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Valley Research Partnership - Round Five Information

Round Five VRP Committee Members

VRP Scientific Review Committee Members (PDF).
VRP Joint Funding Committee Members (PDF).

Announcements and News

Valley Research Partnership Awards Fifth Round of Funding.

Round Five Awardees

Investigator Names	Type	Title of the Project	Funding
Michael Fallon, MD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Chair, Department of Medicine Paul Oh, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Professor of Neurobiology	P2	Bone morphogenetic protein 9: A novel liver-derived mediator of lung vascular changes in hepatopulmonary syndrome	$50,000
Kurt Gustin, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Rita Sattler, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology	P2	Interplay between C9orf72 ALS and neurotropic viruses: Impact on viral and ALS disease pathogenesis	$49,640
Brian Appavu, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology Asim Haque, MD, PhD, MPH – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Neurology	P2	Electroencephalographic Signatures of Consciousness after Acute Brain Injury	$50,000
Sofiyan Saleem, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Ashley Stokes, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Research	P2	A Highly Specific Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Abrogates Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mediated Hemorrhagic Transformation in Experimental Ischemic Stroke	$50,000
Theresa Thomas, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Child Health Tala Curry – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Child Health	P1a	Traumatic brain injury induced blood brain barrier permeability and impaired neurotransmission are mediated by FBN1 mutation in MFS mice	$10,000
Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Psychiatry Kimberly Meyers – Arizona State University, Graduate Research Intern, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience	P1a	Elucidating the neurobiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the therapeutic benefit of electroconvulsive therapy	$10,000
Rayna Gonzales, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Trevor Wendt – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Basic Medical Sciences	P1a	S1PR1 regulation of brain endothelial dysfunction and barrier properties using an in vitro model of ischemic stroke	$10,000
Zachary Lerner, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics Benjamin Conner – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, MD/PhD Student	P1b	A controlled-trial of wearable adaptive resistance and investigation of its effects on muscle architecture of the ankle plantar flexors in children with cerebral palsy	$5,000
Taben Mary Hale, PhD – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences Alexis Bailey – U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student	P1b	Impact of transient ACE inhibition on TGF beta signaling in response to angiotensin II	$5,000
Arash Sabati, MD – Phoenix Children's Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Child Health, Division of Cardiology Jason Jorgensen– U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix, Medical Student	P1b	3D modeling comparison of Pectus Excavatum to the Haller Index	$4,590