19/24
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Grant Amount: $125,000
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Duke Online Clinical Nutrition Fellowship #3 
Award Date: 11/14/2024
Funding Agency: Abbott Nutrition
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
OBPM: VOCOM-Cyban
Award Date: 11/7/24
Funding Agency: Cyban Pty Ltd.
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Underwater Ultrasonic Imaging of Microbubbles for Real-Time Control of Decompression Procedures Using Wearable CMUT Arrays
Award Date: 10/30/24
Funding Agency: ClearSens, Inc.
Michael W. Manning, MD, PhD
Roche-GDC-8264
Award Date: 10/24/24
Funding Agency: Genentech, Inc.
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD (Multi-PI)
Impact of Wildfire Smoke and Heat on Acute Cardiopulmonary Outcomes in Southeast Asia
Award Date: 10/4/2024
Funding Agency: Duke/Duke-NUS Medical School
Grant Amount: $200,000
Kamrouz Ghadimi, MD, MHSc
ATN-108
Award Date: 9/12/24
Funding Agency: Octapharma AG
Lisa M. Einhorn, MD
Revolutionizing Pediatric Tonsillectomy Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Award Date: 9/12/24
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,848,750
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD (Multi-PI)
IL-6 Trans-signaling Increases Vulnerability to Postoperative Cognitive Decline in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Award Date: 9/6/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $4,803,691
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
The Impacts of Postoperative Delirium on AD Progression
Award Date: 9/5/24
Funding Agency: Alzheimer's Association
Grant Amount: $199,969
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Chamber Pilot Study Plan for NASA Prebreathe Protocol
Award Date: 9/5/2024
Funding Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center
Grant Amount: $249,023
Satya Achanta, PhD, DVM
Identification and Optimization of Medical Countermeasures for Phosgene Inhalation Injuries
Award Date: 8/21/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,109,637
Leah Acker, MD, PhD
Attentional Resilience in Older Adults
Award Date: 8/16/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,820,100
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
The Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid Complement Activation in Delirium and Post-Intensive Care Unit Long-Term Cognitive Impairment
Award Date: 8/14/2024
Funding Agency: National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $894,431
Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Impact of New Tobacco Product Design and Synthetic Additives on Use Initiation and Preference Behavior
Award Date: 8/13/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,395,528
Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treating Lower Back Pain in a Translational Swine Model
Award Date: 8/9/2024
Funding Agency: Presidio Medical, Inc.
Chengcheng Song, MD, PhD & Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
The Impacts of Postoperative Delirium on Alzheimer’s Disease Progression
Award Date: 8/5/2024
Funding Agency: Alzheimer’s Association
Grant Amount: $199,969
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
MDT23028M2VLS
Award Date: 7/29/2024
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
Rectus Sheath Block with Liposomal Bupivacaine
Award Date: 7/20/2024
Funding Agency: Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
MDT23038INSENS
Award Date: 7/17/2024
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Warwick A. Ames, MBBS
#1-CS-2022-0010 ACTpro
Award Date: 7/3/2024
Funding Agency: Abbott Point of Care
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)
Award Date: 6/7/2024
Funding Agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $257,632
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD (Multi-PI)
Proteomic Determination of Complement Activation in Postoperative Delirium
Award Date: 5/29/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $134,905
Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Discovery of Phosgene and Chlorine Gas Modes of Action and Therapeutic Targets Using Chemoproteomic Profiling Strategies
Award Date: 5/24/2024
Funding Agency: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $224,104
Edmund H. Jooste, MB ChB
Pacira 402-C-125
Award Date: 4/29/2024
Funding Agency: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Brain Vulnerability in Delirium and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Intersection of Polygenic Risk and Inflammation
Award Date: 4/17/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $136,850
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
ClearSats Study, Trial No. 2023-13
Award Date: 3/8/2024
Funding Agency: Edwards Lifesciences, LLC
Heath Gasier, PhD, RD
DURIP Repair Mechanisms of Oxidative Tissue Damage
Award Date: 2/28/2024
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
Grant Amount: $241,938
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
HSK3486-309
Award Date: 1/17/2024
Funding Agency: Haisco-USA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The following departmental faculty were awarded new competitive and non-competitive research grants (of $100,000 +) during calendar year 2023.
