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)