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American Lung Association of California Research Program

Funded Applicants 1999-2000:

RESEARCH TRAINING

 

Matthew Derrick, MBBS
University of California, San Francisco
Box 0748
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0130

Amount: $16,250 (co-funded renewal)

Sponsor:
Samuel Hawgood, B.med, B.Surg
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Box 0748
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0130

Project Title: Structure & Functional Analysis of Surfactant Protein B

Kimberly A. Hardin, MD
UC Davis Medical Center
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
4150 V St.; PSSB, Ste. 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $32,500

Sponsor:
H. William Bonekat, DO
Professor, Pulmonary Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
Div. Of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
4150 V Street, Suite 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Project Title: Pain, anxiety, and sleep in chemically paralyzed patients

Deborah Ann Hoffman, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
Pulmonary/Critical Care
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8376

Amount: $32,500.00

Sponsor:
Donald G. Guiney, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

Project Title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis: NRAMP 1 Expression and Apoptosis

Nicholas J. Kenyon, MD
UC Davis School of Medicine
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
PSSB, Ste 3400, 4150 V Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $32,500.00

Sponsor:
Jerold A. Last, PhD
Prof. Pulmonary/Critical Care Med.;
Dir. Toxic Subst. Prog.
UC Davis School of Medicine
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
4150 V St, Suite 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Project Title: The role of growth factors in airway remodeling in a murine model of asthma

Nobuyuki Koyama, MD
UCSF School of Medicine
Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
1246 HSE Bldg, Box 0521;
505 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143-0521

Amount: $32,500.00 (second year)

Sponsor:
Alan S. Verkman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Physiology
UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute
1246 HSE Bldg, Box 0521
San Francisco, CA 94143-0521

Project Title: Role of aquaporin water channels in lung physiology

Martina Kreutzer, MD
UC Davis
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
4300 V Street PSSB, Suite 3400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $32,500.00

Sponsor:
Reen Wu, PhD
Professor UC Davis
Surge I Annex, Room 1121
Davis, CA 95616

Project Title: Gene Expression and Metastatic Potential in Lung Cancer

Marina Stolina, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
Pulmonary Division 111Q
West Los Angeles VA,
Bldg 500, Rm 3013
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90073

Amount: $16,250.00 (co-funded renewal)

Sponsor:
Steven Dubinett, M.D.
Director, UCLA - Wadsworth Pulmonary Division
UCLA School of Medicine
Pulmonary Division 111Q
West Los Angeles VA, Bldg. 500, Rm. 3013
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90073

Project Title: Lung Cancer Cuyclooxygenase-2-dependent Immunosuppression in Vivo

Arthur Kearney
10475 Eastborn Avenue, #302
Westwood, CA 90024

Amount: $6,000 (Scholarship in Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Pulmonary Care)

Miranda Kramer
1311 33rd Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122

Amount: $6,000 (Scholarship in Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Pulmonary Care)

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS

 

Yuan-pu Peter Di, Ph.D.
UC Davis, Medical Center
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
3400 PSSB, UCDMC
4150 V Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Timothy E. Albertson, M.D., Ph.D.
Prof. Of Medicine & Pharmacology
UC Davis Medical Center
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
3400 PSSB
4150 V Street
Sacramento, CA 95817

Project Title: Characterization of a novel airway serous cell-specific gene

Barbara Driscoll, PhD
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Surgical Research, MS 35
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Amount: $25,000 (second year)

Sponsor:
David Warburton, MD
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Surgical Research, MS 35
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Project Title: Effect of Cyclin D1 Antisense Expression on Lung Cancer Cells

Zhenxing Fu, PhD
UC San Diego
Department of Medicine
9500 Gilman Drive, 0623A
La Jolla, CA 92093-0623

Amount: $25,000 (second year)

Sponsor:
John B. West, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Psysiology
UCSD, School of Medicine
Department of Medicine, 0623A
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0623

Project Title: Remodeling in Pulmonary Capillaries in Postnatal Rabbits

Gabriele Gruenig, D.V.M., Ph.D.
UCSF
Lung Biology Center
Office of Research Affairs
3333 California St., Ste #11
San Francisco, CA 94143-0962

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Talmadge E. King, M.D.
Chief of Medical Services
San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave., Room 5H22
San Francisco, CA 94110

Project Title: Asthma-Like Disease—Consequence of the Th2 to Th1

BalanceIte Laird-Offringa, PhD
USC School of Medicine
M/S #73, NOR 6417
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Amount: $12,500 (co-funded renewal)

Sponsor:
Tom DeMeester, MD
Dept. of Surgery
USC School of Medicine
Healthcare Consultation Center
1510 San Pablo Street, Ste. 514
Los Angeles, CA 90033

Project Title: Deregulation of myc oncogenes by Hu proteins in small cell lung cancer

Charles Lee, PhD
Children's Hospital Oakland
Research Institute
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA 94609

Amount: $25,000 (second year)

Sponsor:
Bertram Lubin, MD
Children's Hospital Oakland
Research Institute
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA 94609

Project Title: Hypothermic Preservation of Lung: A Cellular Model

Victor Nizet, MD
UCSD School of Medicine
Clinical Sciences Building, Rm. 435
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0672
La Jolla, CA 92093-0672

Amount: $12,500 (co-funded renewal)

Sponsor:
Stanley Mendoza, MD
Chair
Department of Pediatrics
UCSD Medical Center
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8444

Project Title: Molecular Basis of Lung Injury in GBS Pneumonia

Savita P. Rao, Ph.D.
UCSD Pulmonary & Critical Care
Medicine Contract & Grant Admin., 0934
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0934

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Stephen I. Wasserman, M.D.
H.M. Ranney Prof. & Chair, Dept of Med. ;
Director, Div. Of Allergy
UCSD Medical Center
200 West Arbor Dr., #8811W
San Diego, CA 92103-8811

Project Title: Role of lung cells in Mycobacterium avium infection

James Roum, MD, PhD
UC Irvine
UCI Medical Center
101 The City Drive South,
Bldg 53, Rm 119, Rte 81
Orange, CA 92868

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
N.D. Vaziri, MD
Acting Department Chair
UC Irvine Medical Center
Department of Medicine
101 The City Drive South,
Bldg 53, Rte 81
Orange, CA 92868

Project Title: S-Nitrosoglutathione in Lung Lining Fluid: Nitric Oxide Release

Kenneth John Serio, M.D.
UCSD School of Medicine
Pulm./Crit. Care Medicine
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8372

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Andrew L. Ries, M.D., M.P.H.
Prof. of Medicine
UCSD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
200 W. Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103-8372

Project Title: Regulation of Leukotriene C4 Synthase Gene by Sp Proteins

Rajeev Venkayya, M.D.
UCSF
Office of Research Affairs
3333 California St., Ste 11
San Francisco, CA 94143-0962

Amount: $25,000

Sponsor:
Talmadge E. King, M.D.
Chief, Medical Services
San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave., Rm 5H22
San Francisco, CA 94110

Project Title: The role of TH2 Lymphocyte Products in Asthma

 

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