DoM 2024 Research Publications, New Research Grants & Foundation Awards of Note!
Research Publications: Our faculty continue to receive significant mainstream media coverage for their exceptional published research.
- Kimberly Bertrand’s study in the journal Environmental Research reported long-term use of chemical hair relaxers by postmenopausal Black women was associated with increased risk of uterine cancer.
- Elizabeth Pearce’s study in JAMA Network Open found hyperthyroid patients treated with surgery had a lower risk of death and a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events than patients treated with medication.
- Tuhina Neogi’s study in in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology found calcium crystal deposits in the knee contribute to joint damage.
New Research Grants: Here are our Academic Year 2024’s largest new/renewal grants:
| PI | $ millions | Title (All NIH funded) |
| Rosenberg | 14.5 | Lifetime stressors and Alzheimer’s Disease genetic variants and biomarkers in relation to cognitive decline among Black Women’s Health Study participants. |
| Kotton | 14.0 | Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease |
| Farrer & Sherva | 13.7 | Genetic Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease in Jewish and Arab Populations |
| TCW | 3.9 | Microglia targeted interventions in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease stage |
| Goldstein, Mez & Alosco | 3.9 | Validation of Lens Beta-Amyloid as a Novel Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease at the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research |
| Hamburg | 3.7 | Endothelial Cell Health Across the Spectrum of Cardiometabolic Disease |
| Lenburg | 3.2 | Integrating imaging and biopsy-derived molecular markers for the pre-surgical detection of indolent and aggressive early-stage lung adenocarcinoma |
| Wilson | 3.1 | Mechanistic studies of the genetic contribution of desmoplakin to pulmonary fibrosis in alveolar type 2 cells |
| Mizgerd | 3.0 | Fibrin in the Infected Lung |
Foundation awards of note:
- The American Lung Association and LUNGevity Foundation contributed $1 million to Avrum Spira, MD, professor of medicine, pathology and bioinformatics, to intercept lung cancer through immune, imaging, and molecular evaluation.
- The American Cancer Society awarded $792,000 to Jessica Petrick, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, to study modifiable causes of colorectal cancer in black women