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GRANTS FUNDED in 2002

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007


Recent Science Funding Provided by the Hereditary Disease Foundation

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Below is the list of research grants and postdoctoral fellowships funded in 2002.
(Applications are considered three times a year.)

Lieberman Award:

Russell Margolis, M.D., John Hopkins University, “Understanding theee (Mentor: the the the Mechanism of Polyglutamine Neurotoxicity.”

Milton Wexler Postdoctoral Fellowship:

Cindy Voisine, Ph.D., (Mentor: Ann Hart), Massachusetts General Hospital, for “Understanding the Mechanism of Polyglutamine Neurotoxicity”

Grants and John J. Wasmuth Postdoctoral Fellowships:

Ottavio Ariancio, Ph.D., Nathan Kline Institute, for “Reversible Cognitive Impairment in Conditional Huntington’s Disease” (G)

Craig Bailey, Ph.D., (Mentor: Gail Johnson), University of Alabama at Birmingham, for “Role of Tissue Transglutaminase in Mouse Models of HD” (PDF)

Edward Bird, M.D., McLean Hospital, for “Brain Tissue Resource Center” (G)

Patrik Brundin, Ph.D., Lund University, for “Changes in Synaptic Function in the R6 Transgenic Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease” (G)

Yury Chernoff, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, for “Role of Protein Interactions Polyglutamine Toxicity in the Yeast Model” (G)

Nicole Deglon, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, for “Assessment of Lesion Specificity” (G)

Claire-Anne Gutekunst, Ph.D., Emory University, for “Topographic, Cellular and Subcellular Localization of Huntington Interactors in Control and HD Tissue” (G)

Susan Jones, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, for “Investigation of Early Changes in Corticostriatal Synaptic Transmission in Presynaptic Transgenic Mouse Models (G)

Kimberly Kegel, Ph.D., (Mentor: Marian DiFiglia) Massachusetts General Hospital, for “Understanding Early Dystrophic Alterations in HD” (PDF)

Karen Marder, Ph.D., Columbia University, for “Center for Research and Clinical Care” (G)

Michael Mihm, Ph.D., (Mentors: John A. Bauer and Kari Hoyt) Ohio State University, for “Cardiac Failure in HD” (PDF)

Quentin Pankhurst, Ph.D., University of College London, for “Role of Magnetic Biomineralization in HD” (G)

Tzu-Kang Sang, Ph.D., (Mentor: George Jackson), University of California, Los Angeles, for “p47 and p97 as Potential Modifiers of HD” (PDF)

Akira Sawa, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, for “Role of Gylceraldehyes-3 Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDSH) in HD Pathology” (G)

Ira Shoulson, M.D., University of Rochester, for “Minocycline in HD Trials” (G)

George Yohrling, Ph.D., (Mentor: Jang-Ho Cha, M.D., Ph.D.) Massachusetts General Hospital, for “Alterations of the Histone Code in HD” (PDF)

Hui Zhou, Ph.D., (Mentor: Xiao-Jiang Li), Emory University, for “Characterization of N-Terminal Huntingtin Fragments” (PDF)

 

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