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Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Clinical and Translational Science Institute| Awardees | BTC Institution | Title of Project |
|---|---|---|
James N. Jarvis, MD Tao Liu, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Neutrophil-based Biomarkers in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis |
Blair D. Johnson, PhD John J. Leddy, MD Barry Willer, PhD Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD Michael G. Dwyer, PhD Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski, PhD | School of Public Health and Health Professions Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Blood Pressure Control in Concussion |
Jeffrey M. Lackner, PsyD Kenyani Davis, MD, MPH Brian M. Quigley, PhD Joseph E. Ravenell, MD, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions
| Cutting the risk of colorectal cancer by developing a novel, evidence-based, community based program for increasing screening uptake in Black males |
John Leddy, MD Barry Willer, PhD Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD Scott Darling, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise Treatment for Concussion |
Indrajit Majumdar, MBBS Lucy Mastrandrea, MD, PhD Andrew H. Talal, MD, MPH Teresa Quattrin, MD Carrol M. Harmon, MD, PhD Leonard H. Epstein, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
| Role of contingency management in the treatment of youth and their parents in a pediatric tertiary care weight management program |
Manoj J. Mammen, MD, MS Sanjay Sethi, MD Heather Ochs-Balcom, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Determinants of Treatment Failure in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Exacerbation |
Robert F. McCormack, MD, MBA Christine Verni, EdD Heather A. Lindstrom, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | The Diagnosis of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (DaSH) Study |
Rajendram V. Rajnarayanan, PhD Margarita L. Dubocovich, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences | Discovery of Circadian Modulators Selectively Targeting Melatonin Receptors |
Jessica L. Reynolds, PhD Bruce R. Troen, MD Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD Michael J. LaMonte, PhD, MPH James N. Jarvis, MD Zihua Hu, PhD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Public Health and Health Professions | Exosomal biomarkers as predictors of sarcopenia and frailty in WHI participants |
Ferdinand Schweser, PhD Lawrence Wrabetz, MD Sarah F. Muldoon, PhD Robert Zivadinov, MD | Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences College of Arts and Sciences | Multimodal multiparametric brain mapping for pre-symptomatic diagnosis and treatment development in Krabbe Disease |
Kimberly S. Walitzer, PhD Javier G. Blanco, PhD Scott Stewart, MD Denise Swiatek, PharmD | Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Integrating Naltrexone Treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous Facilitation, and the OPRM1 Polymorphism in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependent Outpatients |
Jun Xia, PhD Linda M. Harris, MD Sikandar Khan, MD | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
| Three-dimensional photoacoustic computed tomography for diagnosis and treatment monitoring of chronic leg ulcers |
| N.B. Jennifer P. Read, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Treating violence-related PTSD and substance risk in low-income urban adolescents, received pilot funding 2017-18 as a continuation of Dr. Ellen Volpe’s KL2 project. |
1. Ellis MJ, Leddy J, Cordingley D, Willer B. A Physiological Approach to Assessment and Rehabilitation of Acute Concussion in Collegiate and Professional Athletes. Front Neurol. 2018 Dec 20;9:1115. PMCID: PMC6306465
2. Haider MN, Leddy JJ, Du W, J Macfarlane AJ, Viera KB, Willer BS. Practical Management: Brief Physical Examination for Sport Related Concussion in the Outpatient Setting. Clin J Sport Med. 2018 Nov 7. PMID 30418199
3. Harmon KG, Clugston JR, Dec K, Hainline B, Herring S, Kane SF, Kontos AP, Leddy JJ, McCrea M, Poddar SK, Putukian M, Wilson JC, Roberts WO. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position statement on concussion in sport. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Feb;53(4):213-225. PMID: 30705232
4. Johnson BD, O’Leary MC, McBryde M, Sackett JR, Schlader ZJ, Leddy JJ. Face cooling exposes cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic dysfunction in recently concussed college athletes. Physiol Rep. 2018 May;6(9):e13694. PMCID: PMC5941219
5. Lawrence JB, Haider MN, Leddy JJ, Hinds A, Miecznikowski JC, Willer BS. The King-Devick test in an outpatient concussion clinic: Assessing the diagnostic and prognostic value of a vision test in conjunction with exercise testing among acutely concussed adolescents. J Neurol Sci. 2019 Mar 15;398:91-97. PMID: 30690413
6. Leddy JJ, Haider MN, Ellis MJ, Mannix R, Darling SR, Freitas MS, Suffoletto HN, Leiter J, Cordingley DM, Willer B. Early Subthreshold Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Apr 1;173(4):319-325. PMID: 30715132; PMCID: PMC6450274
7. Leddy JJ, Haider MN, Ellis M, Willer BS. Exercise in Medicine for Concussion. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2018 Ayug;17(8):262-270. PMCID: PMC6089233
8. Leddy JJ, Haider MN, Hinds AL, Darling S, Willer BS. A Preliminary Study of the Effect of Early Aerobic Exercise Treatment for Sport-Related Concussion in Males. Clin J Sport Med. 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30239422; PMCID: PMC6424660
9. Leddy J, Lesh K, Haider MN, Czuczman N, Baker JG, Miecnikowski JC, Willer B. Derivation of a Focused, Brief Concussion Physical Examination for Adolescents With Sport-Related Concussion. Clin J Sport Med. 2018 Oct 29. PMCID: PMC6488454
10. Leddy JJ, Wilber CG, Willer BS. Active recovery from concussion. Curr Opin Neurol. 2018 Dec;31(6):681-686. PMID: 30382949
11. Wang Y, Lim RSA, Zhang H, Nyayapathi N, Oh KW, Xia J. Optimizing the light delivery of linear-array-based photoacoustic systems by double acoustic reflectors. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 29;8(1):13004. PMCID: PMC6115359
12. Willer BS, Haider MN, Bezherano I, Wilber CG, Mannix R, Kozlowski K, Leddy JJ. Comparison of Rest to Aerobic Exercise and Placebo-Like Treatment of Acute Sport-Related Concussion in Male and Female Adolescents. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Aug 1. Pii: S0003-9993(19)30505-2. PMID: 31377190
13. Johnson BD, Sackett JR, Schlader ZJ, Leddy JJ. Attenuated Cardiovascular Responses to the Cold Pressor Test in Concussed Athletes. J Athl Train. 2020 Feb;55(2):124-131. PMCID: PMC7017893
14. Wang Y, Zhan Y, Harris LM, Khan S, Xia J. A portable three-dimensional photoacoustic tomography system for imaging of chronic foot ulcers. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2019 May;9(5):799-806. PMCID: PMC6571196