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Research Activities

All Research Projects Listed by Principal Investigator

P. David Adelson, MD

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Consortium Hypothermia

Synaptic Connectivity Following Experimental TBI and Hypothermia Treatment In the Immune Rat

Rachael Berger, MD
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)

Biochemical Markers to Detect Abusive Head Trauma

Gina Bertocci, PhD, PE
(Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology)

Infant Head Injury Risk in Falls Using Experimental and Computational Models (CIRCL Grant)

Fernando Boada MD
(Radiology)

Brain Neuplasia and Multiple Quantum Sodium MRI

James P. Broderk, MD
(University of Cincinnati)

Familial Intracranial Aneurysm Study

Boyle Cheng, PhD

Lumbar Biomechanical Testing and Cervical Biomechanical Testing

Guy L. Clifton, MD
(University of Texas, Houston)

National Acute Brain Injury Study: Hypothermia II (NABIS:H II)

Robert S.B. Clark, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Divergent Pathways of Cell Death After Brain Injury

Gender-Specific Treatment of Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Jackie Cohen
(Carnegie Mellon University)

Impact of Housing Relocation Initiatives on Community-Level Violence

Yvette P. Conley, PhD
(School of Nursing)

Mitochondrial Genetics of Recovery after Brain Injury

C. Edward Dixon, PhD

Emerging Therapeutics for TBI: Acute to Chronic Changes

Mechanisms of Chronic Dysfunction after Brain Trauma

National Neurotrauma Society Webpage Project

Anthony Fabio, PhD

Why Are Some Generations More Violent Than Others: A Contextual Developmental Model for Understanding Crime Trends

Peter Gerszten, MD, MPH

Study of Percutaneous Intradiscal Nucleoplasty Efficacy (SPINE)

Jospeh Glorioso, PhD
(Molecular Gentics and Biochemistry)

Glioma Therapy Using Targeted Oncolytic HSV Vectors

Glenn Gobbel, DVM, PhD

Effects of Previous Irradiation on Brain Tumor Growth and Response to Therapy

Medrad Cell Delivery System Evaluation and Testing

Ronald Herberman, MD
(Medicine)

Cancer Center Support Grant

Milos Ikonomovic, PhD
(Neurology)

Memantine Effects in Neurological Outcome in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

Leslie Hoffman, PhD
(Nurs-Acute/Tertiary Care)

Role of 20-HETE on Vasospasm-Induced Ischemia after SAH

Larry W. Jenkins, PhD

Protein Kinase B and C in Head Injury

Amin Kassam, MD

Myocardial Ischemia and Vasospasm in Aneurysmal SAH

Anthony Kline MD
(Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Novel Rehabilitative Approaches for Recovery from TBI

Novel Therapies for Pediatric TBI

Patrick M. Kochanek, MD
(Critical Care Medicine)

Adenosine and Traumatic Brain Injury

Improving the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Inflicted Head Trauma in Infants (CIRCL Grant)

Novel Nitroxide Resuscitation Strategies in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury

Douglas Kondziolka, MD

Quality of Life Following Different Brain Tumor Treatments

Quantifying Hand Kinematics In Movement Disorder Surgery

Frank Lieberman, MD
(Neurology)

NABTC Member Institution Grant

Rachael Mackey, PhD
(University of Pittsburgh student)

Biochemical Heterogeneity In Morbidly Obese In the WHI Observational Study

Karen Matthews, PhD
(Psychiatry)

Study for Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

Edwin Nemoto, PhD
(Radiology)

Quantitative Occlusive Vascular Disease Study (QUOVADIS)

Ajay Niranjan, MD

Hypothalamic Gamma Knife Surgery as a Therapy for Obesity

Hideho Okada, MD, PhD

Cytokine Gene Therapy for Cancer

Isolation of Glioma Antigens from IL-4 Vaccine Patients

Ian F. Pollack, MD

Childrens Oncology Group

Molecular Markers as Predictors of Outcome in Gliomas

Molecular Predictors of Prognosis for Childhood Oligodendrogliomas

Molecular Prognostic Markers for Low-Grade Gliomas

Novel Strategies for Brain Tumor Therapy

Novel Treatment Approaches for Pediatric Brain Tumors

Signal Transduction Inhibition as a Therapeutic Strategy for Gliomas

Steve Reis, MD
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)

Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Center (PCTRC)

Mark Stevenson, MD
(University of Sydney, Australia)

Managing Return-to-Play Decisions Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (CIRCL Grant)

Mingui Sun, PhD

Unified Sensor System for Ubiquitous Assessment of Diet and Physical Activity

Video Compression for Remote Monitoring of Neurosurgery

Volume Conduction Invasive Medical Data Communication System

Ralph E. Tarter, PhD
(Pharmacy)

Cognitive Psychosocial Interactions and Alcoholism Risk

Drug Abuse Vulnerability: Mechanisms and Manifestations

Amy Wagner, MD
(Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Dopamine Genetic Variants Modulating Recovery after TBI

Neuroendocrine Hormones and Pathophysiology & Outcomes After TBI (CIRCL Grant)

Harold B. Weiss, MS, MPH, PhD

Center for Injury Research and Control CDC Grants

Pregnancy-Associated Crashes on Birth Outcomes and Infant Survival (CIRCL Grant)

Ross Zafonte, DO
(Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Cooperative Multicenter Traumatic Brain Injury (UPBI)