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The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $1.7 million in new funding in July. Awards included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peng Zhong, PhD,<\/strong> neurological sciences, received a grant of $414,450 from the DHHS\/NIH\/NIDA for a study of mechanistic studies of opiate withdrawal-induced sleep disturbances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scot Ouellette, PhD, <\/strong>pathology, microbiology and immunology, received a grant of $394,470 from DHHS\/NIH\/NIGMS for investigating the function of bacterial cytoskeletal elements in the division and growth of the FtsZ-less chlamydia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erika Boesen, PhD,<\/strong> cellular and integrative physiology, received a grant of $299,998 from the U.S. Army\/USAMRAA\/CDMRP for a study of VAP-1 and methylglyoxal as novel targets in lupus nephritis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Thomas, MD,<\/strong> pediatrics-pulmonary, received a grant of $158,430 from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for the Cystic Fibrosis Care, Teaching and Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iqbal Ahmad, PhD,<\/strong> ophthalmology and visual sciences, received a grant of $110,000 from the Nebraska DHHS (LB606) for the study \u201cStem Cell Modeling of Non-Cell Autonomous Neurodegeneration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amulya Yellala, MBBS,<\/strong> internal medicine-oncology\/hematology, received a grant of $56,050 from the Hoosier Research Network for a study of ribociclib and endocrine treatment of physician’s choice for locoregional, recurrent, resected hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard Gendelman, MD,<\/strong> pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, received a grant of $53,000 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook for a study of the effects of cART and opioids on neural circuitry in the context of HIV-1 infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Barksdale, MD,<\/strong> emergency medicine, received a grant of $42,001 from the University of Michigan for POST-ICECAP (Patterns Of Survivors’ recovery Trajectories in the ICECAP trial).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shilpa Buch, PhD,<\/strong> pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, received a grant of $39,961 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Davis, PhD,<\/strong> obstetrics and gynecology, received a grant of $29,999 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the study \u201cAndrogen Excess Ovarian Micoenvironment on Bovine Folliculogenesis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stacey Gilk, PhD,<\/strong> pathology, microbiology and immunology, received a grant of $11,000 from the DHHS\/NIH\/NIAID for the annual meeting of the American Society of Rickettsiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The following industry-sponsored grants and contracts were received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peng Zhong, PhD,<\/strong> neurological sciences, received funding for the study \u201cMechanisms of Sleep Disturbances in Mouse Models of Tauopathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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