Recent Awards
The Department of Medicine celebrates new and competing renewals of more than $100,000 that were awarded over the past 12 months.
October 2018
- Varga, John (Rheumatology)
Targeting NAD metabolism to treat systemic sclerosis, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
September 2018
- Gottardi, Cara (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Cadherin-catenin regulation in dividing epithelial cells, National Institute of General Medical Sciences - Szmuilowicz, Eytan (Hospital Medicine)
Special Innovations Project: PACT as a Local Quality Improvement Intervention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Taiwo, Babafemi (Infectious Diseases)
Intensive Combination Approach to Rollback the Epidemic (iCARE) in Nigerian Adolescents, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
August 2018
- Liu, Jing (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
The transcription factor Miz1-mediated mechanisms of lung aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Lowe, William (Endocrinology)
Predicting Newborn and Childhood Adiposity: An Integrated Omics Approach, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Platanias, Leonidas (Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center)
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute - Quaggin, Susan (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Kidney Therapeutics: Translating Discoveries into Prevention, Treatment and Cures for Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
July 2018
- Eklund, Elizabeth (Hematology and Oncology)
Molecular mechanisms of relapse after therapy discontinuation in chronic myeloid leukemia, American Society of Hematology - Hultquist, Judd (Infectious Diseases)
The Influence of Early Integration Events on HIV Latency and Reactivation Potential, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Liu, Xiaolei (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Cardiac lymphatic endothelial cells: novel players in cardiomyocyte survival during heart development and repair, American Heart Association - Pandolfino, John (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Disordered Tissue Biomechanics as a Driver of Esophageal Disease, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Passman, Rod (Cardiology)
Vulnerable Substrate for AF and Stroke, American Heart Association - Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind (Rheumatology)
Clinical Trials Awareness Modules for the Lupus Conversations Academic-Community Partnership, Office of Minority Health - Varga, John (Rheumatology)
Novel Role for A20 in Fibrosis Susceptibility, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
June 2018
- D'Aquila, Richard (Infectious Diseases)
Next-Generation Phylodynamics-targeted Partner Service Models for Combined HIV Prevention, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Hussain, Maha (Hematology and Oncology)
Clinical, Environmental, Genetic and Genomic profile of Men with Early Onset Lethal Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation - Kulik, Laura (Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Statin Intervention to Slow the Time to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence in Cirrhotics Awaiting Liver Transplantation, National Cancer Institute - Lin, Jennie (Nephrology)
Modulation of Macrophage Function through Alternative Splicing in Cardiometabolic Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - McDermott, Mary (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics)
NICotinomidE riboside with and without resveratrol to improve functioning in peripheral artery disease: The NICE Trial, American Heart Association - Winter, Deborah (Rheumatology)
Understanding the molecular link between cardiovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis, American Heart Association - Wolf, Michael (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics)
Ambulatory Care-Based, Technology-Enabled Universal Medication Schedule Strategy to Promote Safe Use and Adherence to Complex Regimens, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
May 2018
- Misharin, Alexander (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Differential role of tissue-resident and monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Tetreault, Marie-Pier (Gastroenterology)
Molecular Mechanisms of Epithelial Contribution to Esophageal Inflammation and Tissue Repair, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Yu, Jindan (Hematology and Oncology)
Targeting chemokine signaling and MAPK/ERK pathway in advanced prostate cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation
April 2018
- Munshi, Hidayatullah (Hematology/Oncology)
Galpha13 and pancreatic cancer progression, National Cancer Institute
Febuary 2018
- Bochner, Bruce (Allergy)
Using siglecs and their ligands to treat allergic diseases SALTAD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Schleimer, Robert (Allergy)
Initiators, biomarkers and mechanisms of epithelial dysfunction and immune pathogenesis in chronic rhinosinusitis and aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
January 2018
- Wunderink, Richard (Pulmonary)
Successful Clinical Response In Pneumonia Therapy (SCRIPT) Systems Biology Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
December 2017
- Hanauer, Stephen (Gastroenterology)
Defining Molecular Pathways in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (B16-147), AbbVie Inc. - Lam, Anna (Pulmonary)
Wnt-beta-catenin cross interactions in alveolar macrophages and epithelial cells in persistence of SSc-ILD, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
November 2017
- Prickett, Michelle (Medicine/Pulmonary)
A Pilot Study to Define Colistin Population PK and Interrogate Renal TD, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
October 2017
- Kumar, Krishan (Hematology- Oncology)
Targeting hyaluronan synthesis and signaling with BET inhibitors in pancreatic cancer, National Cancer Institute - Persell, Stephen (General Internal Med)
Improving Hypertension Using a Smartphone-Enabled Personal Control Program: The Smart Hypertension Control Study, OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd. - Wolf, Michael (General Internal Med)
Developing a Consumer Activation and Engagement Tool for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Eli Lilly and Company - Zhang, Bin (Hematology- Oncology)
PARP inhibition and tumor immunity, AbbVie Inc.
September 2017
- Wunderink, Richard (Medicine/Pulmonary)
Optimizing clinical use of Polymyxin B: Teaching an old drug to treat superbugs, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (subcontract from University of Michigan) - Budinger, GR (Medicine/Pulmonary)
A Systems Biology Approach to Mapping Aging in the lung, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Sporn, Peter (Medicine/Pulmonary)
Hypercapnia and Suppression of Anti-viral Host Defense, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Yu, Jindan (Medicine/Hematology- Oncology)
Role of C10orfl12 in Prostate Cancer, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command - Platanias, Leonidas (Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Ctr/Robert H. Lurie Cancer Cntr)
Training Program in Signal Transduction and Cancer, National Cancer Institute - McDermott, Mary (Medicine/General Internal Med)
Hepatocyte growth factor to Improve Functioning in PAD: the HI-PAD Study, National Institute on Aging - El Muayed, Malek (Medicine/Endocrinology)
Mechanisms of Cadmium Induced Dysglycemia and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Sharma, Leena (Medicine/Rheumatology)
Core Center for Clinical Research at Northwestern University, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - O'Leary, Kevin (Medicine/Hospital Medicine)
Redesigning Systems to Improve Quality for Hospitalized Patients, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
August 2017
- Oliver, Guillermo (Medicine/Nephrology)
Prox1 in Mammalian Lymphangiogenesis, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind (Medicine/Rheumatology)
Algorithms to Identify Systemic Lupus from Electronic Health Record Data, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Yu, Jindan (Medicine/Hematology- Oncology)
Targeting EZH2 in castration-resistant prostate cancer, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command - D'Aquila, Richard (Medicine/Infectious Diseases)
Role of mTOR in inflammatory monocytes in HIV infection, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Green, Richard (Medicine/Hepatology)
Cholestasis and the Unfolded Protein Response, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases