Grants Funded in 2009
Understanding Human Cognition
| COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS (3) |
| 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 (4) |
| 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 |
Studying Complex Systems
| RESEARCH AWARDS (7) |
| 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 |
Researching Brain Cancer
| RESEARCH AWARDS (6) | |
| 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 (1) | |
| 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" |