Davis/Bremer Grants
The Davis/Bremer Medical Research Endowment provides support for physician investigators early in their academic career (typically at the Assistant Professor level) with the expectation that data generated will result in research publications and applications for extramural funding. Recent grant recipients include:
Juan Crestanello, MD
Surgery
Effect of ischemic preconditioning on mitochondrial function and on mitochondrial free oxygen radical production
David Feldman, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine
Adrenergic signaling and genomic perturbations in a nonischemic cardiomyopathy
Zhenguo Liu, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Hyperglycemia may impair the differentiation of bone marrow stem cells into endothelial cells: a novel mechanism for the development of cardiovascular dysfunction in diabetes mellitus
Ulysses Magalang, MD
Internal Medicine
Adiponectin as an endogenous anti-inflammatory agent
Peter Muscarella, MD
Surgery
Preclinical assessment of a novel PI3K/Akt inhibitor as therapy for pancreatic cancer
Rulong Shen, MD
Pathology
The role of precancer stem cells in tumor angiogenesis
Karen Wood, MD
Internal Medicine
Heat shock protein 27: alloimmunity and apoptosis
2006 Strategic Initiative Grants
The Ohio State University Medical Center Strategic Initiative Grants (SIGs) are competitive awards internally funded from a pool of money contributed by four departments (Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Pathology and Radiology) to support outcomes research by their faculty. Four years ago the Ohio State University medical director’s office assumed the expenses for some house staff in these departments. The practice dollars that had been underwriting some of these salaries were then redirected into the SIG pool to support research. In 2006, the Medical Center awarded nine SIGs collectively totaling $697,129.
| Principal Investigator |
Department |
Project Title |
| Carlos Alexandre Andrade Torres, MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Unraveling the inotropic effect of Pyruvate |
| Michael Sayre, MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Pilot study using indirect calorimetry to describe resting metabolic rate of resuscitated cardiac arrest patients during hypothermia therapy |
| Frederick Davidorf, MD |
Ophthalmology |
MET Oncogene as therapeutic target for uveal melanoma |
| Jeffrey Caterino, MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Infected elders in the ED: outcome and processes of care |
| Mark Angelos, MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Cellular mechanisms of early reactive oxygen species formation in myocardial reperfusion |
| Vijay Pancholi, PhD |
Pathology |
Targeting a eukaryotic-type signaling system in staphylococcus aureus to harness the bacterial drug resistance and biofilm formation |
| Sanford Barsky, MD |
Pathology |
Clues to the stem cell origin of human cancers by studying a registry of organ transplant recipients who later developed secondary solid cancers |
| Jian-Xin Gao, MD, PhD |
Pathology |
Identification of early diagnosis marker for cancer |
| Brian Hiestand, MD |
Emergency Medicine |
Comparison of multidetector coronary computed tomography and conventional stress imaging in ED chest pain patients |
Research Investment Fund (RIF) Awards
The OSU Medical Center Research Investment Fund (RIF) Advisory Committee is dedicated to the institution’s long-term research strategies and to supporting investment in research and research infrastructure. The Committee considers applications in the areas of new faculty start-up, faculty salary support, faculty bridge funding, faculty retention packages, equipment purchase, core facility support and matching funds for grant proposals. Applicants are asked to provide a comprehensive description of the research and the proposed use of funds. The Committee, supported by the OSU College of Medicine and led by the vice dean for research, carefully considers each request.
Cumulative through 12/31/2006
| Type of Expense |
FY’04-FY’11 Amount |
Percentage of Total |
| Bridge Funds |
$838,886 |
16.22% |
| Core Facility Support |
175,000 |
3.38% |
| Facilities Support Personnel |
117,180 |
2.27% |
| Faculty Recruitment & Start-Up |
2,317,662 |
44.82% |
| Matching Funds |
906,233 |
17.52% |
| Program Expansion |
176,651 |
3.42% |
| Faculty Retention |
415,000 |
8.02% |
| Shared Equipment |
224,987 |
4.35% |
| Totals |
$5,171,599 |
100.00% |
Crisafi-Monte Primary Care Cardiopulmonary Grant Program
The Crisafi-Monte Research Endowment supports physician investigators in Family Medicine and/or Primary Care, supporting teaching, research and scholarship in diseases of the heart, lungs and related disorders. Grants are awarded for one or two years, with a maximum total of $40,000.
During 2006, Patricia Schwirian, PhD, RN, Judith Groner, MD, and William Mizer, MD, were awarded $18,868 from the Crisafi-Monte Fund to supplement a National Institutes of Health award of $247,500 (plus $41,915 from the Children’s Research Institute) for a project titled Can changing how mom eats prevent obesity in toddlers?
2005 Internal Grants
