{"id":23553,"date":"2024-09-03T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/?p=23553"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:48:11","slug":"dom-2024-research-publications-new-research-grants-foundation-awards-of-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/medicine\/2024\/09\/03\/dom-2024-research-publications-new-research-grants-foundation-awards-of-note\/","title":{"rendered":"DoM 2024 Research Publications, New Research Grants &#038; Foundation Awards of Note!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Research Publications:<\/strong> Our faculty continue to receive significant mainstream media coverage for their exceptional published research.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Kimberly Bertrand\u2019s 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.<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Pearce\u2019s 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.<\/li>\n<li>Tuhina Neogi\u2019s study in in the journal Arthritis &amp; Rheumatology found calcium crystal deposits in the knee contribute to joint damage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>New Research Grants: <\/strong>Here are our Academic Year 2024\u2019s largest new\/renewal grants:<\/h5>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>PI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\"><strong>$ millions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"399\"><strong>Title (All NIH funded)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Rosenberg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">14.5<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Lifetime stressors and Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease genetic variants and biomarkers in relation to cognitive decline among Black Women&#8217;s Health Study participants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Kotton<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">14.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Farrer &amp; Sherva<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">13.7<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Genetic Studies of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease in Jewish and Arab Populations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>TCW<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Microglia targeted interventions in prodromal Alzheimer&#8217;s disease stage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Goldstein, Mez &amp; Alosco<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.9<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Validation of Lens Beta-Amyloid as a Novel Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease at the Boston University Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Hamburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.7<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Endothelial Cell Health Across the Spectrum of Cardiometabolic Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Lenburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.2<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Integrating imaging and biopsy-derived molecular markers for the pre-surgical detection of indolent and aggressive early-stage lung adenocarcinoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Wilson<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.1<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Mechanistic studies of the genetic contribution of desmoplakin to pulmonary fibrosis in alveolar type 2 cells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"123\"><strong>Mizgerd<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"84\">3.0<\/td>\n<td width=\"399\">Fibrin in the Infected Lung<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Foundation awards of note:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Publications: Our faculty continue to receive significant mainstream media coverage for their exceptional published research. Kimberly Bertrand\u2019s 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. 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