Dr. Charles Grose in Peds ID received additional funding for his ongoing work in the study of Herpes Zoster. The latest additional funding of $30,000 cames from the Media Cares Foundation. Congratulations, Dr. Grose!
Dr. Vernat Exil in Cardiology received a new grant from the American Heart Association/NIH related to e-cigarettes titled “Gestational Exposure to eCIGS and Suspeptibility to Allergic Asthma and Bronthopulmonary Dysplasis”. The grant provides $35,939 a year for 5 years, for a total of about $180,000.
Congratulations, Dr. Exil!
Dr. Tim Elgin (Neonatology) was awarded $11,500 for his project “The use of biomedical engineering to enhance realism in neonatal simulation based medical education.” The funds are awarded by the Academic Technologies Advisory Council of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Joining Dr. Elgin in his endeavor will be Lecturers Seth Dillard and Colleen Bringman from Biomedical Engineering.
Two AAP CATCH grants were awarded to resident teams recently. This is a national, competitive process through the AAP to encourage pediatricians to collaborate within their communities to advance Child Health initiatives. Of the 18 proposals awarded nationally, two were right here in our program! The teams will have up to $2000 awarded to advance their initiatives.
Congratulations to the faculty below on receiving new grants!
Peg Nopoulos, MD in Psychiatry received a new UG3 from NHLBI for which two Pediatrics faculty are co-investigators: Drs. Amy Conrad and Ed Bell. The award, titled “Transfusion of prematurity early school age follow-up clinical coordinating center” grants $3.97 million over 5 years.
On behalf of the CHSC, Dr. Tom Scholz received an award from HRSA for “Increase access to pediatric mental health services, especially in underserved communities, through telehealth-based behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care in Iowa”. The grant awards $2.2 million over 5 years.
Dr. Kathy Mathews received a grant from the FDA for “2018 Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children”. The award provides $7,500 for the trials.
Ashley Cooney from Dr. Sinn’s lab received a postdoctoral fellowship project from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation titled “Using AAV as a delivery vehicle for gene addition or gene editing in pigs”. The grant provides just over $122,000 over 2 years of the fellowship. Dr. Sinn will provide mentorship. Well done, Ashley!
Dr. Uc received a new R01 from the NIH for “A Randomized Trial of a Web-based Non-Pharmacological Pain Intervention for Pediatric Chronic Pancreatits”. The grant awards $630,000 per year over 5 years, for a total of just over $3 million. Congratulations, Dr. Uc!