September 2021 Selected Grants
Below is a brief snapshot of some of the research grants awarded to Boston University faculty in September 2021. 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.
Metabolic Responses to an Oral Mixed Meal Tolerance Test: Intra-Individual Changes, Correlates, and Prognostic Significance
Total Anticipated
$ 3,271,168
Principal Investigator
Matthew G Nayor, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Supporting Sustained HIV Treatment Adherence After Initiation
Total Anticipated
$ 2,867,048
Principal Investigator
Lora Sabin, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Mitochondrial DNA, Nuclear DNA Methylation, and Cardiometabolic Disease Traits
Total Anticipated
$ 2,430,459
Principal Investigator
Chunyu Liu, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Down Syndrome: Toward Optimal Trajectories and Health Equity Using Medicaid Analytic Extract (DS-TO-THE-MAX)
Total Anticipated
$ 2,124,301
Principal Investigator
Eric S Rubenstein, School of Public Health
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Linking Root and Soil Microbial Stress Metabolism to Watershed Biogeochemistry Under Rapid Year-Round Environmental Change
Total Anticipated
$ 989,201
Principal Investigator
Jennifer Marie Bhatnagar, College of Arts & Sciences
Sponsor
Department of Energy
Exploring the Pathophysiology of AD and ADRDS with 3D Steroid Models
Total Anticipated
$ 916,247
Principal Investigator
Benjamin L Wolozin, School of Medicine
Sponsor
NIH/National Institute on Aging
Identifying Objective Diagnostic Markers of Gulf War Illness: Salivary and Plasma Autoantibodies Against Neural Proteins Validated with Brain Imaging
Total Anticipated
$ 696,337
Principal Investigator
Kimberly A Sullivan, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research
Developing Recommendations for Aligning RWJF’s Grantmaking with the Goal of Unraveling the Impact of Structural Racism on Health
Total Anticipated
$ 503,403
Principal Investigator
Sandro Galea, School of Public Health
Sponsor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Future-Proof, Trustworthy Telemetry on Heterogeneous Networks
Total Anticipated
$ 500,000
Principal Investigator
Zaoxing Liu, College of Engineering
Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Enhancing Supported Employment Services for Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities to Address Workplace Prejudice and Discrimination
Total Anticipated
$ 498,904
Principal Investigator
Zlatka L Russinova, Sargent College
Sponsor
Administration for Community Living