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Emory University SOM (among 19 submitted applications)

Fernando Holguin, MD (Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care), Airway Adipokines and the Alveolar Macrophage
Debra Houry, MD (Emergency Medicine), Early Intervention Following Severe Trauma (NIH Funded)
Claudia Testa, MD (Neurology), Essential Tremor Disease Mechanisms

Morehouse SOM (among 5 submitted applications)

Yuan-Xiang Meng, MD, PhD, MSCR (Family Medicine), Association of Variants in SLC308A8 and TCF7L2 Genes with Insulin Secretion in Overweight/Obese African Americans
Lilly Cheng Immergluck, MD (Pediatrics), Community Associated MRSA in Children: Surveillance and Treatment Outcomes in the Ambulatory Setting

MSM Round #2 (11/07). Three additional $30,000 one-year awards funded:

Morehouse SOM (among 5 completed applications)

Aurelian Bidulescu, MD, PhD, MPH (Community Health and Preventive Medicine), Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Heart Failure in Obese African Americans: Developing Predictive Adipokine Biomarkers
Cinnamon Bradley, MD (Medicine), Vitamin D Metabolite Loss into Urine Limits Optimization of Vitamin D Status during Vitamin D Supplementation
Xuebiao Yao, PhD (Physiology/Medicine), Multi-color Quantum Dot Imaging for Predicting Breast Cancer Outcome and Designing Personalized Medicine

URC Round #3 (12/07). Seven $30,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory University SOM (among 72 submitted applications)

Lora Bean, PhD (Genetics), Imprinting Establishment in Down Syndrome
Michael Compton, MD, MPH (Psychiatry), Recruiting Urban, Low-Income, African American Adolescents to Participate in Research
Marian Evatt, MD (Neurology), Vitamin D Repletion for Optimal Health in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Greg Martin, MD (Medicine), Characterization of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Clinical Sepsis:  A Novel Prognostic Strategy
Seth Norrholm, PhD (Psychiatry), Conditioned Fear Extinction in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Arlene Stecenko, MD (Pediatrics), Epidemiology of Epstein-Barr Virus in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Paul Terry, PhD (Epidemiology), Effects of Supplemental Antioxidants on Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

URC Round #4 (04/08). Six $30,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory SOM and Georgia Tech (from 71 submitted applications)

Beth Shaz, MD (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Investigating the Pathophysiology of Early Trauma Induced Coagulopathy
Nana Gletsu Miller, PhD (Surgery), Human Visceral Adipose Tissue and Mechanisms Affecting Insulin Action
Qiang Cai, MD, PhD (Medicine ), Intradudodenal Acid Infusion for Facilitation of Cannulation of the Dorsal Pancreatic Duct at Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatogram
Linda Cendales, MD (Surgery), Hand Transplantation as a Therapy for Limb Loss
Anne Fitzpatrick, PhD (Pediatrics), Role of TGF Beta-Induced Alveolar Macrophage Dysfunction in Poorly Controlled Asthma
Page Pennell, MD (Neurology), Neuroactive Steroids and Seizure Control during Pregnancy in Women with Epilepsy (NINDS, NIH Funded)

GTEC Round #5 (10/08). Five $100,000 one-year awards funded:

Georgia Tech/Emory Center (GTEC) for the Engineering of Living Tissues (from 7 submitted applications)

Todd McDevitt, PhD (Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University), Stem Cell-Mediated Ischemia Repair
Gang Bao, PhD (Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech and Emory University), Developing Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine
Young-sup Yoon, MD, PhD (Medicine, Emory University), Patient-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Endothelial Differentiation and Vascular Regeneration
Andrés Garcia, PhD (Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech University), Dynamic Anti-Inflammatory Biomaterials
Stephen Traynelis, PhD (Pharmacology, Emory University), The Role of NMDA Receptors in Motor Learning in Humans Recovering from Stroke and Brain Injury

URC Round #6 (12/08). Nine $30,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory University SOM (among 15 submitted applications) 

