The KDA received an unprecedented number of research proposals this year and has awarded the highest number of grants and fellowships in our history - $931,000. Congratulations to the researchers on their awards. An overview and the details of the awards including bios and research summaries are below.
Overview
Details
- Individual Grant Recipients
- Waite-Griffin SBMA Fellowship Grant Recipients
- Banbury Team Grant Recipients
Individual Grants
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Dr. Laura Bott, Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Award amount $100,000 -
Dr. Rika Maruyama, Ph.D
Research Associate, University of Alberta
Award amount $100,000 -
Dr. Rachel Harding, Ph.D
Assistant Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Principal Investigator at the Structural Genomics Consortium
Award amount $100,000 -
Dr. Janghoo Lim, Ph.D
Yale University
Professor in the departments of genetics and of neuroscience
Award amount $100,000
Waite-Griffin SBMA Fellowships
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Dr. Chris (Changwoo) Lee, Ph.D
Department of Genetics
Yale School of Medicine
Award amount $75,000 plus up to a $2,000 travel allowance -
Dr. Caroline Brandão Teles Rodrigues, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Researcher
Miranda lab department of Genetics School of Medicine
Award amount $75,000 plus up to $2,000 travel allowance -
Dr. Ellen Scott, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Researcher
Montie Lab and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Award amount $75,000 plus up up to $2,000 travel expense
Banbury Team Grant Recipients
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Dr. Albert La Spada, MD, Ph.D, FACMGG,
Dr. Asuka Eguchi, Ph.D
Award amount $100,000 -
Dr. Albert La Spada, MD, Ph.D, FACMGG
Distinguished Professor & Jack W. Peltason Endowed Chair
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Neurology, Biological Chemistry, and Neurobiology & Behavior
Director, UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics
Vice Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine -
Dr. Asuka Eguchi, Ph..D
Assistant Professor - University of California, Irvine -
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Dr. Andrew Lieberman, MD, Ph.D
Dr. Sami Barmada, Ph.D
Dr. Sokol Todi, Ph.D
Award amount $100,000 -
Dr. Andrew Lieberman, MD, Ph.D
Gerald Abrams Collegiate Professor
Director of Neuropathology
University of Michigan Medical School -
Dr. Sami Barmada, Ph.D
Director of the University of Michigan Brain Bank
Associate Director of the University of Michigan Scientist Training Program -
Dr. Sokol Todi, Ph.D
Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Wayne State University School of Medicine -
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Dr. Xavier Salvatella, Ph.D
Dr. Diane Merry, Ph.D
Dr. Sokol Todi, Ph.D
Award Amount $100,000 -
Dr. Xavier Salvatella, Ph.D
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona -
Dr. Sokol Todi, Ph.D
Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
