Awarded: Jan 01, 2007
$8,100,000 over 3 years
In 2007, 20 junior physician-scientists each received three-year grants of $405,000.
2007 CSDA Grantees
Mary Armanios, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Project: "Telomerase and the Genetics of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"
David Aronoff, M.D.
University of Michigan
Project: "Misoprostol as a Risk Factor in Clostridial Endometritis"
Elisabeth Binder, M.D., Ph.D.
Emory University School of Medicine
Project: "Molecular Predictors of Peripartum Depression"
Christopher Breuer, M.D.
Yale University
Project: "Tissue Engineered Conduits for Congenital Heart Surgery"
James Brugarolas, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Project: "Targeting the mTOR Pathway in Renal-Cell Carcinoma"
Benjamin Chi, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project: "Impact of HAART to Prevent Pediatric AIDS in Rural Zambia"
Wendy Chung, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University
Project: "Identification of Novel Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes"
Jeffrey Curtis, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project: "Long Term Risks and Extra-Skeletal Benefits of Biologics"
Utpal Davé, M.D.
Vanberbilt University
Project: "Insertional Mutagenesis in the Progression of ATLL"
Dawn DeMeo, M.D., M.P.H.
Harvard Medical School
Project: "Aging and Longevity Genes in COPD"
Neel Gandhi, M.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Project: "Early Identification of Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa"
Kirsten Lyke, M.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Project: "Schistosoma-Mediated Resistance to Malaria"
Vinod Misra, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Project: "Maternal Adiposity, Placental Development and Fetal Growth"
Carl Novina, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Project: "RNAi Factor Function in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia"
Sunil Parikh, M.D., M.P.H.
University of California, San Francisco
Project: "Pharmacogenetics of Antimalarial Drugs"
Subramaniam Pennathur, M.D.
University of Michigan
Project: "HDL, Atherosclerosis, and Chronic Kidney Disease"
Daryl Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Project: "Genetic Determinants of Tracheoesophageal Defects"
N. Sarita Shah, M.D., M.P.H.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Project: "Rapid Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant TB in South Africa"
Volney Sheen, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Project: "Genetic Determinants of Disorders of Neural Stem Cell Proliferation"
E. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, M.D.
Stanford University
Project: "Novel Markers of Pediatric Sarcoma Aggressiveness"