Recent Awards
Department of Medicine celebrates new and competing renewals of more than $100,000 that were awarded over the past 12 months.
April 2023
- Dulai, Parambir (Gastroenterology)
Endotyping Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Kuang, Fei Li (Allergy)
Role of eosinophils in DRESS
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
March 2023
- Lee, Yvonne (Rheumatology)
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research of Novel Mechanisms Linking Pain, Sleep-Wake Patterns, and Autonomic Activity in Rheumatic Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
February 2023
- Bass, Joseph (Endocrinology)
Circadian SCN-Liver Axis in the Neuroendocrine Response to Calorie Restriction
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Beutler, Lisa (Endocrinology)
Dissecting sugar-induced modulation of gut-brain circuits
American Diabetes Association - McDermott, Mary M (General Internal Med)
Far Red Light to Improve Functioning in PAD: the LIGHT PAD Trial - Kuang, Fei Li (Allergy)
Deciphering the roles of eosinophils and T lymphocytes in EGID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
Controlling HIV Latency By Manipulating CycT1 Turnover
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of California, San Francisco)
January 2023
- Berin, Maria (Allergy)
Heterogeneity of T cell phenotype and function in food allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Singer, Benjamin (Pulmonary)
Midwest Murine-Tissue Mapping Center (MM-TMC) - BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS CORE
National Institute on Aging (subcontract from University of Minnesota) - Cuttica, Michael (Pulmonary)
Classification and Prognostication in Pulmonary Thromboembolism Using Computed Tomography Image Analytics
January 2023
- Berin, Maria (Allergy)
Heterogeneity of T cell phenotype and function in food allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Singer, Benjamin (Pulmonary)
Midwest Murine-Tissue Mapping Center (MM-TMC) - BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS CORE
National Institute on Aging (subcontract from University of Minnesota) - Cuttica, Michael (Pulmonary)
Classification and Prognostication in Pulmonary Thromboembolism Using Computed Tomography Image Analytics
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (subcontract from Brigham and Women's Hospital) - Pack, Allison (General Internal Med)
PE202225 Development and Validation of Patient Activation Measure for Older People Living with HIV
Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Pollack, Seth (Hematology-Oncology)
Special Public T Cell Receptor Sequences that Predict Outcomes for Cancer Patients
National Cancer Institute - Misharin, Alexander (Pulmonary)
Midwest Murine-Tissue Mapping Center (MM-TMC) - DATA ANALYSIS CORE
National Institute on Aging (subcontract from University of Minnesota) - Wunderink, Richard (Pulmonary)
Successful Clinical Response In Pneumonia Therapy (SCRIPT) Systems Biology Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Eisenbarth, Stephanie (Allergy)
Establishing the immune structure of the human spleen with spatial profiling
G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Foundation - Kapitsinou, Pinelopi (Nephrology)
Hypoxic signaling and endothelial metabolic reprogramming in post-ischemic kidney Injury
American Heart Association
December 2022
- Jeffrey A. (General Internal Med)
Guiding Aging Long-Term Opioid Therapy Users Into Safer Use Patterns
National Institute on Aging (subcontract from University of Southern California)
November 2022
- Wallia, Amisha (Endocrinology)
Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study (EDIC)
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (subcontract from Case Western Reserve University) - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
HARC 2.0: Project 3: Genetics and evolution of HIV restriction factors
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of California, San Francisco) - Singer, Benjamin (Pulmonary)
The role of epigenetic regulator UHRF1 in stability of induced regulatory T-cell function during influenza A virus-induced lung injury -F32 for Anthony Joudi
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
HARC Core 2: Genetics
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of California, San Francisco) - Kuang, Fei Li (Allergy)
Role of Human Eosinophils and T cells in EGID
American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders
October 2022
- Zhang, Bin (Hematology-Oncology)
Targeting posttranslational modifications of CD73 in TNBCs
National Cancer Institute (subcontract from Emory University) - Donnan, Michael (Nephrology)
Protective mechanisms of lymphangiogenesis in kidney injury
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois - Wolinsky, Steven (Infectious Diseases)
The Push and Pull of Inflammation on HIV Susceptibility: Impact of Host Variation in CD101 and AXL