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Targeting Checkpoint Inhibitors for Pain Control
Award Date: 9/21/2023
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,569,851
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Development of Adrb3 Antagonists for the Treatment of Pain
Award Date: 9/8/2023
Award Type: R61
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,846,202
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
Understanding the Role of Type 2 Inflammation in Prurigo Nodularis
Award Date: 9/8/2023
Funding Agency: Sanofi US
Melissa Bauer, DO
Large-Scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection
Award Date: 9/2/2023
Award Type: UH3
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,482,862
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Low Neurophysiologic Resistance to Anesthetics as a Marker of Preclinical/Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease and Neurovascular Pathology, Delirium Risk and Inattention
Award Date: 8/22/2023
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $336,269 (Supplemental)
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
APOE4 Dependent Regulation of CSF Complement Pathway Activation in the Development of Alzheimer's Disease
Award Date: 8/17/2023
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $402,249 (Supplemental)
Martha Kenney, MD
Predictors of Pain Severity and Pain-Related Outcomes in Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease
Award Date: 8/10/2023
Award Type: K
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $672,334
Mara A. Serbanescu, MD
Role of Nutrition on Gut Microbes and Translocation after Trauma Laparotomy
Award Date: 7/28/2023
Funding Agency: International Anesthesia Research Society
Grant Amount: $175,000
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
MicroRNA 374 as an Epigenetic Regulator of Chronic Pain
Award Date: 7/17/2023
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $128,409
Mihai V. Podgoreanu, MD, FASE
Patient-Focused Collaborative Hospital Repository Uniting Standards (CHoRUS) for Equitable AI
Award Date: 7/12/2023
Funding Agency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Duke Online Clinical Nutrition Fellowship 
Award Date: 6/29/2023
Funding Agency: Abbott Nutrition
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
ZMS-2023
Award Date: 6/23/2023
Funding Agency: Zynex Monitoring Solutions
Sangsu Bang, PhD
Resolvin Receptor Signaling in Trigeminal Sensory Neurons
Award Date: 6/8/2023
Award Type: R03
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $322,000
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
Proteomic Determination of Complement Activation in Postoperative Delirium
Award Date: 6/1/2023
Funding Agency: National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC)
Grant Amount: $135,000
Elizabeth B. Malinzak, MD, FASA
Examining Confidence Ratings in MOCA Minute
Award Date: 5/29/2023
Funding Agency: Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
Grant Amount: $100,000
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD
Impact of Autonomic Dysfunction on Multi-Organ Dysfunction Following Severe TBI: The AUTO-BOOST Study
Award Date: 5/19/2023
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Grant Amount: $3,093,447
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
REPOSE
Award Date: 5/2/2023
Funding Agency: REPOSE
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Peripherally-Targeted Adrb3 Antagonists for the Treatment of Pain
Award Date: 4/1/2023
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation
Grant Amount: $374,887
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
Pacira IIT
Award Date: 3/28/2023
Funding Agency: Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
NIRSense: Argus Oximetry System
Award Date: 3/27/2023
Funding Agency: Nirsense, LLC
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
Pacira 402-C-124
Award Date: 3/17/2023
Funding Agency: Pacira Pharmaceuticals
Terrence K. Allen, MBBS
HEMCS-044
Award Date: 3/16/2023
Funding Agency: HemoSonics, LLC
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
Norbert Health (NCP-0003)
Award Date: 2/28/2023
Funding Agency: Norbert Health (NCP-0003)
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE
Guard Akita 21-ROS-05
Award Date: 2/21/2023
Funding Agency: Guard Akita 21-ROS-05
Huaxin Sheng, PhD
Duke Testing Site for Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network
Award Date: 1/27/2023
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,764,172
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
Anti-Fibrotic Mechanisms of IL-31 Blockade in Prurigo Nodularis
Award Date: 1/23/2023
Funding Agency: Galderma
Sairam V. Jabba, PhD
S/R-Nicotine in Commercial Products Containing Synthetic Nicotine: Product Survey by Chemical Analysis and Toxicological Properties
Award Date: 1/20/2023
Funding Agency: Yale University
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Metabolic and Inert Gas Monitoring for Human Diving Research
Award Date: 1/6/2023
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
The following departmental faculty were awarded new competitive and non-competitive research grants (of $100,000 +) during calendar year 2022.
