Funded Grants

Grants funded in in 2009

Researching Brain Cancer

RESEARCH AWARDS
Children's Medical Research Institute
Megan Chircop, Ph.D.
Dynamin as a new drug target for the treatment of glioblastoma
Cleveland Clinic
Jeremy N. Rich, M.D.
Microenvironmental Reprogramming of Glioma Cells
Northwestern University
John A. Kessler, M.D.
A New Approach to the Treatment of Brain Tumors
University of California - San Diego
Santosh Kesari, Ph.D., M.D.
Mechanisms of Sensitivity to PDGFR Inhibitors in Human Gliomas
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yue Xiong, Ph.D.
Mechanism and Mouse Model for IDHI-Mediated Suppression of Human Secondary Glioblastomas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.
Large-scale screening for therapeutic targets in a mouse model of glioma.
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger
John J. Laterra, M.D., Ph.D.
Regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of brain cancer "Stem Cells"
SPECIAL INITIATIVE AWARDS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Forest M. White, Ph.D.
Integrative systems-level approach to glioblastoma targeted therapy

Studying Complex Systems

RESEARCH AWARDS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Damon M. Centola, Ph.D.
Experimental Investigations into the Effects of Network Structure on Social Contagions
McMaster University
Jonathan Dushoff, Ph.D.
Exploring how infectious diseases, beliefs, and behaviors interact on a social network
Princeton University
Andrew P. Dobson, Ph.D.
Allometry of parasites and foodwebs
Santa Fe Institute
Luis M. Bettencourt, Ph.D.
Towards a predictive theory of social organization and dynamics in cities
Tel Aviv University
Eytan Ruppin, M.D., Ph.D.
Community modeling of bacterial metabolic interactions
University of California - Merced
Ajay Gopinathan, Ph.D.
Biological Transport in Complex and Dynamic Environments
University of Georgia
Andrew W. Park, Ph.D.
Transient pathogen evolution in heterogeneous host populations

Understanding Human Cognition

COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Laurel J. Buxbaum, Psy.D.
Prospective control of action: Computational principles, neural substrates, and clinical implications
California Institute of Technology
John M. Allman, Ph.D.
Neurobiology of the Von Economo Neurons and related circuits
State University of New Jersey - Rutgers
Stephen J. Hanson, Ph.D.
Accessing Brain Interactivity II
SPECIAL INITIATIVE AWARDS
Bangor University
Robert D. Rafal,
The Visceral Mind: A hands on course in the neuroanatomy of cognition
The Rockefeller University
Charles D. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Computational models of recurrent cortical networks
Universidad de Chile (University of Chile)
Marcela Peña, Ph.D.
Summer School In Cognitive Science, Neuroscience and Education
University of Southern California
Terence D. Sanger, M.D., Ph.D.
High Speed Simulation and Prediction of the Effect of Brain Injury on Development