{"id":107907,"date":"2024-03-04T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=107907"},"modified":"2024-03-05T07:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:40:55","slug":"research-highlights-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Research highlights, March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in January. Awards included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danita Velasco, MD,<\/strong> pediatrics-genetics, received a grant of $140,300 from the Baylor College of Medicine for the Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flobater Gawargi,<\/strong> cellular and integrative physiology, received a grant of $67,388 from the American Heart Association for a study of cardiac iron regulation to prevent myocardial cell death in T1DM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabrielle Watson,<\/strong> pathology, microbiology and immunology, received a grant of $67,388 from the American Heart Association for a study on the identification of arginine transporters in Staphylococcus aureus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delia Omar,<\/strong> cellular and integrative physiology, received a grant of $67,388 from the American Heart Association for a study of regulation of Lipid droplets by endosomal sorting complexes in liver steatosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Langewisch, MD,<\/strong> internal medicine-nephrology, received a grant of $50,000 from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for assessment of biomarker-guided CNI substitution in kidney transplantation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevor Van Schooneveld, MD, <\/strong>internal medicine-infectious diseases, received a grant of $19,999 Johns Hopkins University for a diagnostic stewardship intervention to improve blood culture use among adult patients in acute care hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Song, MD,<\/strong> ophthalmology and visual sciences, received a grant of $2,000 from the VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation for a study of clinical and molecular characteristics of CMV retinitis phenotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry-sponsored grants and contracts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Huang Pacheco, MD,<\/strong> pediatrics-gastroenterology, received funding for a study to investigate the efficacy and safety of Dupilumab in adult and adolescent patients with eosinophilic gastritis with or without eosinophilic duodenitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curtis Hartman, MD,<\/strong> orthopaedic surgery, received funding for a study of subjects with the REDAPT System Monolithic Sleeveless\/Sleeved Stem and\/or Fully Porous Acetabular Shell and\/or Modular Shell Components previously implanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tammy Wichmann, MD,<\/strong> internal medicine-pulmonary, received funding for a study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of Liposomal Treprostinil inhalation suspension (L606) in certain subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mara Seier, MD,<\/strong> neurological sciences, received funding for a study of Altropane (123I) injection for striatal dopamine transporter visualization using SPECT brain imaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fedja Rochling, MBChB,<\/strong> internal medicine-GI, received funding for a study of Linerixibat for the treatment of cholestatic pruritus in participants with primary biliary cholangitis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hani Haider, PhD,<\/strong> orthopaedic surgery, received funding for three million-cycle wear testing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":107909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"43292,40504,78181,52232,18692,42168","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-inside-unmc","topic-research","department-cellular-and-integrative-physiology","department-college-of-medicine","department-intercom","department-internal-medicine","department-neurological-sciences","department-ophthalmology-and-visual-sciences","department-orthopaedic-surgery-and-rehabilitation","department-pathology-and-microbiology","department-pediatrics","author_override-intercom"],"yoast_head":"\nResearch highlights, March 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research highlights, March 2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Keenan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Keenan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17\"},\"headline\":\"Research highlights, March 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":383,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Research highlights, March 2024\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Danita Velasco, M.D. University headshots take in the south atrium of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education on Thursday, October 17, 2019.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/04\\\/research-highlights-january-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research highlights, March 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/unmcedu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/unmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/iamunmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17\",\"name\":\"John Keenan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/author\\\/02e74f10e0327ad868d138f2b4fdd6f0\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Research highlights, March 2024","description":"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Research highlights, March 2024","og_description":"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Keenan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Keenan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"John Keenan","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17"},"headline":"Research highlights, March 2024","datePublished":"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/"},"wordCount":383,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/","name":"Research highlights, March 2024","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-04T16:30:23+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-05T13:40:55+00:00","description":"The UNMC College of Medicine received grant\u00a0and funding awards totaling more than $800,000 in\u00a0January.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VelascoCOM-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Danita Velasco, M.D. University headshots take in the south atrium of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education on Thursday, October 17, 2019."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/research-highlights-january-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Research highlights, March 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/59c9598a54f1a531c30cccc1d010ac17","name":"John Keenan","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/02e74f10e0327ad868d138f2b4fdd6f0\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109060,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107907\/revisions\/109060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}