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Microglia-Amyloid Interactions in Delirium Superimposed on Dementia
Award Date: 12/26/2022
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging
Grant Amount: $4,311,630
Shad Smith, PhD
Single-Cell Omics Approaches to Investigate TMD
Award Date: 10/21/2022
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 
Grant Amount: $402,487
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
Biomarker study of NCT05038982
Award Date: 10/19/22
Funding Agency: Johns Hopkins University
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
Targeted Neuromodulation to Enhance Recovery of the Aged Brain After Ischemic Stroke
Award Date: 10/13/22
Award Type: R21
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Amount: $442,750
Christopher R. Donnelly, DDS, PhD
Neural Architecture of the Murine and Human Temporomandibular Joint
Award Date: 10/13/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $5,734,530
Leah Acker, MD, PhD
The Role of the Aging Brain-Heart-Immune Axis in Postoperative Delirium
Award Date: 10/12/2022
Award Type: R03
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $322,000
Miriam M. Treggiari, MD, PhD, MPH
Randomized Trial of Endotracheal Tubes to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - Prevent 2 Study
Award Date: 9/30/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $743,776
Thomas Van de Ven, MD, PhD
Single Nucleus Expression Profiling of Human Sciatic Nerve after Traumatic Amputation: Predicting Pain and Functional Outcomes
Award Date: 9/22/22
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $1,426,733
Katherine Martucci, PhD
Neurobiological Consequences of Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Brain and Spinal Cord
Award Date: 9/20/2022
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,195,387
Christopher R. Donnelly, DDS, PhD, Shad Smith, PhD
Sexually Dimorphic Pain Signaling Mechanisms
Award Date: 9/14/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,132,329
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Immunovascular Interactions in Postoperative Delirium Superimposed on Dementia (DSD)
Award Date: 9/14/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,244,681
Sven-Eric. Jordt, PhD
Nicotine Pouches: Chemical Composition, Toxicity and Behavioral Effects of a New Tobacco Product Category
Award Date: 9/2/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $416,512
Satyanarayana Achanta, DVM, PhD, Sven-Eric. Jordt, PhD
Pulmonary Cell Fate and Lung Repair in Rodent and Porcine Models of Chlorine and Phosgene Inhalation Injuries
Award Date: 9/2/2022
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Grant Amount: $1,430,370
Heath Gasier, PhD
The Role of GABA in Susceptibility to Oxygen Toxicity with Repeated HB02 Exposure
Award Date: 9/2/2022
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
Grant Amount: $844,714
Christopher R. Donnelly, DDS, PhD
Neuro-Immune Modulation of Pain in Health and Disease
Award Date: 9/2/2022
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,311,196
Melissa E. Bauer, DO
Large-scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection
Award Date: 9/2/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $764,502
Christopher R. Donnelly, DDS, PhD
Identifying Non-Opioid Strategies to Manage Oral Cancer Pain
Award Date: 9/1/2022
Funding Agency: University of Michigan
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC, FASPEN, FCCM
Personalized Targeted Nutrition via StructurEd Nutrition Delivery Pathway to Improve Recovery of Physical Function in Trauma - SeND Home
Award Date: 8/30/2022
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $2,203,452
David S. Warner, MD
Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
Award Date: 8/18/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,435,120
Luis Ulloa, PhD, MS, Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
Vagal Control of Tissue SUMOylation as a Novel Anti-Inflammatory Target in IBD
Award Date: 7/28/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $442,750
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD
Novel Mitochondrial Protective Properties of Annexin A1
Award Date: 7/28/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,288,000
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Defining the Role of Peripheral Adrb3 in Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Award Date: 7/28/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,039,036
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Pain Management in Critical Combat Casualty Environments using Resorbable Poly(ester urea) Films for Sustained Delivery of Meloxicam and Bupivacaine
Award Date: 7/28/22
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $1,517,530
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Developing Non-Opiate GPCR Signaling Biased Agents for Pain Management
Award Date: 7/28/22
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $1,608,140
Satyanarayana Achanta, DVM, PhD
Inhibition of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Protects Against Phosgene-Induced Lung Injuries
Award Date: 7/27/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $201,250
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Low Neurophysiologic Resistance to Anesthetics as a Marker of Preclinical/Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease and Neurovascular Pathology, Delirium Risk and Inattention
Award Date: 7/26/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,544,768
Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc, MBA
