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AWARDS FOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRANTS PROGRAM FOR 2008

A scientific review panel met on November 1, 2007, to evaluate the 32 applications that were submitted for funding by the formula funds from the CURE settlement of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with the tobacco industry. The panel contained faculty from the College of Medicine (basic and clinical scientists) and from other schools and colleges of Drexel University. The review was rigorous and conducted according to the traditional process used by NIH study sections.

 

 Interdisciplinary Program Initiatives (maximum budget, $125,000)

 Dr. Akhil Vaidya, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
 
"Small Molecule Inhibitors of Parasite Invasion”

 Dr. Barry Waterhouse, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
“Pharmacology, Physiology and Behavioral Testing of Drugs Used to Treat Cognitive and Attentional Disorders”

 

Translation Foundation Grants (maximum budget, $75,000)

 Dr. Graham Ellis-Davies, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
“Imaging Amyloid Therapy In Vivo Using Two-Photon Microscopy”

Dr. Stephen Jennings, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
"Genetic and Immunological Analysis of Resistance to HSV-1 Infections”

 Dr. Gregg Johannes, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
"Identification of Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in 3D Hypoxic Breast Cancer”

Dr. Boris Polyak, Department of Surgery
"Therapeutic Magnetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery to Stents”

 Dr. Noreen M. Robertson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Modeling L-Selectin Mediated Attachment Strength During Embryo Implantation”

 

Reviewers

 

REVIEWER DEPARTMENT SCHOOL CHAIR/DIRECTOR
Guillermo Alexander, Ph.D. Neurology DUCOM Robert Schwartzman, Ph.D.
James Barrett, Ph.D. Pharmacology. & Physiology DUCOM John Harvey, Ph.D.
Ari Brooks, MD Surgery DUCOM William Meyers, MD
Jennifer Culhane, MPH, Ph.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology DUCOM Owen Montgomery, MD
Abhay Dhond, MD Medicine DUCOM James Reynolds, MD
James Herbert, Ph.D. Psychology DREXEL Kirk Heilbrum, Ph.D.
Bradford Jameson, Ph.D. Biochem. & Mol. Biology DUCOM Jane Clifford, Ph.D.
Anthony Lowman, Ph.D. Chem.& Biol Engineering DREXEL Giuseppe Palmese, Ph.D.
Michele Marcolongo, Ph.D. Material Sci. & Engineering DREXEL Antonios Zavaliangos, Ph.D.
Jonathan Nissanov, Ph.D. Neurobiology & Anatomy DUCOM Itzhak Fischer, Ph.D.
Robert Nichols, Ph.D. Pharm. & Physiol. DUCOM John Harvey, Ph.D.
Elisabeth Papazoglou, Ph.D. School of Biomed.Engineering DREXEL Banu Onaral, Ph.D.
Ramesh Raghupathi, Ph.D. Neurobiology & Anatomy DUCOM Itzhak Fischer, Ph.D.
Edward Schulman, MD Pulmonary & Critical Care Med. DUCOM James Reynolds, MD
Christian Sell, Ph.D. Pathology and Laboratory Med. DUCOM James England, MD
Laura Steel, Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology DUCOM Brian Wigdahl, Ph.D.
Sandra U.-Hartman,MD, Ph.D. Bioscience & Biotechnology DREXEL Mary K. Howett, Ph.D.
John Welsh, Ph.D. Pharmacology & Physiology DUCOM John Harvey, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Written By: nroberts
Date Posted: 1/13/2008
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