2016 Brain Aneurysm Foundation Annual Report 2016-Brain-Aneurysm-Foundation-Annual-Report | Seite 9

Brain Aneurysm Foundation
2016 RESEARCH GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Jinglu Ai, MD, PhD, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
Cami Clark Chair of Research: $30,000
Debbie Feiger Chair of Research: $10,000
Awarded for: Role of Calpain Activation in White Matter Injury after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Matthew Alexander, MD, University of California San Francisco
TeamCindy Alcatraz Chair of Research: $20,000
Awarded for: Genetic Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation in Individuals
with Cerebral Aneurysms: Toward Propensity Scores for Predicting Development and
Risk of Rupture
Ahmed J. Awad, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System
Cynthia Lynn Sherwin Chair of Research: $20,000
Awarded for: The Role of Epigenetic and Genetic Variants in the Molecular Pathogenesis
of Intracranial Aneurysms in Humans
Jinglu Ai, MD, PhD
Steffen-Sebastian Bolz, MD, PhD, Governing Council of the University of Toronto
Northwell Health - North Shore University Hospital Brain Aneurysm Center
Chair of Research: $20,000
Awarded for: A New Intervention that Reduces Brain Injury Following
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Brian L. Hoh, MD, FACS, FAHA, FAANS, University of Florida
Shirley Dudek Demmer Chair of Research: $25,000
Fight Like Frank Chair of Research: $15,000
Awarded for: The Estrogen-Deficiency-IL-17 Pathway for Cerebral Aneurysm Growth
and Rupture
Ahmed J. Awad, MD
Jesse Jones, MD, University of California Los Angeles
Southern NH and Merrimack Valley Awareness Train Chair of Research: $15,000
Awarded for: Endovascular Sympathetic Denervation for the Treatment of Vasospasm
in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Bijal Mehta, MD, MPH, MA, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/Los Angeles Biomedical Institute
Ellie Helton Chair of Research: $25,000
Awarded for: Epigenetics of Lymphocytes from Ruptured Versus Unruptured
Cerebral Aneurysm Patients
Hui Meng, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Carol W. Harvey Chair of Research: $25,000
Kristin’s Legacy of Love for Kristen Shafer Englert Chair of Research: $20,000
Awarded for: Development of Blood-Based Biomarkers for Brain Aneurysm Detection:
Stage III - Model Dev elopment, Validation and Transition from Neutrophil to Whole Blood
Bijal Mehta, MD, MPH, MA
Peter J. Morone, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Steph and Holly Chair of Research: $20,000
Awarded for: A Cell Permeant Peptide Nanoparticle to Prevent Cerebral Vasospasm after
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Kamil W. Nowicki, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Timothy P. Susco Chair of Research: $25,000
Dawn Brejcha Chair of Research: $10,000
Awarded for: Targeting Platelet Inflammatory Axis in Cerebral Aneurysm Progression
and Healing
Ana-Maria Vranceanu, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute Chair of Research: $10,000
Christopher C. Getch Chair of Research sponsored by the CV Section: $10,000
Awarded for: Prevention of Chronic Depression, Anxiety and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Patients with Brain Aneurysm and their Caregivers
Peter J. Morone, MD
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