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  Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain? A Pooled Life-course Cohort for Dementia Risk Assessment

  Zeki Al Hazzouri, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  5/1/17 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Dementia
  • Risk Assessment
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Heart
  • Brain

• Innate Immune Activation in Autoimmune Myopathy

  Ascherman, D.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/10/17 → 3/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Histidine-tRNA Ligase
  • Myositis
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Muscles
  • Muscle Weakness

• Intravenous MitoTargeted AAV9 Gene Therapy for Treatment of Visual Loss and Encephalopathy in Leigh Syndrome and NARP

  Guy, J.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/17 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome
  • Leigh Disease
  • Brain Diseases
  • Genetic Therapy
  • Mitochondrial DNA

• Mechanisms of optic nerve regeneration

  Hackam, A. S.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/17 → 3/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Nerve Regeneration
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Optic Nerve
  • Regeneration
  • Optic Nerve Injuries

• Harnessing Innervation to Promote Pancreatic Islet Function

  Caicedo-Vierkant, D. A.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/17 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Islets of Langerhans
  • Insulin Secretion
  • Autonomic Pathways
  • Transplants
  • Capillary Permeability

• Integrated Behavioral Activation and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling for MSM with Stimulant Abuse

  Safren, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • N-nitrosoiminodiacetic acid
  • Anhedonia
  • Unsafe Sex
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Sexual Behavior

• Nitric Oxide and sex differences in cardiac repair

  Hare, J.

  National Institutes of Health

  3/17/17 → 2/28/21

  Project: Research project

  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Reactive Oxygen Species

• The microbiota, a possible link between Th17 cells and depression

  Beurel, E.

  National Institutes of Health

  3/15/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Th17 Cells
  • Microbiota
  • Depression
  • Quorum Sensing
  • Bacteria

• Mechanistic Links Between Changing Estrogen Profiles, Inflammation and the Increased Risk and Metastasis of Breast Cancer in Obese Women

  Slingerland, J. M.

  National Institutes of Health

  3/7/17 → 2/28/22

  Project: Research project

  • Estrone
  • Estrogens
  • Estradiol
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm Metastasis

• Role of Microbial dysbiosis and altered metabolomics in the context of Opioid abuse and ART in HIV disease progression

  Roy, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  3/1/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Dysbiosis
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • Metabolomics
  • Disease Progression
  • HIV

• Mechanisms of toll-like receptor-mediated neurotoxicity in the ischemic retina

  Ivanov, D. V.

  National Institutes of Health

  3/1/17 → 2/28/21

  Project: Research project

  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • Retina
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Ischemia
  • Neuroglia

• Stabilizing the tripartite synaptic complex following TBI

  Sick, T. & Liebl, D. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  2/1/17 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Serine
  • Astrocytes
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Neurons

• Targeting novel pathways to enhance gastrointestinal integrity during HIV infection

  Klatt, N.

  National Institutes of Health

  2/1/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • HIV Infections
  • Neutrophils
  • Dysbiosis
  • Proteome
  • HIV

• Role of TRF2 in DNA recombination

  Verdun, R. E.

  National Institutes of Health

  2/1/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • AICDA (activation-induced cytidine deaminase)
  • Genetic Recombination
  • DNA Repair
  • DNA
  • DNA Breaks

• Role of Yersinia pestis Ail-host ligand interactions in plague

  Plano, G. V.

  National Institutes of Health

  2/1/17 → 1/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Vitronectin
  • Plague
  • Ligands
  • Plasminogen Activators

• A novel point of care test for oral and oropharyngeal cancer risk

  Franzmann, E. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  1/3/17 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Mouth Neoplasms
  • Personal Autonomy
  • Oropharynx

• Role of pericytes in pancreatic islet fibrosis

  Almaca, J.

  National Institutes of Health

  1/1/17 → 12/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Pericytes
  • Islets of Langerhans
  • Fibrosis
  • Myofibroblasts
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

• Biological and Psychosocial Mechanisms of Cancer Caregivers' Elevated Health Risk

  Kim, Y.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/26/16 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Caregivers
  • Health
  • Neoplasms
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Neurosecretory Systems

• Research Training Program in Surgical Oncology

  Merchant, N.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/15/16 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • education programs
  • surgeons
  • surgery
  • mentoring
  • neoplasms

• A Personalized Health Behavior System to Promote Well-Being in Older Adults

  Czaja, S. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/15/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • health behavior
  • well-being
  • social support
  • coaching
  • social isolation

• Genetic Epidemiology of Early-Onset Alzheimers disease in Caribbean Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites

  Beecham, G. W.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/15/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Hispanic Americans
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Whole Genome Sequencing

• MRSI and DKI Evaluation of HIV-1 Clade C Infection in the Whole Brain

  Govind, V. & Kumar, M.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • HIV-1
  • Brain
  • Infection
  • Creatine
  • Neuroimaging

• Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for endothelial dysfunction in diabetes

  Hare, J., Schulman, I. H. & Hare, J.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  • Endothelial Progenitor Cells
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Dilatation

• (PQ9) Characterization and prophylactic treatment of chemotherapy-induced long-term adverse sequelae

  Jurecic, R.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Drug Therapy
  • Hematopoietic System
  • Neoplasms
  • Immune System
  • Therapeutics

• Dry Eye and Microenvironment

  Kumar, N. & Galor, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Eye
  • Air Pollution
  • Tears
  • Air Pollutants
  • Particulate Matter

