February 2022 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in February 2022. View grant highlights from previous months or view detailed information on research funding on the Sponsored Research Reporting page.
Pulmonary Pathophysiology Sub-Phenotypes of Pneumonia
Total Anticipated
$ 4,008,474
Principal Investigator
Joseph P Mizgerd, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Risk for Later-Life Cognitive Impairment, Neurobehavioral Dysregulation, and Dementia in Former Soccer and American Football Players: The Head Impact and Trauma Surveillance Study (HITSS)
Total Anticipated
$ 3,995,702
Principal Investigator
Robert A Stern, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control
Total Anticipated
$ 3,499,321
Principal Investigator
Helen Barbas, Sargent College
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Youth Empowerment: A Cluster RCT of the H2GO Program
Total Anticipated
$ 3,255,142
Principal Investigator
Monica L Wang, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Advancement of a Poxvirus Inhibitor
Total Anticipated
$ 3,160,844
Principal Investigator
John Connor, NEIDLNational Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories The NE...
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Ninos Cohort: Children’s Kidney Health in a High-Risk Region for CKDU
Total Anticipated
$ 2,955,198
Principal Investigator
Jessica Leibler, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
GATA-6 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Total Anticipated
$ 2,575,340
Principal Investigator
Maria Trojanowska, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
A-plus Trial: Multi-Site Efficacy and Safety Trial of Intrapartum Azithromycin in LMICS
Total Anticipated
$ 1,436,036
Principal Investigator
Kevin C Thomas, School of Medicine
Sponsor
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Multnomah County Preschool for All Evaluation
Total Anticipated
$ 800,000
Principal Investigator
Stephanie Curenton, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Sponsor
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Core Support for the Center for Antiracist Research, Including their Work on the Emancipator
Total Anticipated
$ 600,000
Principal Investigator
Monica L Wang, Canter for Antiracist Research
Sponsor
The Ford Foundation