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of Washington) - Wunderink, Richard (Pulmonary)
Systems-based pharmacologic modeling to elucidate beta-lactam clinical pharmacodynamics and define optimal dosing regimens in severe pneumonia
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from Midwestern University)
September 2022
- McDermott, Mary McGrae (General Internal Med)
FIsetin to Reduce Senescence and mobility impairmenT in PAD: the FIRST Pilot Randomized Trial
National Institute on Aging - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
Understanding how viruses overcome the nuclear pore complex, the gatekeeper of genomic access
National Health and Medical Research Council (subcontract from University of New South Wales) - Stein, Adam (Gastroenterology)
Strength and Muscle Related Outcomes for Nutrition and Lung Function in CF (STRONG-CF)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
Understanding how viruses overcome the nuclear pore complex, the gatekeeper of genomic access
National Health and Medical Research Council (subcontract from University of New South Wales)
August 2022
- Dulai, Parambir (Gastroenterology)
Development and validation of machine learning optimized predictive models for response to different biologic agents in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
American Gastroenterological Association Institute - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
QCRG Pandemic Response Program
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of California, San Francisco) - Berin, Maria (Allergy)
Immune Basis of FPIES
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Khan, Sadiya (Cardiology)
Risk-Based Primary Prevention of Heart Failure
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Pfenniger, Anna (Cardiology)
The role of endothelial dysfunction in atrial fibrillation
American Heart Association - Bonini, Marcelo (Hematology-Oncology)
Arsenic suppresses progesterone receptor signaling and promotes tamoxifen resistance and metastasis of ER+ breast cancer
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
July 2022
- Persell, Stephen (General Internal Medicine)
Extended Follow-Up of Hypertension Management Using Remote Patient Monitoring
OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd. - Singhal, Seema (Hematology-Oncology)
NU 22H01: Serial Monitoring of Circulating Plasma Cells and Plasma Cells Components in Adults with Plasma Cell Disorders
Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. - Cuda, Carla Marie (Rheumatology)
The Relationship Between Brain Macrophages and Cognitive Dysfunction in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Kalhan, Ravi (Pulmonary)
American Lung Association- Airways Clinical Research Center (ALA-ACRC)
American Lung Association - Martin, Karlyn (Hematology-Oncology)
Implementing Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism for Ambulatory Patients with Cancer (PREVenT-APC)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Jawaheer, Damini (Rheumatology)
The pregnancy transcriptome in rheumatoid arthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Pack, Allison (General Internal Med)
Adaptation and Pilot Test of an Electronic Health Record-based Approach to Increase PrEP Knowledge and Uptake: the EMC2 PrEP Strategy
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC - Balbale, Salva Najib (Gastroenterology)
Developing a Chronic Opioid Use Assessment and Screening Tool for Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America - Medicine/Rheumatology (Rheumatology)
A precision medicine approach to assess progression from undifferentiated arthritis to rheumatoid arthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Shah, Sanjiv (Cardiology)
ATTR Cardiomyopathy Fellowship Support
Pfizer Inc.
June 2022
- Bonini, Marcelo (Hematology-Oncology)
A redox-sensitive switch in the macrophage nucleus regulates acute phase inflammatory injury
National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute - Lin, Adam (Hematology-Oncology)
Combination of CpG Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Cancer Research Foundation - Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind (Rheumatology)
Leveraging Community Academic Partnerships and Social Networks to Disseminate Vaccine Related Information and Increase Vaccine Uptake Among Individuals with Rheumatic Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Wolf, Michael (General Internal Med)
Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Management of Chronic Conditions: The C3 Study
National Institute on Aging - Dulai, Parambir (Gastroenterology)
Optimizing Implementation of Treat-to-Target in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Pfizer Inc. - Adekola, Kahinde (Hematology-Oncology)
Mitochondrial respiration as a regulator of lymphatic cell fate and therapeutic lymphangiogenesis
National Marrow Donor Program - Oliver, Guillermo (Nephrology)
Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Management of Chronic Conditions: The C3 Study
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Khan, Sadiya (Cardiology)
Patterns of Cardiopulmonary health across the life course
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Bailey, Stacy (General Internal Medicine)
Optimizing Virtual Care for Underserved Populations
Health Resources and Services Administration (subcontract from Erie Family Health Center)
May 2022
- Eisenbarth, Stephanie (Allergy)
Immune mechanisms regulating allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Gottardi, Cara (Pulmonary)
Alveolar epithelial stress-induced polypoidization in lung injury and repair
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
April 2022
- Kume, Tsutomu (Cardiology)
Cerebral Small Vessels in Motor and Cognitive Decline: Neuroimaging Signatures of Vulnerability & Resilience
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Misharin, Alexander (Pulmonary)
Targeting abnormal alveolar immune activation and failed epithelial repair in COVID-19
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Williams, Adam (Allergy)
Long Non-Coding RNAs in Allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Kircher, Sheetal (Hematology/Oncology)
Optimizing timing and sequencing of biomarker testing for patients with metastatic coloectal cancer through implementing the 4R Oncology Model
Pfizer Inc. - Bailey, Stacy (General Internal Medicine)
Exploring Patient Experiences and Characteristics of Women with Endometriosis and Migraine
Lundbeck LLC - Yu, Jindan (Hematology/Oncology)
Enhanced Targeting of CBP/p300 in a Subtype of Metastatic Prostate Cancer
U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command - Perlman, Harris (Rheumatology)
Macrophage Heterogeneity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Shenoy, Niraj (Hematology-Oncology)
Enhancing the Efficacy of immunotherapy in Cancer with Ascorbic Acid
Lotte and John Hecht Memorial foundation
March 2022
- Williams, Adam (Allergy)
IncRNA Control of Airway Epithelial Cell Responses to Type 2 Inflammation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Berdnikovs, Sergejs (Allergy)
Viral and Host Determinants of Infant and Childhood Allergy and Asthma
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from Vanderbuilt University Medical Center) - Perlman, Harris (Rheumatology)
The role of Monocytes and Macrophages in a Murine Model of SSc
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Szmuilowicz, Eytan (Hospital Medicine)
Comparative Effectiveness of Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (subcontract from Massachusetts General Hospital) - Simuni,Tatyana (Neurology)
PPMI - 2019 Steering Committee
Michael J Fox. Foundation for Parkinson's Research - Kume, Tsutomu (Cardiology)
Cerebral Small Vessels in Motor and Cognitive Decline: Neuroimaging Signatures of Vulnerability & Resilience
February 2022
- Kalhan, Ravi (Pulmonary)
Understanding the interstitial phenotype of impaired respiratory health through CT imaging and blood biomarkers - F32 for Gabrielle Y-Hui Liu
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - Beutler, Lisa (Endocrinology)
Dissecting the gut-brain dynamics underlying anorexia
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience - Misharin, Alexander (Pulmonary)
Microglia mediate cognitive dysfunction in elderly survivors of pneumonia
National Institute on Aging - Lee, Yvonne (Rheumatology)
Investigating immunophenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity as biomarkers of pain centralization in rheumatoid arthritis
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Eisenbarth, Stephanie (Medicine/Allergy)
Immune mechanisms regulating allergy
National Institute of Allergy and Infectous Diseases
January 2022
- Kato, Atsushi (Allergy)
Identification of mechanisms and biomarkers for the major inflammatory endotypes of chronic rhinosinusitis
Regeneron Pharmacuticals, Inc
December 2021
- Khan, Sadiya (Cardiology)
PRegnancy OuTcomEs and subclinical Cardiovascular disease sTudy: (PROTECT)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - D'Aquila, Richard (Infectious Diseases)
Partnering and Programming for a BIPOC SGM Runway to HIV Research
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from George Washington University)
November 2021
- Batlle, Daniel (Nephrology)
Novel Short ACE2 variant for Delayed Graft Function
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Achenbach, Chad (Infectious Diseases)
Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults (MIS-A Study)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (subcontract from Rainmakers Strategic Solutions, LLC)
October 2021
- Wallia, Amisha (Endocrinology)
UroEDIC Bladder: Bladder Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (subcontract from Case Western Reserve University) - Perlman, Harris (Rheumatology)
The Role of Monocytes and Macrophages in a Murine Model of SSc
Syndax Pharmaceuticals Inc.
