2008 Class Hartwell Individual Biomedical
Research Awards
Memphis, TN, April 01, 2009 --
The Hartwell Foundation today officially announced its
2008
Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards,
which provide funding to individual researchers at
eligible research institutions in the United States for
three years at $100,000 direct cost per year. The
Foundation chose twelve Hartwell Investigators from
twelve institutions to
receive an Award:
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James L. M. Ferrara, MD, D.Sc., Professor, Department of
Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan,
for “A Bioenergetic Strategy To Treat Graft Versus
Host Disease”
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David J. Hackam, MD, Ph.D., Associate
Professor,
Department of Surgery and Department of Cell Biology
and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, for “Discovering
Novel Immune Modulatory Agents Using High Content
Screening in the Treatment of Neonatal Necrotizing
Entercolitis”
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Brian P. Helmke, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of
Virginia, for “Ciliated Pediatric Endotracheal Tube
for Active Prevention of Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonia ”
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Laura J. Knoll, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and
Immunology, The University of Wisconsin Madison, for “Using
a Mutant Microbe to Help Us Understand the
Relationship Between Inflammation and Obesity”
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Louise Chang Laurent, MD,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California,
San Diego, for “Reprogramming of Fibroblasts Using
MicroRNAs for Autologous Cell Replacement Therapy
for Juvenile Diabetes”
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J. Kent Leach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University
California, Davis, for “Engineered Composite
Materials for Treating Premature Suture Fusion in
Infants”
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David C. Lyden, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of
Cornell University, for “Bone Marrow-Derived Stromal
Cell Contribution in Medullablastoma"
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Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, for
“Predicting Preterm Labor: Evaluation of Second
Harmonic Generation Endoscopy as a Potential
Clinical Tool”
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Michael R. Taylor, Ph.D.,
Assistant Member, Department of Chemical Biology and
Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, for “Genetic
and Chemical Dissection of the Blood-Brain Barrier”
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Cynthia Toth, MD, Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, for “Spectral
Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of
Infant Eyes: A Practical Diagnostic Tool and
Methodology”
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Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Boston University, for
“Development of Tissue Engineering Solutions for
Pediatric Vascular Surgical Repair and
Reconstruction”
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Samuel P. Yang, MD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine,
The Johns Hopkins University, for “Development of an
Electrokinetic-based Lab Chip for Rapid Diagnosis of
Pediatric Sepsis”
The Hartwell Foundation is honored to
provide financial support to these exceptional
researchers pursuing applied biomedical research to
advance children’s health. The twelve award-winning
research proposals from 2008 represent innovative and
cutting edge technology from disciplines that include
molecular biology, diagnostics, imaging, infectious
disease, tissue
engineering and neurobiology. The Foundation also made
twelve awards to individual researchers in both 2006 and
2007. In selecting awardees, The Hartwell
Foundation takes into account the nature of the proposed
innovation, the extent to which a translational approach
might promote rapid clinical application of research
results, the supportive role and extent of collaboration
in the proposed research, and the institutional
commitment to provide encouragement and technical
support to the investigator. The Hartwell Foundation
seeks to inspire innovation and achievement by funding
early-stage, transformative ideas with the potential to
benefit kids of the United States.
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 2008 Hartwell
Investigator James L. M. Ferrara, MD, D.Sc.,
The University of Michigan
2008 Hartwell
Investigator Cynthia Toth, MD, Duke University
2008 Hartwell
Investigator Brian P. Helmke, Ph.D., University
of Virginia
2008 Hartwell
Investigator Laura J. Knoll, Ph.D., The University
of Wisconsin Madison
2008 Hartwell
Investigator David J. Hackam, MD, Ph.D., The University
of Pittsburgh
2008 Hartwell
Investigator Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D., Boston University
2008 Hartwell
Investigator Louise Laurent, Ph.D., University
of California, San Diego
2008 Hartwell
Investigator David Lyden, MD, Ph.D., Weill
Medical College of Cornell University
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