Grant Award Recipients 2003 to 2025
2024 Grant Award Recipients
As of November 2024, the KDA has awarded $2,784,117.00 in research grants to help find a cure or treatment for Kennedy's Disease. In 2024, the KDA awarded $330,500 in Research Grants.
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2023 Grant Award Recipients
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2020 Grant Award Recipients
Four research grants were awarded totaling $196,200. Award recipients are listed below.
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Dr. Gerry Pfeffer (University of Calgary)
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Antonella Falconieri, PhD (University of Padova)
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Manuela Basso, PhD (University of Trento)
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Mariarita Galbiatti, PhD (University of Milan)
2019 Award Recipients
Five research grants were awarded totaling $276,125.
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Understanding of early-stage defects in SBMA by allele-targeted therapeutics
Kentaro Sahashi
Award Amount $51,250 -
Exploring the contribution of the function of mutant ar in the pathogenesis of sbma
Eric Anderson and Emanuela Zuccaro
Award Amount $50,000 -
Investigating disease pathways and novel therapeutic targets in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Bilal Malik
Award $50,000 -
Generation of a high through putin vivo assayto test potentials therapeutics for SBMA
Heather Montie
Award Amount $75,000 -
Epigenetic signatures as novel non-invasive blood-based biomarkers for Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy or Kennedy’s disease
Wooi Fang and Catheryn Lim
Award $50,000
2018 Grant Award Recipients
Four research grants were awarded totaling $200,000
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Using SBMA patient derived stem cells to investigate differential AR gene expression regulation in affected cell types
Helen Cristina Miranda, Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University Department of
Genetics and Genome Sciences
Award $50,000 -
Selective translation of androgen receptor isoform A to prevent polyQ mediated toxicity in Kennedy’s Disease
Riccardo Cristofani, PhD Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari (DiSFeB)
Università degli Studi di Milano
Award $50,000 -
Role of Ser96 phosphorylation in AR pathogenesis
Laura Tosatto, PhD Institute of Biophysics, National Council of Research, Unit of Trento Italy
Award $50,000 -
Investigating the role of the Excitation‐Contraction‐Coupling machinery in SBMA muscle pathology.
Marco Pirazzini, Ph.D Neurotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Regeneration Lab University of
Padova Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Award $50,000
2017 Grant Award Recipients
Five research grants were awarded totaling $199,000
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Anna Pluciennik, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
Award $50,000 -
Xia Feng, PhD.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurogenetics Branch
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Health
Award $50,000 -
Laura Bott, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University
Award $33,000 -
Carlo Rinaldi, MD, PhD
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
University of Oxford
Award $33,000 -
Thomas M Durcan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
Award $33,000
2016 Grant Award Recipients
Three research grants were awarded totaling $150,000. Each grant recipient received $50,000 each.
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Dr Bilal Malik
Professor Linda Greensmith’s Lab, UCL, Institute of Neurology, UK -
Dr. Janghoo Lim
Yale University School of Medicine -
Manuela Basso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Transcriptional Neurobiology
Centre for Integrative Biology
University of Trento
Italy
2015 Grant Award Recipients
Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000
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Miltiadis Paliouras, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University -
Constanza J. Cortes, PhD
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
2014 Grant Award Recipients
Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000
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Anna Pluciennik, Ph.D., a researcher at Dr. Diane Merry's Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University
Amount Awarded: $50,000 -
Helen Cristina Miranda, postdoctoral researcher at Al La Spada's Lab, University of California, San Diego
Amount Awarded: $50,000
2013 Grant Award Recipients
Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000
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Heather Montie, PhD, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Amount Awarded: $50,000 -
Michael Blanar, ARMGO Pharma of Tarrytown, NY
Amount Awarded: $50,000
2012 Grant Award Recipients
One research grant was awarded for $25,000
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Mechanisms of anti-androgen treatment in SBMA mice muscles
Jamie A. Johansen, Ph.D., Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
Amount Awarded: $25,000
2011 Grant Award Recipients
Three research grants were awarded totaling $65,000
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Masahisa Katsuno, M.D. – Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Amount Awarded: $25,000 -
Elise Kikis, Ph. D., Northwestern University
Amount Awarded: $20,000 -
Sara Parodi, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience and Brain Technologies, Genoa, Italy
Amount Awarded: $20,000
2009 Grant Award Recipients
3 research grants were awarded totaling $50,000
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Parsa Kazemi-Esfarjani, B.Sc., Ph.D. is a researcher for the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, Institute for Genomic Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Award Amount: $25,000 -
Maria Pennuto,Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy.
Amount Awarded: $20,000 -
Lenore Beitel, Ph.D. Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Award Amount: $10,000
2008 Grant Award Recipients
One $ 50,000 research grants was awarded
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Heather Montie, Ph.D.
Award Amount: $50,000
2007 Grant Award Recipients
Two $ 25,000 research grants were awarded
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Maria Pennuto, Ph.D. from the National Institute of Health. Dr. Pennuto
Award: $25,000 -
Udai Bhan Pandey, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Award Amount: $25,000
2006 Grant Award Recipients
Two $ 25,000 research grants were awarded
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Chawnshang Chang Ph.D. from the University of Rochester
Award Amount: $25,000 -
Udai Bhan Pandey Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Award Amount: $25,000
2005 Grant Award Recipients
One $25,000 research grant was awarded
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J. Paul Taylor, MD, Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Award Amount: $25,000
2004 Grant Award Recipients
One $25,000 research grant was awarded
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Andrew Lieberman, MD, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Award Amount: $25,000
2003 Grant Award Recipients
One $ 25,000 research grant was awarded
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J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Award Amount: $25,000
2024 Winners

2024 Grant Award Recipients
As of November 2024, the KDA has awarded $2,784,117.00 in research grants to help find a cure or treatment for Kennedy's Disease. In 2024, the KDA awarded $330,500 in Research Grants.
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