September 2021
- Wallia, Amisha (Endocrinology)
Epidemiology of Diabetes and Interventions and Complications (EDIC)
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (subcontract from Case Western Reserve University) - Ridge, Karen (Pulmonary)
Mechanisms of Recovery from Viral Pneumonia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Quaggin, Susan (Nephrology)
Chicago Kidney Urology Hematology network FOR city-Wide reseArch tRaining and career Development (Chicago KUH FORWARD)
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Khan, Sadiya (Cardiology)
CHIcago Center for Accelerating nextGen Omics, deep phenotyping, and data science in Heart Failure (CHICAGO-HF)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Bass, Joseph (Endocrinology)
Integration of Feeding Time and Glucose Metabolism by the Circadian Gene Network
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Barish, Grant (Endocrinology)
Nuclear Repressors in Genomic Control of Healthful Obesity
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Isakova, Tamara (Nephrology)
NRSA Training Core
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Morales-Nebreda, Luisa (Pulmonary)
Mechanisms of regulatory T-cell mediated endothelial repair following viral pneumonia in aged hosts
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
August 2021
- Thomas, Benjamin (Nephrology)
Angiopoietin-TEK signaling is essential for choriocapillaris development and protects against polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
BrightFocus Foundation - Morales-Nebrada, Luisa (Pulmonary)
Mechanisms of regulatory T cell-mediated endothelial repair following viral pneumonia in aged hosts
Francis Family Foundation - Bailey, Stacy (General Internal Medicine)
Promoting Preconception Care and Diabetes Self-Management among Reproductive-Aged Women with Diabetes: The PREPARED Trial
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Wolf, Michael (General Internal Medicine)
Health Literacy and Cognitive Function among Middle-Aged Adults: The MidCog Study
National Institute on Aging
Celgene Corporation (subcontract from DrugDev Inc.) - Yu, Jindan (Hematology/Oncology)
Role of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase TRIM25 in Prostate Cancer
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command - Misharin, Alexander (Pulmonary)
Targeting Immunological Pathways in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
AbbVie Inc. - Perlman, Harris (Rheumatology)
Targeting PTPRS for therapy of rheumatoid arthritis
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (subcontract from University of California, San Diego) - Khan, Sadiya (Cardiology)
Patterns of Cardiopulmonary health across the life course
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Kruegar, Karen (Infectious Diseases)
CoVPN 3006 Protocol Funding (Fixed-Price)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) - Liu, Yan (Hematology/Oncology)
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CLONAL EXPANSION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Patel, Jyoti (Hematology/Oncology)
EGFR Mutant Lung Cancer Research
Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago - Pollack, Seth (Hematology/Oncology)
Transformation of the Synovial Sarcoma Tumor Microenvironment from Cold to Hot to Enable Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy
V Foundation for Cancer Research - Chandel, Navdeep (Pulmonary)
Targeting mitochondrial complex I dependent NAD+ generation in Parkinson's Disease
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research - Cristofanilli, Massimo (Hematology/Oncology)
Collaborative Research Agreement/Fellowship in support of Carolina Reduzzi
Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Inc. - Keswani, Rajesh (Gastroenterology)
Validation of a Machine Learning Algorithm to Assess Colonoscopic Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Virgo Surgical Video Solutions, Inc
July 2021
- Lin, Jennie (Nephrology)
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Macrophage Function in APOL1 Nephropathy, ASN Foundation for Kidney Research - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
Deciphering the Role of CPSF6 in HIV Infection
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
Assessing the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Remdesivir Resistance
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Palella Jr, Frank (Infectious Diseases)
The HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS) Activity to Abstract Data from Persons Receiving Ambulatory Care for HIV Infection in the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (subcontract from Cerner Government Services, Inc.) - McDermott, Mary McGrae (Genteral Internal Medicine)
COCOA flavanols to improve walking performance in PAD: the COCOA-PAD II Trial
National Institute on Aging - Pollack, Seth (Hematology/Oncology)
T cell Trafficking Into the Cold Tumor Immune Microenvironment
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command - Bass, Joseph (Endocrinology)
Circadian Mechanisms of Hedonic Feeding in Obesity
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Eklund, Elizabeth (Hematology/Oncology)
VA IPA in support of Bin Liu
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
April 2021
- Bass, Joseph (Endocrinology)
Cross-regulation of Immunometabolism and Circadian Pathways in Obesity Pathophysiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Bellaguarda, Emanuelle (Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
"Translating Scientific Evidence into Practice using Digital Medicine and Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes", National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (subcontract from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) - Beutler, Lisa (Endocrinology)
Rapid hormonal modulation of feeding circuit dynamics and its disruption in obesity, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Martin, Karlyn (Hematology & Oncology)
A Multicenter, Adaptive, Randomized Controlled Platform Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Antithrombotic Strategies in Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (subcontract from Versiti Wisconsin, Inc.) - Singer, Benjamin (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
Epigenetic modifiers of regulatory T cell function following viral pneumonia, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
March 2021
- Bochner, Bruce (Allergy)
Exploiting Siglec-6 for targeted anti-allergy drug delivery into human mast cells, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Wallia, Amisha (Endocrinology)
10/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) - Clinical Center, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Wunderink, Richard (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
I-SPY COVID TRIAL: An Adaptive Platform Trial to Reduce Mortality and Ventilator Requirements for Critically Ill Patients, Quantum Leap Health Care Collaborative - Yu, Jindan (Hematology & Oncology)
Comprehensive analyses of HOXB13-regulated transcriptional programs critical for prostate cancer progression, National Cancer Institute