Neurocognition and Greater Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in AF (NOGGIN AF)
Award Date: 7/17/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,998,997
Jorn A. Karhausen, MD
Mast cell activation as a determinant of neurologic injury after cardiac arrest
Award Date: 7/14/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $199,062
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
APOE4 dependent regulation of CSF Complement Pathway Activation in the development of Alzheimer's Disease
Award Date: 7/11/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,802,670
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
Prurigo Nodularis: Disease Burden and Rationale for Novel Therapeutics
Award Date: 7/5/22
Funding Agency: Galderma
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)
Award Date: 6/22/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,492,192
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
APOE4 dependent regulation of CSF Complement Pathway Activation in the development of Alzheimer's Disease
Award Date: 6/22/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $810,435
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Neuro-inflammation in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: CSF and fMRI Studies
Award Date: 6/14/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $214,794
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD
Mechanisms and Clinical Impact of Myocardial Injury Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Award Date: 5/27/2022
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $377,762
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Perfluoromethane to Reduce Decompression Sickness
Award Date: 5/19/2022
Funding Agency: Naval Sea Systems Command
Grant Amount: $398,428
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
The Association of Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown with Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Delirium
Award Date: 5/7/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $161,000
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
A Novel Clinically-Relevant Mouse Model of Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions for Screening Analgesics
Award Date: 4/20/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,106,152
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
The Unfolded Protein Response and Neuroprotection in Stroke
Award Date: 4/19/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,012,500
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD
The Role of the IL-1 Receptor in the AKI to CKD Transition
Award Date: 4/19/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $375,708
David S. Warner, MD
Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
Award Date: 3/29/22
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,714,260
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
IL-13Ra1 Signaling in Atopic Dermatitis
Award Date: 2/23/22
Funding Agency: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals
The following departmental faculty were awarded new competitive and non-competitive research grants (of $100,000 +) during calendar year 2021.
Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc, MBA
Identification and Validation of a Novel Central Analgesia Circuit
Award Date: 12/23/21
Funding Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grant Amount: $174,182
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
Immunosuppression After Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Award Date: 12/21/21
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,619,689
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
The Unfolded Protein Response in Ischemic Stroke
Award Date: 12/15/21
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Amount: $2,012,500
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
The Unfolded Protein Response and Neuroprotection in Stroke
Award Date: 12/3/21
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant Amount: $347,813
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
MDT DIGI2 Study
Award Date: 12/3/21
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Grant Amount: $900,149
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Clinical Nutrition Training Virtual Fellowship Program 
Award Date: 11/24/21
Funding Agency: Abbott Nutrition
Grant Amount: $196,000
Marie-Louise Meng, MD
Cardiovascular Risk Prediction for Improved Maternal Health
Award Date: 10/9/2021
Funding Agency: Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER)
Grant Amount: $250,000
Jorn A. Karhausen, MD
Platelet-Mast Cell Interactions as Determinants of the Vascular Pathology in Septic Shock
Award Date: 9/22/2021
Funding Agency: NIH, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Grant Amount: $1,719,290
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD
Novel Mitochondrial Protective Properties of Annexin A1
Award Date: 9/22/2021
Award Type: R01
Funding Agency: NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Grant Amount: $1,610,000
Melissa E. Bauer, DO
Large-scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection
Award Date: 9/17/2021
Funding Agency: NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Grant Amount: $1,575,463
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Remotely Monitored, Mobile health-supported High Intensity Interval Training after COVID-19 Critical Illness (REMM HIIT-Covid19)
Award Date: 9/17/2021
Funding Agency: NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Grant Amount: $4,059,863
Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc, MBA