• A non-pharmacological intervention for patients with Alzheimer s disease and family caregivers

  Czaja, S. J. & Loewenstein, D.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Caregivers
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Handheld Computers
  • Technology

• A Cluster RCT to Increase HIV Testing in Substance Use Treatment Programs

  Feaster, D. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/1/16 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • HIV
  • Opioid Analgesics
  • Therapeutics
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

• Family-based eHealth Obesity Prevention Intervention for Hispanic Adolescents

  StGeorge, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/19/16 → 10/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Telemedicine
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Obesity
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Primary Health Care

• Approach motivation, effortful control, and internalizing and externalizing problems

  Carver, C. S.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/5/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Motivation
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Self Report
  • Short-Term Memory
  • Suicide

• Genomic Characterization of Alzheimer's Disease Risk in the Puerto Rican Population

  Pericak-Vance, M. A. & Beecham, G. W.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/1/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Puerto Rico
  • minority
  • Genetic Epidemiology
  • American

• pH regulation of cell surface receptors

  Isom, D.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/1/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Cell Surface Receptors
  • G-Protein-Coupled Receptors
  • Drug Interactions
  • G-protein coupled receptors
  • receptors

• Addressing psychosocial comorbidities in HIV treatment and prevention

  Safren, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/1/16 → 7/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Syndemic
  • Mentoring
  • Comorbidity
  • HIV
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

• Washington University SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer

  Lockhart, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/28/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • pancreatic neoplasms
  • research programs
  • research projects
  • funding
  • committees

• Integrative statistical models for TNBC biomarker discovery

  Chen, X.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/12/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Statistical Models
  • Biomarkers
  • Drug Therapy
  • Estrogen Receptors
  • Breast Neoplasms

• Conformal islet encapsulation for transplantation at vascularized sites to allow physiological insulin secretion

  Tomei, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/5/16 → 11/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • insulin secretion
  • encapsulation
  • coatings
  • insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  • immunosuppression

• Evaluating the Effectiveness of an eHealth EBI for Latino Youth in Primary Care

  Prado, G. J.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/1/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Telemedicine
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Primary Health Care
  • N-nitrosoiminodiacetic acid
  • Sexual Behavior

• Summer Research Program for Diversity Students in PharmacoNeuroImmunology

  Roy, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • student
  • biomedical research
  • drug abuse
  • experience
  • interaction

• Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Stress and Self-Management (C-CBSM) Intervention for PC

  Antoni, M. H.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Self-Management
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Cancer Survivors
  • Quality of Life

• Immunity and HIV persistence in perinatal HIV infection

  Pahwa, S. G.

  National Institutes of Health

  6/25/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • HIV Infections
  • Immunity
  • HIV
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Immune System

• Replication and Extension of ADSP Discoveries in African-Americans

  Pericak-Vance, M. A. & Beecham, G. W.

  National Institutes of Health

  6/15/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • African Americans
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Health
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Dementia

• Enhancing supraspinal plasticity to improve functional recovery after SCI

  Bethea, J. R.

  National Institutes of Health

  6/1/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Neuroglia
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Contusions
  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • moxonidine

• Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Health and Disease

  Barrientos, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  6/1/16 → 5/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Mitochondrial Ribosomes
  • Organelle Biogenesis
  • Mitochondria
  • Yeasts
  • Health

• Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine and Population Health

  Weiss, R. E.

  National Institutes of Health

  5/19/16 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Precision Medicine
  • Population Health
  • Health
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Hispanic Americans

• Functional Interaction of GBAS and SLC41A2 in Drosophila models for UDP_755

  Zhai, R. G.

  National Institutes of Health

  5/6/16 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Uridine Diphosphate
  • Drosophila
  • 4-Nitrophenylphosphatase
  • Craniosynostoses
  • Microcephaly

• Neuronal subtype and circuit-specific epigenetic mechanisms in addiction

  Sartor, G.

  National Institutes of Health

  5/1/16 → 8/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Epigenomics
  • Cocaine
  • Nucleus Accumbens
  • Proteins
  • Viral Genes

• Function of MEF2 in Neuroprotection and Neuro-regeneration Following Stroke

  Kapiloff, M. S.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/16 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • MEF2 Transcription Factors
  • Neuroprotection
  • Regeneration
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7
  • Stroke

• Upregulation of Iduronidase Enzyme in MPSI Disease

  Brothers, S. P.

  National Institutes of Health

  4/1/16 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Iduronidase
  • Enzyme Replacement Therapy
  • 3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxystilbene
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Up-Regulation

• Mechanisms of Tumorigenic Transformation of Barretts Esophagus

  Zaika, A.

  National Institutes of Health

  9/25/15 → 8/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Neoplastic Cell Transformation
  • Barrett Esophagus
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Carcinogenesis

• Polyamine Catabolism and Therapeutic Resistance in Glioblastoma Multiforme

  Welford, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  8/7/15 → 7/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Spermine
  • Polyamines
  • Glioblastoma
  • DNA Repair
  • Chromatin

• The Nucleolar Detention Center: a Hub of Long Noncoding RNAs that Imprison Protei

  Lee, S.

  National Institutes of Health

  7/24/15 → 2/28/23

  Project: Research project

  • Long Noncoding RNA
  • Proteus
  • RNA
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins