April 2022 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in April 2022. View grant highlights from previous months or view detailed information on research funding on the Sponsored Research Reporting page.
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