Department of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine investigators net 17 grants under federal stimulus funding 
10/13/2009 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 17 grants to investigators in the Department of Internal Medicine. Internal Medicine faculty, staff, and students have received 17 grants for scientific research from the NIH and other federal agencies, totaling over $8 million over the next three fiscal years, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Recipients are: Christopher Benson - Acid-Sensing Ion Channels in Cardiac Ischemia - $182,679 Peter Cram - Cardiac Care in Specialty and General Hospitals - $317,087 Beverly Davidson - RNA interference therapy for Huntington’s disease: studies in non-human primates - $933,051 Beverly Davidson - Translating CNS therapies for the NCLs from rodent models to humans - $996,035 Kevin Doerschug - Mechanisms and Meanings of Impaired Microvascular Responses in Human Sepsis - $745,884 Gloria Lee - Tau in Cancer Cells - $333,330 Brian Link - Molecular Epidemiology of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Survival - $79,478 Dwight Look - Induction of COPD Exacerbation by Haemophilus influenzae - $8,916 Francis Miller - Glutathione Peroxidase & Redox State in Atherosclerosis - $242,928 Peter Mohler - Dysfunction in Ankyrin-based Pathways and Human Arrhythmia - $227,535 Philip Polgreen - Social Networks and the Spread of Influenza and other Nosocomial Infections - $50,000 Paul Rothman - Role of SOCS-1 in Regulation of IgE - $750,000 George Weiner - Monoclonal Antibody-Induced NK Cell Activation and Complement - $498,000 George Weiner - Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) - 3 Administrative Support supplements totaling $1,797,895 Mary Wilson - A Role for microRNAs in Global Changes in Gene Expression Induced by Leishmania - $412,432 Joseph Zabner - Request for Funds to Purchase a Replacement Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope - $500,000 The Office of the Vice President for Research posts a breakdown of grants, as well as abstracts describing all funded projects, on a special web site at https://research.uiowa.edu/arra/. “University of Iowa investigators have been very competitive in securing ARRA funding, and these totals speak to their talent and dedication,” said Jordan Cohen, interim vice president for research and economic development. "These grants are not only valuable for stimulating the local, state and national economy, but have also spawned exciting new interdisciplinary science and enhanced some of our strongest programs." To view a White House link of NIH Director Francis Collins explaining the nationwide impact of ARRA biomedical research funding – including how it works and why it’s important – visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/video/Creating-Jobs-and-Finding-Cures-The-Recovery-Act-at-Work/ |
