FY12 Investigator-Initiated Research Award

The list of Fiscal Year 2012 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Investigator-Initiated Research Award applications recommended for funding is for informational purposes only. Identification on this list of applications recommended for funding is not intended to either confer a right to funding nor does it guarantee funding. The award of federal funds to support any of these applications is contingent upon successful negotiations and applicable federal policy.

Institution	Principal Investigator	Topic Area
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Ke Cheng	Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Science
Cincinnati Foundation for Biomedical Research and Education	Fred Finkelman	Food Allergies
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Rani George	Neuroblastoma
Emory University	Asma Nusrat	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Emory University	Charles Parkos	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Geneva Foundation	Gregory Reichard	Malaria
Harvard University	Vicki Rosen	Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
Harvard University	Beate Lanske	Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease
Henry M. Jackson Foundation	Thomas Richie	Malaria
Indiana University at Indianapolis	Joseph Bidwell	Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary	Jennifer Melcher	Tinnitus
McGill University Health Centre	Anie Philip	Scleroderma
Naval Health Research Center	Karen Kelly	Arthritis
Oregon Health & Science University	James Henry	Tinnitus
Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research	Dennis Rasmussen	Drug Abuse
The Commonwealth Medical College	Sonia Planey	Interstitial Cystitis
University of California at San Diego	Samuel Ward	Arthritis
University of California at San Francisco	Steven Cheung	Tinnitus
University of California, Davis	Paul Hagerman	Fragile X Syndrome
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus	Kevin Deane	Arthritis
University of Delaware	Christopher Price	Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
University of Delaware	Xin Lu	Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis
University of Illinois at Chicago	Brian Murphy	Tuberculosis
University of Illinois at Chicago	Scott Franzblau	Tuberculosis
University of Maryland, Baltimore	Vincent Pellegrini	Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease
University of Massachusetts Medical School	Pranoti Mandrekar	Drug Abuse
University of Miami School of Medicine	Eckhard Podack	Malaria
University of Michigan	Alisa Koch	Arthritis
University of Missouri - Columbia	Scott Frey	Composite Tissue Transplantation
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Maureen Mayes	Scleroderma
Vanderbilt University	Todd Giorgio	Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Science
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Timothy Cover	Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Science