Department of Pathology Research Funded by NIH Stimulus Grants

To date, New York University School of Medicine has been awarded more than $30 million in research grants for 86 projects through NIH "stimulus" funds. Among the researchers are 17 members of the Department of Pathology who received well over $6 million in funds, including two of the highly competitive NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research. The following projects by Department of Pathology members will receive support through the 2009 NIH Recovery Act:

Associate Professor of Pathology, Jorge Ghiso, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute on Aging for Cerebral Amyloidosis and Dementia.

Associate Professor of Pathology, Catarina Hioe, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the CC Chemokine Secretion to Protect Antigen-Specific CD4 T Cells from HIV.

Associate Professor of Pathology, Phillipe Nyambi, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the Viral Evolution and Humoral Immune Response to Dual HIV-1 Infection.

Associate Professor of Pathology, Jane Skok, PhD, receives funding through a Challenge Grant from the National Cancer Institute on the Spatiotemporal Control of Recombination by the RAG Proteins and ATM. In addition, Dr. Skok receives funding through a Research Project Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences on the Co-Ordination of Recombination and Allelic Exclusion At Igh and Igk Loci.

Associate Professor of Pathology, David Zagzag, MD, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on Intranasal Drug Delivery to Inhibit Glioma Angiogenesis and Invasion.

Mary Collins, a graduate student in Molecular Oncology and Immunology (Adrian Erlebacher, mentor), receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the Dendritic Cell Migration and Function in the Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Uterus.

Pathology faculty members in other Institutes and Departments receiving Stimulus Grants:

Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Dermatology, Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, receives funding through a Challenge Grant on the Immunosuppressive Pathways in Acute HIV Infection. In addition, Dr. Bhardwaj receives funding through a MERIT award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Induction of immunity by Non-Replicating HIV-1.

Irene Diamond Professor of Immunology and Professor of Pathology, Mike Dustin, PhD, receives from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the Physiological Chemistry of Integrin Function.

Professor of Pathology, Brian Dynlacht, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences on the Role of the pRB Family in Quiescence and Differentiation.

Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pathology and Microbiology, Joel Ernst, MD, receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Evasion of CD4+ T Cells in Vivo.

Associate Professor of Pathology, Jane Hubbard, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences on the Control of Onset of Meiosis in C. Elegans.

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Michelle Krogsgaard, PhD, receives funding from the National Cancer Institute on the Biophysical Analysis of T-Cell Discrimination among Classes of Self-Ligands.

Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Juan J. Lafaille, PhD, receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the Characterization of Lymphocytes that Suppress EAE.

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Irma Sánchez, PhD, receives funding from the National Cancer Institute for the Investigation of the Function and Regulation of ERK3.

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Pathology, Derya Unutmaz, MD, receives funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on the Immunobiology of Regulatory T Cells in HIV Infection.

Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry, Thomas Wisniewski, MD, receives funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on Therapeutic Approaches for Prion Disease.

Professor of Urology and Pathology, Xue-Ru Wu, MD, receives funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases on the Role of Tamm-Horsfall Protein in Urinary Tract Defense.