Anthony Chan, DVM, PhD (Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Emory University), Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells of Rhesus Monkey
Haiying Cheng, PhD (Yerkes - Neuroscience, Emory University), Innovative Physiological Imaging technology and its Application to Retinal Degeneration
William Manson, MD (Emergency Medicine, Emory University), Emergency Physician-Performed Thoracic Ultrasound Rapidly Identifies CHF
Rita Nahta, PhD (Pharmacology), Modulation of BRACI by Curcumin in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Charles D. Searles, Jr., MD (Cardiology), MicroRNAs and Regulation of Endothelial Genes in Response to Shear Stress
Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH (Nephrology), Impact of Vitamin D on Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation in ESRD Patients
Elizabeth Wright, PhD (Pediatrics), Investigation of HIV-1 Assembly by Cryo-EM and Fluorescence Microscopy
Tianwei Yu, PhD (Rollins School of Public Health, Biostatistics), Developing Bioinformatics Tools for Large Scale LC-MS Data
Maziar Zafari, MD, PhD (Cardiology), Human Nox I Promoter Polymorphisms are Associated with CAD and MI

URC Round #7 (05/09). Five $30,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory SOM (from 69 submitted applications)

Abhinav Goyal, MD, MHS (Public Health, Epidemiology), Achievement and Knowledge of Vascular Risk Factor Goals in Type 1 Diabetes
Kreton Mavromatis, MD (Medicine, Cardiology), HIV and Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Martin Moore, PhD (Medicine, Pediatrics), Respiratory Syncytial Virus Strains: Impact on Disease and Immunity
Nadine Rouphael, MD (Medicine, Infectious Diseases), Correlation Between Human Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to T Cell Independent and Dependent Meningococcal Vaccines
Habib Samady, MD (Medicine, Cardiology), Evaluation of Ischemic Postconditioning in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

MSM Round #8 (06/09). Two $50,000 one-year awards funded:

Morehouse SOM (among 9 completed applications)

Iris Buchanan, MD, MSc (Pediatrics), Nalbuphine versus Morphine: A Randomized Double Blind Pilot Study Comparing the Rates of Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS) and Efficacy in Pain Control for Sickle Cell Vaso-occulusive Crisis (VOC)
Lilly Immergluck, MD (Pediatrics), Community Associated MRSA in Children- Defining the Virulent Factors which Link MRSA Colonization and Recurrence of Infection

GTEC Round #9 (07/09). Three $100,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory SOM and Georgia Tech (from 5 submitted applications)

Andres J. Garcia, PhD, MSE, (Mechanical Engineering) Dynamic Anti-Inflammatory Biomaterials
Todd C. McDevitt, PhD, (Biomedical Engineering) Stem Cell-mediated Ischemia Repair (continuation)
Young-sup Yoon, MD, PhD, (Cardiology) Patient-derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Endothelial Differentation...

GTEC Round #10 (07/09). Three $100,000 one-year awards funded:

Emory SOM (from 8 submitted applications)

Robert Gross, MD, PhD, (Neurosurgery) C3 transferase gene therapy to improve regeneration and recovery after injury and degeneration of the CNS
Susan A. Safley PhD, PhD, (Surgery) A stem cell-based approach to enhance performance of islet cell transplantation
Stephen Traynelis, PhD, (Pharmacology) Role of NMDA receptors in motor learning in humans recovering from stroke and brain injury

URC Round #11 (12/09). Six one-year awards totaling $150,594:

Emory SOM (from 61 submitted applications)

Lisa C. Flowers, MD, (Medicine, OBGYN) A Phase I Trial on the Safety and PK of Curcumin in Pap Test Negative Women
Elvira Gosmanova, MD (Medicine, Nephrology) Hemodialysis and Oxidative Susceptibility of Lipoproteins Study
Taylor Harrison, MD (Medicine, Neurology) Nutritional & Genetic Risk Factors for Polyneuropathy in HIV (+) South Africans  
Michael Lloyd, MD (Medicine, Cardiology) Real Time Intracardiax Impedograms of Left Ventricular Leads to Locate
Ramkumar Menon (Rollins School of Public Health, Epidemiology) Isoprostanes: Alternate Mediators of Labor Process
Lesley Miller (Medicine, General Medicine) Cutting Losses: Investigating Reasons for Low Liver Clinic Appointments