New Federal Grants Awarded to UCLA Department of Medicine Faculty in FY 22-23UCLA

Agak, George Wasonga

NIH-NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Th17 Extracellular Trap-Mediated Antimicrobial Host Defense in Acne Vulgaris

$437,013

Ajijola, Olujimi A

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Antiarrhythmic Mechanisms of Chronic Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Sympathetic Neurons

$779,796.00

Ardell, Jeffrey Laurence

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Bioelectric Monitoring and Neuromodulation of the Heart

$867,081.00

Bostrom, Kristina

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Mechanism of Matrix Gla Protein (MGP); Adipose Fibrosis

$585,359.00

Cai, Xinjiang

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Regulation of Vascular Calcification by Adventitial Endothelial Cells

$187,056.00

Clark, Jesse Lawton

Gorbach, Pamina Mae (MPI)

NIH-NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

Postdoctoral Training in Global AIDS Prevention Research

$536,614.00

Crandall, Carolyn

Bui, Alex (MPI)

NIH-NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Predicting Who Will Fracture: Exploration of Machine Learning in the Observational Women's Health Initiative Study Dataset

$168,874.00

Currier, Judith Silverstein

NIH-NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) for Research on Therapeutics for HIV and Related Infections (YR 17)

$12,582,518.00

Duru, Obidiugwu Kenrik

Mangione, Carol (MPI)

NIH-NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

LIFT-UP (Leveraging Institutional Support for Talented, Underrepresented Physicians and/or Scientists)

$424,561.00

Fernandes, Priyanka

DHHS-HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

Building Physician Leaders in Prevention, Health Equity and Public Health by Addressing Social Determinants of Health

$900,000.00

Fernandes, Priyanka

DHHS-HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

UCLA Preventive Medicine Training Program: A Pipeline to Physician Workforce Diversity

$399,999.00

Fulcher, Jennifer

Cheng, Quen J. (MPI)

NIH-NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Mechanisms of Trained Immunity in HIV Immune Responses

$234,000.00

Gukovskaya, Anna S

NIH-NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Dysregulated Cholesterol Homeostasis, Caused by Lysosomal/Autophagy Dysfunction, Mediates Pancreatitis

$354,816.00

Heaney, Anthony P

NIH-NCI National Cancer Institute

Development of a Patient-derived Tumoroid Culture System to Explore Novel Medical Treatments for Refractory Prolactinomas

$218,790.00

Hidalgo, Marco Armando

Chen, Diane (MPI)

Ehrensaft, Diane (MPI)

NIH-NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Gender Nonconformity in Prepubescent Children: A Longitudinal Study

$625,609.00

Hotez, Emily Rose

DHHS-HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

Investigating the Role of Chronic Stressors in Obesity Among Autistic Adolescents and Emerging Adults

$119,901.00

Leuchter, Richard Kemper

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Using Machine Learning and Patient-Reported Outcomes to Identify Unnecessary Hospitalizations

$111,866.00

Leung, Lucinda B J

NIH-NIMH National Institute of Mental Health

Telehealth Policy Expansion’s Impact on Patient Care & Mental Health During COVID

$2,790,468.00

Li, Zhaoping

USDA-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (NIFA)

Pilot Study to Determine the Effect of Walnut on Cognitive Function of Long COVID

$294,000.00

Meriwether, David

NIH-NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Dysregulation of Inflammation Resolution as Therapeutic Target for IBD

$163,122.00

Modlin, Robert L

NIH-NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Acne: a Disease of Lipid Metabolism, Microbiome and the Immune Response

$1,568,723.00

Nguyen, Kim-lien

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Cardiac MRI for Reperfusion Spatial Mapping to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes

$686,676.00

Norris, Keith C

NIH-NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

UCLA Short-Term Research Experience to Unlock Potential (UCLA STEP-UP)

$236,224.00

Packard, Rene R S

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Dissecting Mechanisms of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity

$390,000.00

Shackelford, David B

DOD-DA-U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH ACQUISITION ACTIVITY (USAMRAA)

Targeting Mitochondrial Defects in Kidney Cancer

$961,089.00

Shackelford, David B

NIH-NCI National Cancer Institute

Imaging Mitochondrial Heterogeneity in LKB1 Mutant Lung Cancer

$429,306.00

Shieh, Albert

NIH-NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Menopause-Related Increase in Gut Leak and Its Relation to Immune Activation, Bone Density Decline and Fractures

$687,633.00

Shover, Chelsea Leigh

Goodman, David (MPI)

NIH-NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse

Predicting Fatal and Non-Fatal Overdose in Los Angeles County With Rapid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard to Target Street-Based Addiction Treatment and Harm Reduction Services

$1,624,120.00

Singh, Rajat

NIH-NIA National Institute on Aging

Integrative Regulation of Lipid Sensing by mTOR

$319,800.00

Vallim, Thomas Aguiar

Tarling, Elizabeth (MPI)

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Targeting the Gut-liver Axis in Cardiovascular Disease

$745,258.00

Wang, Jessica J

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Investigating the Role of MYH14 in Tension-Dependent Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy

$78,000.00

Yang, Otto Orlean

Hoffman, Risa

Nielsen, Karin (MPI)

NIH-NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Addressing Evolving Infectious Threats

$372,099.00

Yokota, Tomohiro

NIH-NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Novel Signaling Mechanism in Chamber-Specific Postnatal Heart Growth

$390,000.00

Zhou, Jin

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)

SCH: Statistical Foundation and Predictive Modeling for Personalized Diabetes Management: Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), Electronic Health Records (EHR), and Biobanks

$1,200,000.00