May 2022 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in May 2022. View grant highlights from previous months or view detailed information on research funding on the Sponsored Research Reporting page.
The Influence of Structural Racism on Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in Black Women
Total Anticipated
$3,699,459
Principal Investigator
Lynn Rosenberg, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Are Tau Proteins in Blood and PET Images Related to Gulf War Illness and Risk of Comorbid Neurological Disorders?
Total Anticipated
$1,843,488
Principal Investigator
Kimberly Sullivan, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research
Identification of Objective Brain Imaging Biomarkers for Gulf War Illness (GWI): Exposure & Symptom-Specific Markers, GW Subtypes, and Longitudinal Pattern
Total Anticipated
$999,636
Principal Investigator
Bang-Bon Koo, School of Medicine
Sponsor
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research
Examining the Reproductive Health of Gulf War Veterans and the Subsequent Health and Development of their Children
Total Anticipated
$964,228
Principal Investigator
Patricia Janulewicz Lloyd, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research
Lower Buzzards Bay Sedimentation & Gooseberry Causeway Impact Study
Total Anticipated
$925,024
Principal Investigator
Zoe Hughes, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Buzzards Bay Coalition, Inc.
Enrichment of Data Collection for the Boston Biorepository and Integrative Network for GWI: the Non-Exclusionary Wave (New Brain) Cohort
Total Anticipated
$906,829
Principal Investigator
Kimberly Sullivan, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research
Cost-Effectiveness and Optimal Resource Allocation of Rapid Antigen Diagnostics Using Simulation Modelling(RADX-SIM)
Total Anticipated
$799,829
Principal Investigator
Brooke Nichols, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Precise Targeting of T1D Specific T Cells Using Car and Peptide-MHC Chimeric Antigen
Total Anticipated
$728,516
Principal Investigator
Wilson Wong, College of Engineering
Sponsor
NIH/National Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Epidemiology of Blood Pressure Responses to Perturbations: Correlates and Prognosis for Vascular Risk, End-Organ Damage, Cognitive Aging and Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
Total Anticipated
$728,222
Principal Investigator
Vasan Ramachandran, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Please note, anticipated amount is for the entire project period. For more information on a specific award please contact rosamail.bu.edu.