Grants

 

 

 

Kevin M. Cockroft, M.D.
Principal Investigator: Daniel F. Hanley, M.D., Department of Neurology
Primary Site: The Johns Hopkins University
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Title: "CLEAR III: Clot Lysis Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (5 U01 NS-062851-04)
Period: 07/01/2009-06/30/2013
Amount: $355,253
 
Principal Investigator: Joseph P. Broderick, M.D, University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute
Primary Institute: University of Cincinnati
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators:  Raymond K. Reichwein, M.D., David C. Good, M.D., Paul Kalapos, M.D., Kerstin Bettermann, M.D., Department of Neurology
Title: "Interventional Management of Stroke Trial III (IMS III)"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (5 U01 NS052220-07)
Period: 09/30/2011-07/31/2015
Amount: $101,836
 
 
 
James R. Connor, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Hamid A. Al-Mondhiry, M.D., Department of Hematology/Oncology
Title: "Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of a Novel Oral Iron Supplement for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia"
Funding Agency: Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement Fund (TSF)
Period: 01/05/2011-06/30/2013
Amount: $112,113
 
Principal Investigator: Betsy Lozoff, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
Primary Site: The Regents of the University of Michigan
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Title: "Brain and Behavior in Early Iron Deficiency" (Analytical Core)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (5 P01 HD039386-10)
Period: 08/01/2011-07/31/2013
Amount: $274,384
 
Co-Investigator:  A.B. Madhankumar, Ph.D.
Title:  "Apo-ferritin as a Therapeutic Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"
Funding Agency:  U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Period:  09/01/2011-09/30/2013
Amount:  $600,304
 
Title: "Modeling the Impact of the H63D HFE Variant on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)"
Funding Agency: The Judith and Jean Pape Adams Charitable Foundation
Period: 01/01/2012-12/31/2012
Amount: $90,000
 
Principal Investigator: Todd M. Hulgan, M.D., Department of Medicine
Primary Site: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator: Stephanie M. Patton, Ph.D.
Title: "Iron and Mitochondrial Genomics in Neuroinflammation and HAND: A Charter Study"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (5 R01 MH0957621-02)
Period: 05/01/2012-04/30/2013
Amount: $94,256
 
Multi PI: Ian A. Simpson, Ph.D., Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Title: "Mechanisms and Regulation of Brain Iron Uptake"
Funding Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Period: 07/01/2012-06/30/2013
Amount: $490,996
 
Co-Investigator: A.B. Madhankumar, Ph.D.
Title: "Development of a Nanotechnology Platform for Delivery of siRNA to Cancer Cells"
Funding Agency: PA Tobacco Settlement Funds (TSF)
Period: 07/20/2012-12/31/2013
Amount: $107,100
 
Principal Investigator: Xuemei Huang, Department of Neurology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Role: Co-Investigator
Title: "Multimodal MRI Markers of Nigrostriatal Pathology in Parkinson's Disease"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1 U01NS082151-01)
Period: 09/30/2012-09/29/2013
Amount:  $649,506
 
 
Mark S. Dias, M.D.
Co-Investigators: Douglas G. Armstrong, M.D., Department of Orthopaedics; Mark R. Iantosca, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery; Ross M. Decter, M.D., Division of Urology/Department of Surgery; Stacy M. Stark, M.D., Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Kristine L. Fortuna, M.D., Department of Orthopaedics; Cynthia A. Hulse, Coordinator, Spina Bifida Services; Lizabeth M. Kelly, Physical Therapist
Title: "Penn State Hershey Spina Bifida Clinic Registry Demonstration Project"
Funding Agency:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (5 U01 DD000736-02)
Period: 09/01/2012-08/31/2013
Amount: $59,288
 
Title: "Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) Prevention and Awareness Program"
Funding Agency: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Department of Health
Period: 07/01/2012-06/30/2014
Amount: $73,940
Supplemental Funds: $219,335
 
Co-Investigators: Ian M. Paul, M.D., Department of Pediatrics; Christopher S. Hollenbeak, Ph.D., Department of Surgery; Michele L. Shaffer, Ph.D., Public Health Sciences
Title: "PA Abusive Head Trauma Prevention Program"
Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (5 U49 CE001274-05)
Period: 09/30/2011-09/29/2013
Amount: $492,537
 
Principal Investigator: Joan T. Richtmsmeier, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University
Role: Consultant
Title: "Midface and Upper Airway in Craniosynostosis"
Funding Agency: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1 RO1 DE022988-01)
Period: 08/10/2012-05/31/2017
Amount: $641,366
 
 
Michael J. Glantz, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Jonas M. Sheehan, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery
Title:  "A Randomized Phase 1/11 Study of ABT-888 in Combination with Temozolomide in Recurrent (Temozolomide Resistant) Glioblastoma RTOG 0929"
Funding Agency: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/National Cancer Institute
Period: 06/01/2012-06/30/2014
Amount: $9,000
 
 
Bruce J. Gluckman, Ph.D.
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Department of Neurosurgery
Co-Investigator: Steven J. Schiff, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery/Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Title: "Perturbative Seizure Prediction and Detection of a Seizure Permissive State"
Funding Agency: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (5 R01 NS0655096-04)
Period: 05/01/2012-04/30/2013
Amount: $324,705
Supplemental Funds: $26,549 (05/10/2011-04/30/2012)
 
 
Robert E. Harbaugh, M.D.
Principal Investigator: Raghavan Madhavan, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery
Primary Site: University of Iowa
Role:   Co-Investigator
Title: "Assessment of Intracranial Aneurysm Shape as an Indicator of Rupture Disk"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (5 R01 HL083475-05)
Period: 08/01/2011-07/31/2013
Amount: $154,273
 
 
Mark R. Iantosca, M.D.
Co-Investigator: Mark S. Dias, M.D.
Title: "The Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Registration and Data Use Agreement"
Funding Agency: Washington University in St. Louis
Period: 08/08/2011-12/31/2012
Amount: $50,000
 
 
Sang Y. Lee, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator: Arun K. Sharma, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Title:  "Novel Thiobarbituric Acid Compounds for Drug Resistant Brain Tumors"
Funding Agency:  Elsa U. Pardee Foundation
Period:  01/01/2012-12/31/2012
Amount:  $125,000
 
Co-Investigator: Arun K. Sharma, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Title: "Development of Novel Thiobarbituric Acid Analogs for Malignant Brain Tumors"
Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute (1 R21 CA167406-01)
Period: 04/26/2012-03/31/2013
Amount: $199,665
 
 
Stephanie M. Patton, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator:  Urs A. Leuenberger, M.D., Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute
Title:  "The Role that the Nitric Oxide Pathway Plays in Regulating Vasodilation of the Legs in the Restless Legs Syndrome Subjects"
Funding Agency:  Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
Period:  10/01/2011-09/30/2013
Amount:  $25,000
 
 
Steven J. Schiff, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: "CRCNS: Collaborative Research: Model-Based Control of Spreading Depression"
Funding Agency: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (5 R01 EB014641-02)
Period: 08/01/2012-07/31/2013
Amount: $191,127
 
Title: "Neurocognitive Outcomes and Changes in Brain and CSF Volume After Treatment of Post-Infectious Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants by Shunting vs. ETV/CPC"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health (1 R21 TW009612-01A1)
Period: 09/14/2012- 09/30/2014
Amount: $104,239
 
Co-Investigators: Andrew Read, Ph.D., Bruce Gluckman, Ph.D., Patrick Drew, Ph.D., Jose Antonio Stoute, M.D.
Title: "A Murine Model for Preventing Postmalarial Epilepsy"
Funding Agency: The Brighter Future Award, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE)
Period: 09/01/2012-08/31/2014
Amount: $350,000 (two year award)
 
Principal Investigator:  Martin Golubitsky, Ph.D., The Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Primary Site: The Ohio State University
Role:  Site Principal Investigator
Title:  "(Mathematical Biosciences Institute) MBI Neuroscience Year"
Funding Agency:  National Science Foundation
Period:  08/15/2012-05/14/2013
Amount:  $32,000
 
 
Philip A. Villanueva, M.D.
Principal Investigator: Barbara A. Gregson, Ph.D., The Institute of Neuroscience
Primary Site:  New Castle General Hospital - United Kingdom
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators: James McInerney, M.D., G. Timothy Reiter, M.D., Michael D. Sather, M.D.
Title: "Surgical Trial in Traumatic Intracerebral Haemorrhage"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Period: 02/14/2011-02/29/2016
Amount: $58,661
 
 
J. Christopher Zacko, M.D.
Principal Investigator: Adnan I. Qureshi, M.D., Department of Neurology
Primary Site: University of Minnesota
Role: Site Principal Investigator
Co-Investigators: Raymond K. Reichwein, M.D., Department of Neurology, Robert E. Harbaugh, M.D., Kevin M. Cockroft, M.D., Jonas M. Sheehan, M.D., James McInerney, M.D., G. Timothy Reiter, M.D., Kimberly S. Harbaugh, M.D.
Title: "A Phase III Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial of Blood Pressure Reduction for Hypertension in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage – ATACH-II"
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Period: 06/22/2011-07/31/2013
Amount: $4,674