Awarded: Jan 01, 2010
$5,607,000 over 3 years
In 2010, 12 junior physician-scientists each received three-year grants of $486,000 to support their transition from mentored to independent clinical research careers.
2010 CSDA Grantees
Jeffrey S. Berger, MD, MS
New York University School of Medicine
Project: "Platelet Activity in Cardiovascular Disease"
Tobias JE Carling, MD, PhD
Yale University
Project: "Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Tumor Disease"
Delphine L. Chen, MD
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Project: "Noninvasive Quantification of the Pulmonary Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Rosiglitazone"
Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Project: "Proteasome Inhibition as Subtype-Specific Therapeutic Intervention in Glioblastoma – A Step Toward Personalized Oncologic Care"
Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Project: "Investigating the Role of Breast Tumor Initiating Cells in Treatment Resistance"
Sarah M. Fortune, MD, BS
Harvard School of Public Health
Project: "Consequences of Population Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in the Transmission Bottleneck"
Pradipta Ghosh, MD, M.B.B.S
University of California, San Diego
Project: "A Novel Marker and Therapeutic Target in Liver Fibrosis"
J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Project: "Clinical and Economic Benefits of Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage"
Audrey R. Odom, MD, PhD
Washington University
Project: "Essential Isoprenoids in Human Malaria"
Donald W. Parsons, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Project: "Pediatric Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM): Genomic Analysis and Clinical Correlation"
Sallie R. Permar, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Project: "Maternal Immune Correlates of Protection Against HIV Transmission via Breast Milk"
Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
New York University School of Medicine
Project: "Functional Genomics of the Host: Defining Macrophage Susceptibility to Tuberculosis"