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Grants awarded to advance treatment for brain tumors, nervous system, and to improve spine surgery outcomes

Photos of residents and faculty who have recently received research grants
Recipients of recent research grants include faculty and residents.

Announcing new grants to faculty and residents of the Department of Neurosurgery between March 1, 2021 and May 21, 2021.

Faculty

Peter Brunner, PhD – McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grant
  • Neural Mechanisms Underlying Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2023
  • Total 2 year award $80,000 (directs + indirects)
Gabe Haller, PhD, and Jennifer Strahle, MD – McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • A zebrafish screen for compounds that prevent post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
  • 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
  • Total 1 year award $40,000 award (directs + indirects)
Allegra Petti, PhD – Cancer Research Foundation Young Investigator Award
  • A Dynamic Molecular Atlas of Glioblastoma during Tumor Formation and Treatment Response
  • 3/31/2021 – 3/30/2023
  • Total 2 year award $100,000 (directs + indirects)

Residents and Faculty

Jacob Greenberg, MD and Wilson Z. Ray, MD – Big Ideas Competition, BJH Foundation
  • Using Mobile Health Technology to Capture Physical, Functional and Psychosocial Features that Predict Recovery after Lumbar Fusion
  • One-year award: $50,000

Residents

Jacob Greenberg, MD – AO Spine North America Young Investigator Research Grant Award
  • Using Intensive Longitudinal Data to Identify Patient Profiles Associated with Lumbar Fusion Outcome
  • 4/1/2021 – 3/31/2022
  • Total 1 year award $20,000 award (directs + indirects)
Jacob Greenberg, MD – BJH Foundation
  • Using Intensive Longitudinal Data to Identify Patient Profiles Associated with Lumbar Fusion Outcome
  • 4/1/2021 – 3/31/2022
  • Total 1 year award $18,585 award (directs + indirects)
Anja Srienc, MD – Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF)
  • Characterizing Changes in Functional Connectivity After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using Bedside Diffuse Optical Tomography
  • 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
  • Total 1 year award $40,000 award (directs + indirects)