Neurocognition and Greater Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm in AF (NOGGIN AF)
Award Date: 8/27/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $3,739,083
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Prevention of Pain Chronification and Neuroinflammation After Traumatic Brain Injury by Neuroprotectin D1 and GPR37 Signaling
Award Date: 8/27/2021
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $1,444,257
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Monoclonal Antibody-Based Therapeutics for Targeting MMPs and Diabetic Neuropathy
Award Date: 8/27/2021
Funding Agency: Department of Defense
Grant Amount: $1,601,314
Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD, DABT
Inhibition of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Protects Against Phosgene-Induced Lung Injuries
Award Date: 8/16/2021
Award Type: R21
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $442,750
Michael Devinney, MD, PhD
The Association of Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown with Sleep Apnea and Postoperative Delirium
Award Date: 7/30/2021
Award Type: R03 GEMSSTAR
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $322,000
Niccolò Terrando, BSc, DIC, PhD
Immunoprofiling Postoperative Delirium During Aging and Neurodegeneration
Award Date: 7/26/2021
Award Type: R21
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging
Grant Amount: $239,843
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE
Accuryn Registry Study 
Award Date: 7/22/2021
Funding Agency: Potrero Medical, Inc
Grant Amount: $272,482
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Defining the Role of Peripheral Adrb3 in Chronic Pain and Inflammation
Award Date: 7/19/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $534,634
Jorn A. Karhausen, MD
Mast Cell Activation as a Determinant of Neurologic Injury After Cardiac Arrest
Award Date: 7/19/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $199,062
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD
Vestibulodynia: Understanding Pathophysiology and Determining Appropriate Treatments (Vestibulodynia: UPDATe)
Award Date: 7/9/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $2,260,197
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
Heron HTX-019-203
Award Date: 6/28/2021
Funding Agency: Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Grant Amount: $460,445
David S. Warner, MD
Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
Award Date: 6/23/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $1,714,260
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, PhD
Mechanisms and Clinical Impact of Myocardial Injury Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Award Date: 6/23/2021
Award Type: K23
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $944,405
Alina Nicoara, MD, FASE
Right Ventricle Adaptive Changes in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Award Date: 5/25/2021
Award Type: SCA 2021 Mid-Career Grant
Funding Agency: Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
Grant Amount: $100,000
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
Heath Gasier, PhD
Effects of HBO2 on Skeletal Muscle Calcium Regulation and Mitochondrial Function
Award Date: 5/5/2021
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
Grant Amount: $227,954
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
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Integrated Diaphragmatic Function, Chemosensitivity, Erythrocyte Gas Transport and Endurance in Exercising Divers
Award Date: 4/27/2021
Funding Agency: Office of Naval Research
Grant Amount: $1,209,589
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Neuro-Inflammation in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: CSF and fMRI Studies
Award Date: 4/22/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $235,775
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD
The Role of the IL-1 Receptor in the AKI to CKD Transition
Award Date: 4/15/2021
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $187,854
Karthik Raghunathan, MBBS, MPH
Sugammadex versus Neostigmine in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Award Date: 4/13/2021
Funding Agency: Merck & Co., Inc.
Grant Amount: $362,121
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
REmotely Monitored, Mobile-Health High Intensity Interval Training after Critical Care (REMM-HIIT)
Award Date: 4/1/2021
Funding Agency: Society of Critical Care Medicine
Grant Amount: $100,000
Brad M. Taicher, DO, MBA
MDT20032 BTIGER
Award Date: 3/30/2021
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Grant Amount: $105,258
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Perfluoromethane to Reduce Decompression Sickness
Award Date: 3/25/2021
Funding Agency: Naval Sea Systems Command
Grant Amount: $850,502
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
Covance HSK3486-304
Award Date: 2/26/2021
Funding Agency: Haisco-USA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Grant Amount: $536,668
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
Ashraf S. Habib, MBBCh, MSc, MHSc, FRCA
HERON HTX-011
Award Date: 1/11/2021
Funding Agency: Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Grant Amount: $204,835
Noa Segall, PhD
Designing Informative and Trustworthy Augmented Intelligence Health Risk Prediction and Surveillance
Award Date: 1/5/2021
Funding Agency: Idaho State University
Grant Amount: $253,522
The following departmental faculty were awarded new competitive and non-competitive research grants (of $100,000 +) during calendar year 2020.
