Research Grant Awards

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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:
 9/6/2024
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging | National Institutes of Health
Grant Amount: $4,803,691

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

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

Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treating Lower Back Pain in a Translational Swine Model

Award Date: 7/31/2024
Funding Agency: Presidio Medical, Inc.

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.