April 2022 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in April 2022. View previously selected grants, or a full summary of this month’s awards. For detailed information on research funding, visit Sponsored Research Reporting on the Research Support site.
Framingham Heart Study
Total Anticipated
$ 24,993,572
Principal Investigator
Vasan Ramachandran, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Air Pollution and Alzheimer’s Dementia Neuropathologic and Olfactory Mechanisms in Multi-Ethnic Longitudinal Cohorts
Total Anticipated
$ 3,800,587
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Weuve, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Systems Genetics of Premorbid and Cocaine use Traits in a Rat Reduced Complexity Cross
Total Anticipated
$ 3,520,916
Principal Investigator
Cameron D Bryant, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse
Improving Care Giver Adherence to Recommended Infant Care Practices
Total Anticipated
$ 3,394,952
Principal Investigator
Michael J Corwin, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Neuroimaging the Impact of Respiration and Respiratory-Gated Neuromodulation on Human Glymphatic Physiology
Total Anticipated
$ 3,353,529
Principal Investigator
Laura Lewis, College of Engineering
Sponsor
NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
Advancing Engagement and Efficacy of Interventions of Co-Morbid Sleep and Behavior Problems in Young Children
Total Anticipated
$ 3,320,567
Principal Investigator
Amanda Carrillo, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The STAT3 Response of Excitatory Neurons to Epileptogenic Brain Injury
Total Anticipated
$ 3,305,223
Principal Investigator
Shelley J Russek, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Understanding the Mechanisms of Change and Optimal Parameters in Conversation Treatment for Aphasia
Total Anticipated
$3,217,654
Principal Investigator
Elizabeth L Hoover, Sargent College
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders
Novel Biosensors Based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors
Total Anticipated
$ 2,638,046
Principal Investigator
James E Galagan, College of Engineering
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
High-Throughput Mapping of Synaptic Connectivity Between Transcriptomically Defined Cell Types
Total Anticipated
$ 1,423,833
Principal Investigator
Michael N Economo, College of Engineering
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health