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
The PASTDUe Nutrition EcoSystem Project
Award Date: 12/23/2020
Funding Agency: Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Grant Amount: $557,112
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
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Geroscience Signaling Metabolites NAD+ and Beta-Hydroxybutyrate Modulating Acute Neuroinflammation in Delirium
Award Date: 12/9/2020
Funding Agency: Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Grant Amount: $499,100
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE, FAHA
Sentien SBI-101-02
Award Date: 12/9/2020
Funding Agency: Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc.
Grant Amount: $182,903
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
Medtronic Oliver Study
Award Date: 12/4/2020
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Grant Amount: $401,904
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
Paul E. Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC
Impact of SMOF Lipid on Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Award Date: 11/5/2020
Funding Agency: Fresenius Kabi AG
Grant Amount: $130,000
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
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Automated Detection of Venous Gas Emboli on Ultrasound Recordings
Award Date: 11/3/2020
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Grant Amount: $103,095
Kamrouz Ghadimi, MD
Right Ventricular Metabolic Dysregulation after Surgery for Heart Failure
Award Date: 10/6/2020
Funding Agency: International Anesthesia Research Society
Grant Amount: $175,000
Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE, FAHA
Quark 509
Award Date: 9/9/2020
Funding Agency: Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Grant Amount: $160,588
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
Raquel R. Bartz, MD, MMCi
BLADE
Award Date: 7/16/2020
Funding Agency: Blade Therapeutics
Grant Amount: $186,424
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
David B. MacLeod, MB BS, FRCA, Dip IMC
SONORA
Award Date: 6/25/2020
Funding Agency: Medtronic, Inc.
Grant Amount: $255,206
Jorn A. Karhausen, MD
Mast Cell Activation as a Determinant of Neurologic Injury After Cardiac Arrest
Award Date: 6/23/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $453,370
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Ann B. Bussel Award
Award Date: 6/22/2020
Funding Agency: Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation
Grant Amount: $200,000
Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA
The Unfolded Protein Response and Neuroprotection in Stroke
Award Date: 6/18/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $347,813
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
Edmund H. Jooste, MB ChB
Dexmedetomidine (Dex)
Award Date: 6/4/2020
Funding Agency: Pfizer, Inc.
Grant Amount: $141,483
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
Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD
Mechanisms and Clinical Impact of Myocardial Injury Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Award Date: 5/22/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $188,881
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
GZ17-6.02 as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Dermatologic
Award Date: 5/18/2020
Funding Agency: Genzada Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Grant Amount: $442,750
Brian J. Ohlendorf, MD
SPR Post-Op Pain 0150
Award Date: 5/14/2020
Funding Agency: SPR Therapeutics, LLC
Grant Amount: $126,798
Arun Ganesh, MD
SPR SNAP: SPRINT
Award Date: 5/14/2020
Funding Agency: SPR Therapeutics, LLC
Grant Amount: $126,659
Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc, MBA, FASE
Cognitive Effects of Body Temperature During Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
Award Date: 5/11/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $719,080
Miles Berger, MD, PhD
Neuro-Inflammation in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: CSF and fMRI Studies
Award Date: 5/7/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $236,841
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
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD
The Role of the IL-1 Receptor in the AKI to CKD Transition
Award Date: 3/25/2020
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $187,272
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
Madan M. Kwatra, PhD
Prurigo Nodularis: Disease Burden and Rationale for Novel Therapeutics
Award Date: 1/10/2020
Funding Agency: Galderma
Grant Amount: $475,680
Richard E. Moon, MD, CM, MSc, FRCP, FACP, FCCP
Sildenafil for Prevention of Immersion Pulmonary Edema
Award Date: 1/9/2020
Funding Agency: Naval Sea Systems Command
Grant Amount: $148,853